They might be in the middle of their most successful home-and-away season to date, but AFLW assistant coach Ryan Pendlebury said the Cats still have plenty of room for growth as they look to solidify their spot in the top four. 

Geelong kicked away last week in the second half to defeat Richmond at IKON Park, recording their seventh consecutive victory with their lone defeat coming in Round 1 against North Melbourne. 

Now sitting in third position on the ladder, the Cats are a game clear of fourth spot and hold a strong percentage, currently holding the title as the AFLW's highest scoring team with an average of 70 points per game. 

Over the past three weeks, Geelong's game has reached new heights with a trio of victories by 34 points or more, finding multiple avenues to goal and hitting the scoreboard frequently. 

But following the win over Richmond, Pendlebury said the Cats are still searching for a full four-quarter performance, something that will hold them in good stead entering the most important phase of the year. 

"I think we have been chasing four-quarter performances all year," Pendlebury told Cats Media. 

"We have done it maybe once or twice, but it is a new game plan developing.

"So that is always the case, we are chasing that four-quarter performance.

"Hopefully we can tick that off next week."

Pendlebury also spoke about the side's ability to adapt under pressure, dealing with everything Richmond could throw at them and flipping the script in the second half. 

"We spoke about their pressure, that they are a high pressure team," Pendlebury said. 

"It probably took us a while to adjust and calm down, but once we did and we could get it on the outside and run, it was much better.

"We missed a few opportunities off the back of that, so it would be nice to clean some of them up next week."

There were a number of Cats that stood tall against the Tigers, with Georgie Prespakis continuing her sensational season and Chloe Scheer having a big impact in front of goal, despite difficult conditions at IKON Park. 

But perhaps there were no players more significant than co-captain Nina Morrison, who received a perfect 10 coaches' votes for her outing against the Tigers. 

"I think Nina sort of turned it around in that second quarter," Pendlebury said. 

"She had a couple of clean ground balls, she hit Jas Stewart for the goal just before half time.

"Sometimes your better players are the ones to just calm everyone down, then everyone starts to follow suit. Those two were super again, which seems to be the case most weeks."