While the Panthers posted more behinds than majors, the former AFL assistant coach told media after the game the ball handling and field kicking was some of the best he'd seen in his five years in the league.

When informed of the praise, Lavington mentor Simon Curtis was delighted.

"It's funny because I thought that was one of our weakest points in year one, it (poor kicking) influenced the game plan I was looking to implement," the second-year coach said.

"We turned the ball over far too much (last year) and we had to tweak the game plan because of that.

"I guess you have to be impressed with how that's turned around, but I put it down to our training and working on our clean hands (when gathering the ball).

"But a lot of that (good kicking), you've either got it or you haven't, maybe it's the change in personnel which has helped with that this season."

The Panthers have recruited a number of terrific kickers, in particular full-forward Aidan Johnson, who kicked another five goals, while Shaun Mannagh landed six, albeit with five behinds.

Lavington destroyed the improved Rovers in the first half, racing to a 59-point lead.

However, the visitors only won the second half by a point as the shellshocked Hawks slowly adapted to the frenetic pace.

Mannagh has now played all five games after the Panthers originally thought he would spend much of his time with Richmond in the VFL.

The livewire midfielder was dynamic, while it was the regular roll call of top performers in Curtis, Marty Brennan and Nick Holman.

Jack Reiter was the home team's only multiple goalkicker with three, while Dylan Stone and Nathan Cooper continued their good form.

Cresswell indicated that another Richmond VFL player Charlie Thompson could face North Albury next Saturday, along with former Gold Coast Sun Max Spencer.