Riewoldt was publicly chastened following the game for his petulant on-field display and for an offensive gesture he made towards the interchange bench as he ran from the field.
Magpies coach Mick Malthouse said his backmen wouldn't go out with an intention to get inside the head of the player he personally got to know during the International Rules series in Ireland last October.
"We won't be setting out to do that at all," he said.
"I don't believe a lot in that stuff, and each to his own with the way the player defends; Chris Tarrant or Ben Reid or Nick Maxwell.
"They're all tall defenders and they'll play the way they should play against an opponent who's the Coleman Medal winner from last year."
Malthouse said he gained respect for Riewoldt during the two-week tour of Ireland, despite the talented Tasmanian's struggle to adjust to the dynamics of the game and round ball.
He said the Pies wouldn't change the way they handled Riewoldt - despite his expanded knowledge of the full-forward - and expected the tall Tiger to maintain his on-field passion.
"I was in the fortunate situation of going away with Jack and he is a delightful young bloke, plays with his heart on his sleeve," he said.
"Richmond and their supporters would be very disappointed if he doesn't play the way he does. He's an emotional young kid that just gets the best out of himself by the way he is.
"He certainly helped our side in Ireland even though he didn't play particularly well. In many regards, he was the gel that got us all together."
Malthouse said the Tigers would present a dangerous challenge on Friday night despite the fact they are yet to win a game this season.
He said he could see shades of what the Magpies were forced to do a few years ago when they elected to get games into their young players; many of which now have racked up around 50 AFL matches.
"[The Tigers'] system is different and I don't like getting caught up in game structures and plans but when you analyse their team, and we don't know their side for this week, [Chris] Newman is probably their oldest player and the next one is 25, 26," he said.
"They're on the right track, absolutely on the right track. I've watched them now and seen them play the three games, two live and one on video, and I think they can be very proud of their methodology of bringing through the kids and saying, 'We know what we need to do to get to point B, and there's going to be some long, hard yards but we're going to play these kids'.
"I think any side is capable of beating any side in the competition; it's the consistency and the young legs [and a question of] if they can sustain the effort long enough to win games."
