Launceston defeat Kingborough in TSL

Already leading the Hudson Medal standings, Dylan Riley kicked a season-high bag of eight to establish a double-figure margin over his nearest challenger.

Against a disappointing Kingborough side that didn't register a point until midway through the second quarter or a goal until late in the third, Launceston recorded their biggest win of the season, 17.12 (114) to 2.6 (18).

A delighted Thorp was proud of his team's professionalism in the middle of three games in 10 days.

"We need to be diligent with how we recover and are looking to springboard into the back end of the year," he said.

"We've come off two losses, a four-day break and lost two men in the first quarter so our backs were against the wall but it was a really professional performance.

"We were physical around the contest, had lots of avenues to goal, our rucks were dominant, our mids were dominant, Dylan Riley kicked eight goals and Jay Blackberry was by far our best.

"The camaraderie within the group, the environment we've got is really conducive to professional football and the standards the boys set are super high and they are a credit to themselves."

On a day of bleak, miserable weather with Launceston's dominant women's team contesting a Northern derby simultaneously just up river, a small crowd was treated to a contest as relentlessly one-way as the prevailing wind.

Going with the wind in the first quarter, the Blues had kicked more goals inside the first 10 minutes than they managed in their entire last home match against Clarence.

A day after Riley Dillon bagged a couple of second-half goals in state league soccer next door against Riverside Olympic, Dylan Riley had done the same inside the first quarter in the footy equivalent.

Riley's right leg might have less ink than his left but has been writing a prolific story this season, adding five more in the third term and his eighth in the last.

Thorp snaffled three himself as did Jay Blackberry, the quality of which, along with his 27 disposals and 10 tackles, was enough to deprive Riley of best-on-ground status.

Fletcher Seymour matched Blackberry's possession count to also feature among the game's best.

Tyler Carter claimed both Kingborough majors but the visitors did not look like ending their record of never winning at Windsor Park, the 14-1 inside-50 mark imbalance underlining the game's one-sidedness.

In his first game back from injury, former Tassie Medallist Tim Bristow joined Jack Tuthill in suffering early hamstring strains with both likely to be out for up to three weeks.