Willie Rioli has retired from the AFL after a premiership-winning career with West Coast and Port Adelaide.

Port announced the 30-year-old’s decision on Monday night soon after delisting five players, including Ryan Burton and Jeremy Finlayson.

Rioli said he decided to call time earlier this month.

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“I retire knowing I’ve given all I can to the game at the highest level,” Rioli said in a club statement.

“I made up my mind a couple of weeks’ ago that this would be my last season and it was great to finish on such a high last Friday night at Adelaide Oval.

“I want to see even more opportunities given to our young, talented small forwards at Port Adelaide in Joe Berry and Tom Cochrane. They’re the future of our club. It’s time for me to step aside.

“I’ve loved my time at both Port Adelaide and West Coast and made lifelong friends. And I thank the Glenelg Football Club for everything they did for me in preparing me for the AFL.

“I thank everyone who has provided me with such great support across my journey and I’ll reach out personally to all those who have helped me along the way.

“In particular, I want to acknowledge the fans at Port Adelaide and West Coast who gave me so much love and support. I now look forward to playing my role in helping the next generation of First Nations’ players coming through.”

Just last month Rioli revealed he nearly quit the AFL in the midst of controversies earlier this year.

The Power forward expressed a hatred for Hawthorn in the wake of the rival club’s racism allegations in a social media post in late April.

And in early May, Rioli was banned for one game for a social media threat to Bailey Dale after the Western Bulldogs player made what Port described as a culturally insensitive remark during a game.

“Definitely it gets to a point where it’s a bit too much sometimes,” Rioli told Port’s club podcast Peeled.

“And yeah I have spoken to my manager and the club a couple of times about walking away from the game, which I am not shy to talk about.

“More so ... trying to not be putting any more pressure on the club. Get them out of the spotlight as well, in terms of not have to deal with my issues so much as a person off-field.”

Rioli said he carried a weight of past indiscretions, including his 18-month suspension from 2019 for trying to swap his marijuana-tainted urine sample with a clean sample in a drug test when at West Coast.

Describing the suspension as a “dark time”, Rioli feared he may be scaring recruiters from drafting Indigenous players.

Rioli retires with 109 AFL games to his name — 51 for the Eagles and 58 in Port colours — and 151 goals.