Jack Riewoldt leads Richmond with seven goals in win over St Kilda Richmond star Jack Riewoldt after kicking one of his seven goals during the Tigers' 17-point win over St Kilda at the MCG last night. JUMPING Jack Riewoldt a hypocrite? It may sound harsh, but that is one way to describe the Tiger after he booted a match-winning seven goals in Richmond's 17-point defeat of St Kilda at the MCG last night. Not that he, or Richmond fans, will mind. The dual Coleman medallist went goalless in the win against Carlton when he was effectively a decoy to open space for teammates, including Tyrone Vickery. In The Australian on Monday, Riewoldt said: "It gets to the stage where you haven't had as much (team) success as what you want and you start to look outside the box a little bit. So my goals this year are purely based around improving my teammates. Not a week later, Riewoldt took it upon himself to stand up. Or, more accurately, jump, leap and soar up. He flew at everything. Some, like the second-term cracker, stuck. Others he missed completely. Mind you, his cousin at the other end was pretty handy, too. If the Richmond Riewoldt is a star, Nick Riewoldt is a champion. The Saints skipper was outstanding from the opening minutes with his three goals in the third term keeping St Kilda within striking distance by the final break. When Ahmed Saad kicked the first of the last quarter from a tight angle, the margin was just four points to the Tigers. Again, it was Jack Riewoldt to the fore. Infringed when desperately trying to keep the ball in Richmond's forward line - to that stage the Tigers had seven free kicks inside the attacking 50m to none - the spearhead kicked truly from 50m at the 11-minute mark to get the margin back to 10 points. The Saints continued to press, though shots from the tightest of angles went begging, one from Terry Milera only barely when it thumped into the post. But when Ivan Maric, whose 100th game had hardly hit any heights in his duel with Ben McEvoy, kicked accurately at the 26-minute mark, a second straight win to start the season was Richmond's. Early in the piece, Richmond's Riewoldt had a surprise rival for high-marking highlights in Luke McGuane, who kicked two first-term goals, the latter after soaring high on the back of Jason Blake. His emergence had a dual affect - not only was he proving a valuable foil for Riewoldt, he also forced direct opponent Sam Fisher to alter his methods. Fisher, who was returning from a foot problem, earned All-Australian status playing as a floating third defender but the Tigers were able to make him play accountable football. Two late goals to Rhys Stanley and Saad closed the margin to 10 points at quarter time. By half-time the Tigers had extended the lead to 16 points, with Riewoldt proving the star attraction with another two goals. One thing the first half was devoid of was any real pressure. The tackling was staggering, but not through ferocity or regularity, with the combined tally of 34 extremely low for modern-day football. By match's end the tally was a more respectable 54 to 43 St Kilda's way. That the Tigers were able to establish a first-half break despite minimal influence from Richmond skipper Trent Cotchin, who was well held by Clint Jones relishing the return to a midfield tagging role, was another positive. But to the captain's credit, he found a way to shake loose of Jones and finished the match with 31 touches, the most for his side. Richmond has another chance to further its credentials as an early-season leader when pitted against Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium tomorrow week. RICHMOND 4.5 8.10 12.12 14.15 (99) ST KILDA 3.1 6.6 11.7 12.10 (82) Goals: Richmond: J Riewoldt 7 L McGuane 2 C Newman I Maric J King R Conca T Vickery. St Kilda: N Riewoldt 4 A Saad 2 B Maister 2 B McEvoy R Stanley S Gilbert S Milne. Umpires: Chris Donlon, Jacob Mollison, Nicholas Foot. Official Crowd: 56,783 at MCG