Rioli had ongoing injury problems (particularly back[3] and knee-related) for many years, severely limiting his games played and the level of fitness he was able to attain.
Dean Rioli played his last, and his 100th AFL game for the Essendon Football Club on 26 August 2006.
Prior to this he was an assistant coach, a role he also performed in 2006 at the Keilor Park Football Club.
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Rioli was selected on the half-forward flank in South Fremantle's Indigenous Team of the Century in 2009, along with his father Sebastian and uncle Maurice.