Maurice Rioli junior lights up the 'G with a mark of the year contender
The Rioli family has been lighting up the MCG for decades.
At the home of Aussie rules football on Easter Saturday, it was Maurice Rioli junior who got fans out of their seats with a high-flying mark of the year contender.
Rioli junior, the son of Richmond's late 1982 Norm Smith medallist and a first cousin of four-time premiership Hawk Cyril Rioli, flew high for an epic hanger in Richmond's clash with Port Adelaide.
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The Tigers livewire climbed on the back of Logan Evans and reeled in the ball. The footy actually sconed Rioli junior in the forehead, but his reflexes were quick and his fingers sticky.
Fittingly, he went back and slotted the goal to the delight of the Tigers faithful.
Maurice Rioli junior flies high. AFL Photos via Getty Images
"That is a ripper," Gerard Healy said of the mark on Fox Footy's coverage.
"Put a saddle on him, jumped up high, got it on the way down, left-handed — it was everything."
But it was an otherwise disappointing afternoon for the Tigers, who lost to the Power by 42 points, 13.12 (90) to 6.12 (48).
The rebuilding Tigers remain winless this season, after defeats to Carlton, Gold Coast, Fremantle and Port.
