One positive for Richmond was the second half when the Tigers held their own against the Crows after having trailed by 62 points at half-time.
The heavy loss rounds-off a difficult month of football for Danny Frawley’s side, whose win over last year’s grand finalist, Collingwood in round one seems light years away.
The Richmond players and coach were given some attention by a section of the crowd as they walked down the race at half time after having nine goals scored against their one in a disastrous second term.
Richmond coach Danny Frawley conceded after the match that it was the lowest point he had reached in his coaching career.
“Yeah, look, it is. There’s no doubting that. It’s frustrating.”
“We’re not at a loss as to where the answers are, it’s just about getting back to the basics and wanting to compete for each other and not allowing this to happen. It’s been four weeks now.”
“Our best is far good enough to win games of football, but what we’re producing at the moment is very disappointing.”
Adelaide, who in the past three weeks suffered losses to St Kilda, Fremantle and the Lions dominated all over the ground in the 21.8 (134) to 9.5 (59) win.
Ken McGregor kicked five goals and led a list of nine goal scorers for his side, while the diligent Andrew Krakouer was the Tigers' only multiple goal kicker.
For the Tigers, Nathan Brown battled hard to gather 29 disposals, eight marks and one goal while Tim Fleming played probably his best match for the club with 25 possessions, seven marks and seven crunching tackles.
Brad Ottens collected his usual tally of stats – 14 disposals, seven grabs and 24 effective hit-outs.
As they have for a few weeks now, youngsters Brent Hartigan and Tom Roach showed plenty of spunk and endeavour and were far from disgraced.
Mark Coughlan, the 22 year-old winner of the club’s best-and-fairest last year, began the third term on the bench after starting the match in a forward pocket.
Seemingly carrying an injury, he had a single touch to half time after spending minimal time on the ball and finished with 12 disposals.
Richmond, without the injured Matthew Richardson and suspended Greg Stafford, did
not score consecutive goals until Bowden and Krakouer notched successive majors in a brief burst during the third term.
The Tigers won that quarter, kicking three goals to the Crows’ two, but save for a couple of flurries in the final quarter could not find any rhythm or purpose.
Richmond: 2.0 3.2 6.4 9.5 (59)
Adelaide: 4.2 13.4 15.5 21.8 (134)
Goals: Richmond: Krakouer 2, Ottens, Hall, Hartigan, Brown, Bowden, Roach, Morrison 1
Adelaide: McGregor 5, Carey, Stevens 3, Bock, Burton, Clarke, Ricciuto 2, Bode, Johncock 1
Best: Richmond: Brown, Ottens, Hartigan, Krakouer, Fleming Adelaide: Perrie, McGregor, Ricciuto, McLeod, Stenglein, Doughty, Clarke, Burton
Injuries: Richmond: None
Adelaide: None
Changes: Richmond Rodan (ankle) replaced in the selected side by Fleming
Reports: None
Umpires: Nicholls, Ellis, McInerney
Crowd: 25,267 at Telstra Dome
