Richmond Football Club will be well represented at the State Funeral of former Premiership player Maurice Rioli in Darwin today.

Tiger captain Chris Newman will join former great Dale Weightman at the funeral.
Richmond president Gary March and chief executive Brendon Gale will also be in attendance.

“It is important that the Club is properly represented at the funeral of someone who gave so much to this Club and the game,” Gale said.

“We will be representing everyone associated with the Richmond Football Club, in particular the thousands of members and supporters that have so many wonderful memories of Maurice.”

Rioli, a Norm Smith medalist and three time All-Australian with the Tigers, passed away at aged 53 from a heart attack in Darwin on Christmas Day, 2010.

He played 118 games and kicked 80 goals for Richmond between 1982 and 1987, and won the Club Best and Fairest award twice (1982 and 1983).

Since his passing, the Club’s web site and social media sites have been inundated with messages of support for the Rioli family, and memories of his electrifying skill on the field, and the impact he had on Indigenous Australians off it.