Inspired by a match-opening five-goal haul to Dylan Riley in the first 22 minutes of the contest, the Blues piled on the majors despite losing Jake Hinds and Michael Musicka in the morning.

Looking back at the performance, Blues coach Mitch Thorp admitted it wasn't full of their trademark polish but was pleased to move on with the four points.

"It was a little bit frustrating, we didn't get the ball movement we were after but the conditions were a little bit inclement and made it a little bit harder," he said.

"But overall, I'm pretty satisfied for what we had out there."

Riley - Thorp's teammate of a decade - finished up with eight goals and four behinds, extending his Peter Hudson Medal lead with 46 goals so far this season.

But the freakish forward wasn't the Blues' best, with defender Alec Wright swinging forward on three occasions.

His first major of the day was one of the cleaner highlights as he ran on the end of a Colby McKercher kick, shrugged off Riley Higgins and snapped across the body from 45 metres out.

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"Alec Wright was our best today, he had 25 disposals off half-back and he kicked three, that's pretty hard to do when you win by 100, so those two [Riley and Wright} were pretty special," Thorp said.

Held scoreless by the reigning premiers in the first term, the Demons' drought was broken early in the second by North-West product Thomas 'Dutchy' Liefhebber.

But that would prove to be their only goal of the half as the Blues led by 74 at the main break, taking less than a minute to add to the margin in the third through Jake Smith.

The next goal was special for the Blues, with 212-gamer Blackberry getting through several Demons to slot one with his clean left foot.

He was then surrounded by teammates, with Thorp beckoning every player to get around the competition's long-serving stalwart.

"It's really important [to celebrate those milestones]," Thorp said.

"212 games is a lot of games, he's only 29 and he's a special person within our club - all the boys love him.

"He's easily one of the most coachable players I've every had and you saw the affection when he kicked that goal - everyone got to him. Next week will be a big week."

As Launceston celebrates Blackberry's outright milestone and Jake Smith's 150^th next week, the leading Blues also look set to regain a bunch of superstars for the Glenorchy clash.

This could prove dangerous for the rest of the competition, having already brought back Fletcher Seymour for his first game of the season this week.

"Fletch did his 2km on Thursday and got his time and he just played as a forward today," Thorp said.

"Fletch is a super clever, intelligent thinker, so we might use him forward as he returns to play.

"We get Jobi [Harper] back next week, Cody [Thorp] back next week, we get Michael Musicka, Jake Hinds [and] Joe Groenewegen."

Also impressing Thorp was Jack Donnellan with his 11 tackles and Jack Tuthill with great defensive prowess as North Hobart were led by the efforts of Callum Kilpatrick, Bailey Walker, Nick Jackson, Liefhebber, Hugh Williams and Brad Young.

While the Blues did kick the first two goals of the third term, the Demons showed some grit throughout the quarter and almost won the term, kicking two compared to Launceston's three - restricting the margin to 78 at the final break.

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