RICHMOND'S list management team would have left Saturday morning's intraclub match at Punt Road thinking they might have made the right moves in the off-season.

Dion Prestia, Josh Caddy and Toby Nankervis, three of the club's major off-season acquisitions, each impressed during the 50-minute hit-out and appear likely starters in Richmond's best 22.

Prestia looked good off half-back, through the midfield and most importantly, moved freely. Knee injuries kept him to just 22 games in 2015 and 2016 for Gold Coast before his move to Richmond over the summer. He already shapes as a midfield leader for the Tigers.

Former Geelong utility Josh Caddy improved as the game went on. He played mainly in the midfield but also had stints up forward and took a lovely contested mark and kicked a goal from a difficult angle in the second term.

Nankervis was also impressive. The 22-year-old decamped from Sydney at the end of last year because of a lack of opportunity but would appear to have pole position to be the No.1 ruckman at Richmond this year.

With Shaun Hampson consigned to running the boundary on Saturday and erstwhile main ruckman Ivan Maric transitioning to coaching, the job would appear Nankervis' to lose and he looked sharp in the centre and used his mobility to get to contests and make an impact around the ground.

While it was difficult to draw too many other conclusions from the game, the Tigers did appear to move the ball more quickly and worked hard on ball transition.

Dustin Martin and Trent Cotchin eased themselves into the match, but were excellent in bursts. Martin played his usual mix through the centre and there were times when he was purposely isolated inside 50, where he was always dangerous. Jack Riewoldt featured almost exclusively inside the forward 50, but kicked three goals and had a hand in some others.

Nick Vlastuin was busy through the midfield, while Ben Lennon, Dylan Grimes, Shaun Grigg and Oleg Markov were also prominent. Daniel Rioli was quiet, but then electrified the 1500 fans in attendance with a family trademark brilliant tackle in the last of the three periods.

Ben Griffiths played forward for some of the match but was also thrown into the backline for stages.

Rookie Tyson Stengle looked comfortable at the level while developing big man Ivan Soldo rucked virtually the entire match and worked hard. He remains a bit down the pecking order at Punt Road but the Tigers believe he is making genuine progress.

Apart from Hampson, other Tigers who did not play included All Australian full-back Alex Rance, Bachar Houli, Shane Edwards and Steven Morris.

The Tigers have yet to finalise their leadership group for 2017, although there are expected to be few changes to the group headed by Cotchin last year.

Richmond opens its JLT Community Series against Adelaide at Etihad Stadium on February 24, before a trip to Mount Gambier to play Port Adelaide and then to Moe to play Collingwood.

The traditional season-opener against Carlton is at the MCG on March 23.