Richmond veteran Joel Bowden again played the central role in a nail-biting finish, as the Tigers produced a barnstorming final quarter to down Brisbane by three points at Telstra Dome.

The Tigers booted eight goals to three in the last quarter to storm back from 25 points down at the last change and win 18.9 (117) to 16.18 (114), keeping their finals hopes very much alive.

Bowden was one of the heroes of the win, kicking the winning goal with 22 seconds left on the clock, one of three he scored in the stunning final term.

It came after he last weekend earned a mixture of praise and criticism for twice rushing behinds to run down the clock in the final seconds of the Tigers' narrow win over Essendon.

The final goal came after key defender Kelvin Moore took a crucial pack mark in his defensive goal square, with the Tigers then racing the ball forward, for Richard Tambling to deliver to Bowden.

They had earlier kicked the last goal of the third quarter and the first six of the last to hit the front, before again falling behind by eight points and having to mount another late rally.

Richmond have now won five of their past six matches, moving them within two premiership points of the top eight.

Matthew Richardson was sensational for the Tigers, kicking three goals in the last term, as well as setting up another with a handball to Nathan Brown in the goal square.

It came after he had spent most of the previous three quarters roaming the ground, taking a heap of strong marks, before being stationed up forward for the last term.

He finished the night with 17 marks in a valiant performance.

Also good for the Tigers were skipper Kane Johnson, along with fellow midfielders Shane Tuck, Brett Deledio and Tambling, while Luke McGuane did a strong stopping job on dangerous Lions forward Daniel Bradshaw.

Brisbane were made to pay dearly for some wasteful kicking earlier in the match.

They controlled the first term, but kicked 3.6, with Bradshaw kicking 1.3 for the quarter.

After trailing by two points at the long break, they completely dominated the third term, but could not capitalise fully, outscoring Richmond 6.6 to 2.3, with their missed shots keeping the Tigers in the hunt.

Running defender Josh Drummond put in a strong performance for the Lions, while Jonathan Brown was a constant threat up forward with eight marks and three goals.

Richmond coach Terry Wallace said the spirit shown in the last quarter allowed his team to escape despite what he said was a disappointing first three terms.

"To be able to come back and get ourselves back into the game, having a seven-goal or so turnaround to work our way back into the match, then lose that sway again and be able to come back again is really pleasing," Wallace said.

"... I didn't think that our guys at any stage tonight gave up their hope of getting the job done.

"I didn't think we played very well for three quarters of the game and we turned the ball over, which cost us badly on the scoreboard.

"But I certainly thought at three-quarter time the hope and the desire to be able to get the result for our supporter base was certainly still there, which was pleasing."

Brisbane coach Leigh Matthews said his side's inability to convert their chances proved to be the deciding factor in their loss.

"They took their shots really well, kicked really accurately, we generated the shots but we missed too big a percentage, that was probably the single most reason why they won and we didn't," Matthews said.

"Despite that, we sort of surrendered a couple of leads, the last few minutes and then where we were at three-quarter time.

"So I thought we played some really good footy and I think Richmond are going as well as most at the moment, but it's disappointing that we couldn't get our nose in front."

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