Cyril Rioli retires

[Upgrayedd]

Hurts.

He gave us his all, His CV speaks for himself and provided us with many great moments. Football isn't the be all end all.

Enjoy retirement Rioli. Thank you

 

[choo]

#putoutyourchickenwing

 

[DonsRule]

Speaking of Bruce.


Fantastic player. All the best in retirement Cyril.

 

[Upgrayedd]

Someone please explain why is he retiring? I must be living under a rock

His dad had a heart attack and isn't doing great.

He's has a pretty average run of injuries for the last 2 years, and has accomplished pretty much all the team/personal achievements he could.

 

[Punts]

Most overrated retirement ever.

Has anyone checked on Bruce?

Respect I see

 

[Socrates2]

Champion player who was pivotal in 4 premierships .Put his body on the line as a small,light player.Not underrated because he never turned the ball over.An extremely valuable player for Hawthorn.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Wonderful career best of wishes in the future

 

[Upgrayedd]

#putoutyourchickenwing

 

[Handsome_Jack]

What a career, very few opposition players in the game would make your heart sink quite so much when the ball got near them as Cyril when he was on. Often seemed like he could do anything at any time.

The whole overrated group think was always ridiculous and only got legs because it became the cool opinion to have.

Wish him all the best for whatever journey comes next and hopefully Daniel can step in to fill a bit of that Cyril shaped hole in the fabric of the game, looks the goods so far.

 

[I Lost My Keays]

Fantastic career! I wish him the best in the future.

 

[bigpapagman]

It's okay, we have Daniel to watch now.

 

[Dave]

Brilliant career. Anyone who says he is “overrated” has rocks in their head. Wish he’d played for my side (yeah I know we could have drafted him too ).

All the best in retirement!!

 

[Rion]

Great career and all but interesting that he's pulled the pin despite being under contract untill 2020.

 

[Fourthawn]

Champion player who was pivotal in 3 premierships .Put his body on the line as a small,light player.Not underrated because he never turned the ball over.An extremely valuable player for Hawthorn.

Four premierships - not 3.

 

[footyfan1978]

Someone please explain why is he retiring? I must be living under a rock

Family stuff. All the best you little champ.

 

[tonk]

Any player would be happy to bow out with a record like that.

 

[SilentHunter_]

Legend of Hawthorn. If he felt as if it was time to go then no arguments. Good luck in life from here on Cyril.

 

[Tugga27]

4 flags, 3 AAs and a NSM, retires one of the most decorated players in VFL/AFL history.

And of course the jealous, headf*cked Hawk-haters are already reeling out the same old vacuous 'OVERRATED!' cliches.....

It's not just the Hawk-haters mate.

I swear to God some people on here would bag Mother Teresa.

 

[tugga]

One of my favourite ever players.
As long as he is happy then all good.
From a selfish POV, I would have rathered he go on.
Absolute star.

 

[Madness101]

Coming to Richmond after talked out retirement. We can only dream.

I love me a good Rioli. Well done champ, good luck in life.

 

[el toado]

One of the best impact players ever.

People call him overrated because he wasn't a high possession player(and because of Bruce's fawning) but he didn't need a lot of the ball to completely dominate a game.

 

[SHAKESPEARE]

One of my favourite ever players.
As long as he is happy then all good.
From a selfish POV, I would have rathered he go on.
Absolute star.

Up there with Buddy as the favourite. The only ****ing reason i turned up.

Now i have nothing left

 

[Runk]

One of the most amazing players to watch. Anything was possible with Cyril. Anything.

All the best to him & his family and congratulations on a simply stellar career.

 

[Hap Hapablap]

what a terrific career can remember the numerous times this guy tore wce a new one (and exposed worsfold as a one sided coach who had no drive to change the game plan)

good thing is we wont have to hear bruce any more squeals of delicious and jizz all over the channel 7 broadcast box

has achieved everything possible as a footballer bar a brownlow. congrats to a wonderful career and always family comes first

 

[treefingers]