Overview

• Port Adelaide confirmed the 30-year-old’s immediate retirement on Monday night, days after the club’s season-ending win at Adelaide Oval.
• Rioli ends his career with 151 goals from 109 games across West Coast and Port Adelaide after being drafted from Glenelg in 2016 and kicking a goal in the Eagles’ 2018 grand final.
• In a club statement, he said he wants younger small forwards Joe Berry and Tom Cochrane to get more opportunities and pledged to help the next generation of First Nations players.
• His 2025 campaign featured a one-game ban for a private threat to Western Bulldogs defender Bailey Dale following a culturally insensitive on-field remark, a social media post targeting Hawthorn, and a late-season stint in the SANFL before returning for the final two AFL matches.
• Port also announced list changes overseen by new head coach Josh Carr, delisting Ryan Burton, Jeremy Finlayson, Dylan Williams, Hugh Jackson and Lachie Charleson, as football boss Chris Davies praised Rioli’s impact.