From the Pocket: Richmond’s rebuild is frustrating and strange. Who knows if it’s working

Want to get this in your inbox every Wednesday afternoon? Sign up for the AFL newsletter here. They weren’t thrashed. And they weren’t disgraced. But Richmond’s loss to North Melbourne on the weekend was a cripplingly tedious affair, the sort of day where you wonder whether any progress has been made at all. Games between bottom sides, as the Tigers’ win over West Coast in May demonstrated, can be as entertaining as a top-four clash. But Sunday’s game was blighted by cynical coaching, unconteste