Besties ... Jack Riewoldt and Jake King celebrate Richmond's second straight win to start the season. Source: JOE CASTRO / AAP
The Tigers have opened their season with two consecutive wins for the first time since 1997 with a 17-point victory over St Kilda at the MCG.
The Tigers again looked vulnerable in the final quarter, but kept their nerve to win by 17 points, 14.15 (99) to 12.10 (82).
| 3.1 (19) | Q1 | 4.5 (29) |
| 6.6 (42) | Q2 | 8.10 (58) |
| 11.7 (73) | Q3 | 12.12 (84) |
| 12.10 (82) | Q4 | 14.15 (99) |
| Nick Riewoldt 4 | Jack Riewoldt 7 |
| Beau Maister 2 | Luke McGuane 2 |
| Ahmed Saad 2 | Reece Conca 1 |
| Sam Gilbert 1 | Jake King 1 |
| Ben McEvoy 1 | Ivan Maric 1 |
| Stephen Milne 1 | Chris Newman 1 |
| Rhys Stanley 1 | Tyrone Vickery 1 |
Riewoldt's cousin Nick, the Saints captain, also impressed with four goals.
Richmond captain Trent Cotchin broke a strong tag from Clint Jones to finish with a game-high 31 disposals.
St Kilda won the centre clearances 19-9, but paid for poor ball use in a game that was frequently scrappy.
Jack Riewoldt was goal-less in round one as the Tigers also grimly held off Carlton, but on Friday he was lethal.peSaints ruckman Ben McEvoy dominated, but his star teammate Lenny Hayes had a strangely-quiet night.
While the Tigers have two wins, St Kilda are in early trouble with two losses.
After the game, St Kilda coach Scott Watters revealed that defender Sean Dempster played for three quarters with a broken wrist.
Dempster came off after the initial injury, had the wrist taped and was cleared by medical staff to return to the field.
Watters described Dempster's performance as courageous.
"He was cleared, obviously - we wouldn't put a player back out there if he wasn't cleared by our doc,'' Watters said.
"It was an effort I admire and there were a number of those from our players, despite the fact we lost."
Richmond defenders Dylan Grimes and Steven Morris were outstanding, shutting down the St Kilda small forwards.
After several Saints cramped in last week's Gold Coast heat, they appeared to struggle during the final term when the game was on the line.
Richmond led by 24 points in the third term after Jack Riewoldt kicked his sixth and they were on the verge of putting the game beyond St Kilda.
But Nick Riewoldt kicked the last two goals of the quarter to reduce the margin to 11 points.
Terry Milera and Beau Maister botched scoring chances at the start of the last term before Ahmed Saad's superb kick from an acute angle reduced the margin to just four points.
It would be the Saints' only goal of the last term.
The Saints played Rhys Stanley as a spare tall in defence for the final term and he was nearly the stepladder for Jake King to take the mark of the year.
King, who had a great game in attack, somehow climbed onto Stanley's shoulders, but spilled the ball.
A dubious free kick gave Jack Riewoldt his seventh goal and the Tigers some vital breathing space.
With the Saints pressing at 24 minutes, Reece Conca made an outstanding intercept in the middle of the ground to relieve the pressure.
A minute later, Ivan Maric goalled in his 100th game to seal the win.
Tigers coach Damien Hardwick said leaders such as Riewoldt, Cotchin and Brett Deledio stood up in the frenetic last term.
But he said there was a lot of room for improvement.
"I probably rated our guys a six-and-a-half to seven out of 10 tonight and probably the same last week,'' he said.
"We need to improve another 15 per cent to get to the sides above us.
"While I'm happy to be 2-0, I still know we have an enormous amount of work to do in certain areas of our game.''
Watters said the Saints were filthy at losing, but could not question his team's effort.
"If you look at our side in its entirety, it's wanting just for some polish.
"I can't question their work rate tonight.''
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