Six family members have played in the Australian Football League (AFL), with a further five playing in the West Australian Football League for South Fremantle.
[1] Many more family members have played for the Tiwi Bombers or St Mary's in the Northern Territory Football League (NTFL) and the Northern Territory Thunder in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL).
Nineteen members of the family have played a combined total of more than 1000 games for St Mary's.
[2] Cyril Senior (7 July 1934 – 3 June 2014) was awarded an Order of Australia Medal in 2014 for services to develop the Tiwi Island community.
[3] Michael Long, Benny Vigona, and current AFL Women's player Danielle Ponter are also related to the Rioli family by marriage.