North Melbourne got over the line on Saturday night, breaking their 10-year drought after beating Essendon by 12 points.

The biggest storyline from the match was Kangaroos ruckman Tristan Xerri wiping his blood on Andrew McGrath.

“If that happened to you when you played, you would’ve gone off your rocker,” Richardson said on 3AW Football. 

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“We’ve got to grow up a little bit,” Shaw said.

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