Richmond's focus on Sunday will be quelling North's attacking, fast-moving brand of football, according to assistant coach Justin Leppitsch.
"They like to slingshot. Get up the ground and shoot back to goal. The hardest part of that is stopping them, because they come in a tidal wave," Leppitsch said of the Kangaroos style of play.
"It's going to be a great challenge for the defensive part of our game to lock them away. Teams haven't been able to do that."
The Tigers are coming off their most disappointing defeat of the season, but are confident shutting down North's dangerous ball-winners will go a long way towards turning their fortunes.
"If we can press them in, keep them in and turn the ball over that's really going to be the game in a nutshell, but if we let Boomer (Brent Harvey) run and (Daniel) Wells and Lindsay Thomas run forward inside 50 we are going to be chasing tail all night."
One of the keys to the game will be the availability of Drew Petrie, who is hoping to overcome an adductor injury.
"You can only plan for him. We can do as much spying as we like, but I'm sure it's one of those last-minute calls they'll make."
North coach Brad Scott went a long way towards answering that query on Friday.
"We think yes (he'll play). He trained reasonably well yesterday (Thursday) and we've still got enough time," Scott said.
"We've named them (Petrie and Leigh Adams), we think they'll play barring any unforeseen circumstances."
