Willie Rioli retires

[CakeEater]

Willie Rioli announces retirement

Small forward Willie Rioli has announced his retirement from AFL football.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

WCE premiership player who was banned for trying to cheat on a drug test has retired today.

Was a decent small forward on his day but looked like he lost the love for the game

 

[janty]

Got less for threatening a player than calling someone a name.

 

[Ash1337]

Willie Rioli announces retirement

Small forward Willie Rioli has announced his retirement from AFL football.

www.portadelaidefc.com.au

WCE premiership player who was banned for trying to cheat on a drug test has retired today.

Was a decent small forward on his day but looked like he lost the love for the game

Expecting a similar 1 from Bobby Hill as well I reckon.

 

[CakeEater]

Expecting a similar 1 from Bobby Hill as well I reckon.

Handy retiree fwd line with Breust Walters and Rioli in there

 

[Lunchtime]

Willie Rioli

15

Willie Rioli

Age

30

Ht

175cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.0

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.8

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.6

3star

Home & Away
Games: 100
Goals: 139
Behinds: 71
No Score: 29
Shots on Goal: 239
Goal Accuracy: 58.15%
Possessions: 1090
Goal Average: 1.39
Possessions Average: 10.90
Most Goals in Game: 4 (x5)
Goal Assist: 68
Goal Assist Average: 0.68

Finals
Games: 9
Goals: 12
Behinds: 5
No Score: 6
Shots on Goal: 23
Goal Accuracy: 52.17%
Possessions: 107
Goal Average: 1.33
Possessions Average: 11.88
Most Goals in Game: 3 (x1)
Goal Assist: 11
Goal Assist Average: 0.91

Total
Games: 109
Goals: 151
Behinds: 76
No Score: 35
Shots on Goal: 262
Goal Accuracy: 57.63%
Possessions: 1197
Goal Average: 1.38
Possessions Average: 10.98
Most Goals in Game: 4 (x5)
Goal Assist: 79
Goal Assist Average: 0.72

No score includes: out of bounds/out on the full, not making distance etc

 

[Dark Eagle 9]

Bestest & arsiest first goal for a premiership team ever & supremely finessed contesting the drop zone moments before the most immortal of times.

Forever a West Coast premiership hero......

Now go have a fat rage and eat some turtle.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

I love Willie Rioli

15

Willie Rioli

Age

30

Ht

175cm

Wt

78kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

12.0

3star

K

8.0

3star

HB

4.1

3star

M

3.3

3star

T

2.8

4star

G

1.2

4star

No current season stats available

D

11.0

3star

K

7.4

3star

HB

3.6

3star

M

3.0

3star

T

1.8

4star

G

0.6

3star

.

What a gun.

 

[KENT2008]

Thank you for helping Dom Sheed mark that ball

 

[voorhees]

Willie can't commit the crime and hand down the punishment himself...
Afl will always be to blame for being pathetic and scared to punish Willie when he should have been whacked with a big punishment for his threatening behaviour..
Man had his moments, but also had his bad moments...

 

[Fluro Boots]

Good player on his day, questionable character to say the least. Doubt it’s the last we hear of Willie.

 

[Osho]

Willie was always a favourite for me. He was an individual and very idiosyncratic. He was at times astonishing.

In this day and age, with that physique, to be running rings around elite and sculpted oppo, with ease, polish and outrageous skills, what a sight for sore eyes.

Good luck Willie!

 

[The Feeder Club]

Sits comfortably amongst the stupidest blokes to ever play the game at AFL level, but could play. One of those guys that are just fun to watch

 

[PerthBoy86]

Was great as an Eagle, will forever have the premiership medal. The rest is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.

 

[Freomaniac]

Was great as an Eagle, will forever have the premiership medal. The rest is irrelevant as far as I'm concerned.

Always curious on how the Billy Rioli traded ended up in the end.

It was that massive 4 team deal is West coast, Port, GWS and North Melbourne.


West coast turned pick 2 and Rioli to pick 8 and 12 and other picks

 

[half_back_flank]

Surely pulling a Mal Michael

Mal Michael

Age

48

Ht

190cm

Wt

99kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.8

2star

K

5.1

2star

HB

4.7

3star

M

3.6

4star

T

1.2

3star

No current season stats available

D

6.4

2star

K

2.2

1star

HB

4.2

4star

M

1.8

2star

T

1.8

4star

.

 

[Kappa]

Probably not the person you want mentoring the next gen of indigenous youth...

 

[Tugga27]

Expecting a similar 1 from Bobby Hill as well I reckon.

Bobby Hill is only 25 and contracted until 2030 on big coin.

He ain't going nowhere.

 

[StillAtLarge]

I really enjoyed watching him at his best, shame it all went t!ts up towards the end there but he's a premiership player and was a crucial cog in that Eagles forward line.
Gave us an absolute bath in the semi final last year, one of the few occasions that Hardwick looked overmatched

 

[demondavey]

Great player. Premiership hero.

Also at the centre of the AFL’s ridiculous and inconsistent tribunal rulings. Threatened a player (players) on multiple occasions and was given a one week ban whereas Rankine called someone a bundle of sticks and was given 4x that sanction, all after the AFL had confirmed a notorious rapper controversial values and behaviour is the pre game entertainment.

I am a pretty left leaning person, but the standards enacted here to tick a social box are pretty lame and amateur.

Horrendous by a supposed professional sporting body.

 

[Sheepey]

Lucky man can dedicate more time to giving death threats now.

Good player on his day, but the AFL's response to that saga was the most laughable thing I have ever seen.

 

[HairyO]

I love Willie Rioli.

What a gun.

More gangsta-wit-a-gun. Now he doesnt have the shackles of the AFL man holding him back anything is possible !

A drug cheat who was sheltered by his club while banned and while injured and then jumped ship at the 1st opportunity.

His football will be forgotten long before his off-field antics are forgotten - which they no doubt will be too.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

More gangsta-wit-a-gun. Now he doesnt have the shackles of the AFL man holding him back anything is possible !

A drug cheat who was sheltered by his club while banned and while injured and then jumped ship at the 1st opportunity.

His football will be forgotten long before his off-field antics are forgotten - which they no doubt will be too.

Haha. Drug cheat. Good one.

 

[HairyO]

Haha. Drug cheat. Good one.

He cheated a drug test. He claims it was dope. Was it? We dont know, because he cheated a drug test.

But also, the death threats. Not just one. Not just done in anger in the moment.

But deep down he is a Good Bloke(tm).

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

He cheated a drug test. He claims it was dope. Was it? We dont know, because he cheated a drug test.

But also, the death threats. Not just one. Not just done in anger in the moment.

But deep down he is a Good Bloke(tm).

Did he? I didn't realise that. I thought he was just busted smoking bongs.

 

[Lavender Bushranger]

Gotta say, I think the death threats thing was a bit overblown.

I might be on my own here, but I didn't really think much of it.

I mean, did they really think he was plotting to have them killed?