Maurice Rioli Jnr is officially a Richmond player, after the Tigers selected the son of former champion Maurice Rioli at the 2020 AFL Draft.

Richmond matched Essendon's pick 51 at Wednesday night's AFL Draft to land Rioli as a father-son selection, their second pick on the night after selecting ruckman Samson Ryan.

Recruited from: St Marys, Northern Territory / Scotch College
Position: Small forward
Height: 179cm
Weight: 75kg
DOB: 09/01/02

What the Richmond recruiters say about Rioli

The son of the great Maurice Rioli, and a name that has had all Richmond fans excited for several years now, Richmond has officially added Maurice Junior to our playing list.

Maurice is full of talent and will bring speed, excitement, a fiery defensive intent and innate goal sense to our group.

Maurice represented NT in the NAB League last season, playing 3 games and averaging 11 disposals, 3 inside 50s, 2 score involvements and 6 tackles.

He also played for St Mary’s last summer in the NTFL, with a match-winning four-goal haul against Nightcliff in the semi-final making everyone stand up and take note.

As Maurice develops over the years expect some special things to happen when he is around the ball.