Seven wins and seven losses.

North Melbourne hasn't won this many matches in a season since 2019.

The Roos' 25-point win over Richmond on Sunday afternoon was the club's second win in consecutive weeks, but coach Alastair Clarkson is under no illusion regarding where his side sits in the scheme of things.

"This footy club hasn't been seven and seven at this stage of the season for well over a decade, I don't think," Clarkson said post-match.

"We just know that we've got a lot of work to do. We're a long way (off) and we found that out over the last six weeks playing some of the better sides in the competition.

"A couple of those games we competed really, really strongly and went deep into the game with some of those high quality sides but overall we fell well short of the top brass in the competition.

"We've got nine games to go and we'll just keep pegging away at our game and try to get better each week and try to avoid disappointing performances like we had against Fremantle three weeks ago.

"Just put together a consistent effort. Even though the scoreboard wasn't ticking as favourably as I'd like, it was just a real slugfest contest today."

Young key forward Cooper Trembath was pivotal to the side's win, kicking a career-high four goals in the match including two in the third quarter as the Roos started to break away from their opposition.

Clarkson said he was pleased with his young forward, who had been held reasonably quiet in recent weeks.

"He (Trembath) just dropped away in terms of his competitiveness in the air and his ground level stuff from earlier in the season and the back part of last season. I thought he returned to some of that today," Clarkson said.

"He's a player in probably the most difficult position to play on the ground, key forward. For a young player they're going to have their ebbs and flows."