Rioli

Rioli is the family name of many notable Australian rules football players from the Tiwi Islands in the Northern Territory.

Five family members have played in the Australian Football League (AFL), with a further five playing in the West Australian Football League for South Fremantle.[1] Many more family members have played for the Tiwi Bombers or St Marys in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) and the Northern Territory Thunder in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). Nineteen members of the family have played a combined total of more than 1000 games for St Marys.[2]

• Sebastian (Sibby) Rioli (c1954 – 2012[3]): South Fremantle (1972-1976)[4]
• Maurice Rioli (1957–2010): South Fremantle (1975–1981,1988–1990), Richmond (1982–1987)
• John Rioli: South Fremantle colts Jack Clarke Medal 1982
• Cyril Rioli Jr: South Fremantle (1987) [5]
• Willie Rioli Sr: South Fremantle (1989–1990, 1994)[6]
• Dean Rioli (born 1978): South Fremantle (1995–1997), Essendon (1999–2006)
• Cyril Rioli (born 1989): Hawthorn (2008–2018)
• Daniel Rioli (born 1997): Richmond (2016–)
• Willie Rioli (born 1995): West Coast (2018–)
• Ben Rioli (born 1993): South Fremantle (2020–)

Michael Long, Benny Vigona, and current AFL Women's player Danielle Ponter are also related to the Rioli family by marriage.[7][8]

Cyril Sr

Helena[9]

Sibby

Maurice

Francis, John, Lawrence & Manny

Benny & Tony Vigona

Georgina Vigona

Willie Sr

Cyril Jr

Cathy Long

Michael, Sue, Noel, Brian, John, Patrick, Stephen & Chris Long

Dean

Bradley

Shannon & Ben

Maurice Jr

Willie Jr

Cyril

Anthony, Ben, Jake, Michaela Long & Danielle Ponter

Daniel

See also

• Riolo (disambiguation)

References

1. Browne, Ashley; Collins, Ben (May 27, 2017). "Aboriginal football's first family". afl.com.au. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
2. Culpitt, Amy (1 December 2019). "Lucky 1,000: The Riolis smash their way into the footy record books". ABC News. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
3. "Family mourns 'Sibby' Rioli's death". PerthNow. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
4. Gauci, Ric. "WAFL FootyFacts - RIOLI, Sebastian Gerald John". waflfootyfacts.net. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
5. Gauci, Ric. "WAFL FootyFacts - RIOLI, Cyril Sebastian". waflfootyfacts.net. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
6. Gauci, Ric. "WAFL FootyFacts - RIOLI, William (Willie)". waflfootyfacts.net. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
7. McArdle, Jordan (2 December 2016). "Football's Magic Tree". The Sunday Times. Retrieved 25 May 2018.
8. Black, Sarah (19 October 2018). "Rioli-Long lineage set to continue in AFLW". AFL.com.au. Telstra Media. Retrieved 7 March 2019.
9. Damjanovic, Dijana (7 October 2018). "In the remote community of Pirlangimpi, an AFL family dynasty was born". ABC News. Retrieved 1 December 2019.