Maurice Rioli junior [merged]

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No goals this week for Maurice jnr.

St Mary's were pumped by 10 goals (32 - 97) by Nightcliff.
http://websites.sportstg.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=125422890&c=0-2860-0-534191-0&pool=1

Replay of the match: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mW8NsuDvoJo

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Won't make it.

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Maurice jnr didn't play for St Mary's last night. 

http://websites.sportstg.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=125422875&c=0-2860-0-534191-0&pool=1

I'm presuming that's because school restarts on Tuesday. So his next game will either be for Scotch or his U18s NAB League side.

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Maurice jnr was back playing for St Mary's last weekend. Part of their winning team that defeated Darwin and which enabled them to finish second on the ladder.

https://websites.sportstg.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=125422906&c=0-2860-0-534191-0&pool=1

Not sure if he is playing yet but the Qualifying Final against the Tiwi Bombers is on tomorrow (Saturday) night.

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St Mary's won their Qualifying Final last night and are through to the 2nd Semi-Final against Nightcliff.

Maurice jnr played (no goals).



[Paywall:] https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/st-marys-continued-their-rags-to-riches-rise-from-wooden-spooners-by-winning-a-qualifying-final/news-story/2baec7ae16c9befe759487fe11f90749
https://websites.sportstg.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=125512962&c=0-2860-0-534191-0&pool=1001

Replay: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=39Dw3k9HD6w

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Maurice Rioli Junior kicked 4 goals last night in a best on ground performance to help St Mary's upset Nightcliff and get them into the NTFL Grand Final.



Nightcliff  2.1-13    5.5-35   10.10-70   11.11-77
St Marys    5.1-31   10.2-62    12.5-77   16.7-103

St Marys

Goal Kickers: J. Calder 5, M. Rioli Jnr 4, R. Smith, J. Paine, J. Salmon, N. Yarran, S. Rioli, S. Edwards, H. Labastida

Best Players: M. Rioli Jnr, L. Daly, R. Smith, J. Paine, J. Calder, T. Saunders

https://websites.sportstg.com/round_info.cgi?a=MATCH&fixture=125516952&c=0-2860-0-534191-0&pool=1001




Another Maurice Rioli cameo and four quarters of pressure earn St Mary’s a grand final berth

Paywall: https://www.ntnews.com.au/news/another-maurice-rioli-cameo-and-four-quarters-of-pressure-earn-st-marys-a-grand-final-berth/news-story/d917c969960778b58d53b5a43b848b5e

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Here's the full game replay of the NTFL 2nd Semi-Final: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8olkNigsas8


Maurice jnr's highlights: 

[10:00 min] - Clever basketball bounce to fool an opponent and then snaps the first goal of the game.

[25:00 min] - Clean in traffic to win the ball in the middle of the ground and kick forward. Leads to a St Mary's goal.

[29:53 min] - Snaps around the body and it bounces at right angle through for a goal.

[1:03:00 hr] - Kick along the ground from 40 out skids through everyone for a goal.

[1:34:40 hr] - Sets up a St Mary's goal by gathering the ball on centre wing and putting on the after-burners to F50.

[1:59:25 hr] - Forward line pressure. Flies in and nails the Nightcliff defender to win the HTB free in the pocket. Then kicks a banana for his 4th goal.

[Diocletian]

Another Rioli kicks 4 in a prelim & stands up when it most matters...

[jammo3368]

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Pressure. Big improver this year apparently. One comment - better than Daniel at this age.

[Rampsation]

His speed away from the contest looks excellent

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"Unbelievable" son of a Richmond gun stars in St Mary's NTFL finals win

By Andrew Slevison
SEN
2 March 2020

The Rioli name is synonymous with big finals performances.

The latest in a long line of Riolis, Maurice Jnr, lived up to the family ethos with a significant showing in the NTFL semi-final on Saturday night.

The 17-year-old son of Richmond legend Maurice Snr kicked four goals and was named best on ground as St Mary’s defeated Nightcliff by 26 points to progress to the NTFL Grand Final.

It was a performance that will certainly have Tigers fans even more hopeful as they continue to anticipate his potential move to Punt Road as a father-son selection.

Maurice Jnr admitted to the NT News that it was one of his best performances in a St Mary's jumper.

“Yeah, I’d say that, I got a bit of the footy in one of my best games for Saints,” he said.

“I reckon my pressure is my main strength, pressure around the ball and on my opponent and things generally happen from there.”

And what would the late, great Maurice Snr be feeling?

“And I know my dad is looking down on me, I think he’d be proud of me,” he added.

SEN Breakfast’s Garry Lyon saw some of the replay on TV and was suitably impressed by Rioli Jnr’s ability.

“The rest of the competition might have to pull their socks up if what I saw yesterday transfers into the draft,” Lyon said.

“Maurice Rioli Jnr flashed in and out of my TV screen every couple of minutes doing something unbelievable.

“Doesn’t he look good. Unbelievable.”

St Mary’s return to the top has been quite remarkable given they were wooden spooners for the first time in club history last season with just five wins.

This season they mustered 14 home-and-away wins, being the only team to beat Nightcliff, before again knocking off the Tigers to progress to the decider.

However, their fall to the bottom last season was an aberration as they have won 32 premierships since entering the competition in the 1950s, with their most recent flag coming in 2017.

The 2020 NTFL Grand Final between St Mary’s and the winner of next weekend's Nightcliff v Southern Districts prelim takes place on Saturday, March 14.



https://www.sen.com.au/news/2020/03/01/unbelievable-son-of-a-richmond-gun-stars-in-st-marys-ntfl-finals-win/

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Courtesy of eipuorg_ on BF:

[georgies31]

Trimmed down a fair bit now.

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WATCH: Father-son prospect Rioli dazzles with four goals

By Mitch Cleary
afl.com.au
2 March 2020 3:00pm

ANOTHER final, another Rioli best-on-ground.

Richmond father-son prospect Maurice Rioli jnr, 18, delivered a sharp reminder as to his credentials for this year's NAB AFL Draft on Saturday night.

The son of the late 1982 Norm Smith medallist dazzled with four goals for St Mary's in their semi-final win over Nightcliff to book a berth in the Northern Territory Football League Grand Final.

Rioli is eligible to join Richmond, Fremantle or Essendon via the draft but has previously indicated his desire to play in yellow and black.

His father played 118 games for the Tigers and 168 for WAFL club South Fremantle, meaning the talented small forward qualifies for Richmond and Fremantle as a father-son.

Essendon also has ties to the Tiwi Islands as part of their Next Generation Academy zone.

Rioli has followed in cousin and 2015 Norm Smith medallist Cyril's footsteps by boarding at Scotch College in Melbourne.

The youngster also has a close bond with cousin and Richmond premiership player Daniel, the pair having also spent time together at the Tigers.

Maurice Rioli jnr is the nephew of former Essendon player Dean and is related to West Coast premiership forward Willie Rioli and St Kilda defender Ben Long.

He is expected to play for the NT Thunder in this year's NAB AFL Under-18 National Championships.

https://www.afl.com.au/news/380864/watch-father-son-prospect-rioli-dazzles-with-four-goals