Date of Birth: 30 July 2001
Height: 188cm
Weight: 87kg

Games MFC 2023: 25
Career Total: 77
 
Goals MFC 2023: 2
Career Total: 7
 
Melbourne Football Club: 10th Best & Fairest  - 416 votes

Continued the growth in his stature at the club, showing his versatility in defence mixed with some good runs in the middle. Watch out for him in 2024.

Potentially an absolute gun. Play this bloke in the midfield he has the ability to step up.

Love his development!
 

May it continue! 

Trent Rivers another great pickup for the club, just keeps on getting better in every aspect of his game. Tough, courageous, skilled and a loveable member of our team, my wife picked him on draft night to be a real winner for us and she was right. Seeing him hold the Cup and saying we want another one next year was so refreshing.

On 11/01/2024 at 15:54, Cranky Franky said:

Potentially an absolute gun. Play this bloke in the midfield he has the ability to step up.

Well said CF.

One of my favorite players

Don't think we've seen his best yet either.

Could do a lot of damage in the middle with his burst of pace and ability to find players by foot.

Keen to see him develop some more this year. Him, Petty, Jvr and Kozzie.

Had a break out year. Hoyne was correct in bringing him up as one of our most dangerous weapons towards the end of the year with his penetrative kicking that was hitting targets better than anyone else on our team. The opposition noticed and put the clamp on him. All the more important to have some other break out players who can step up, and give us similar run and disposal, so we have more weapons in our arsenal, If Rivers dont get ya, _____ will! etc

Edited January 13, 20242 yr by John Demonic

Hard to believe he's still only 22 years old

An enormous future on the back of really stepping it up last season

Agree with others, he needs midfield time 

Rivers, Sparrow & McVee are the future and all 3 are capable of being creative and dynamic.  If Bowey, Salem & Langdon get their mojo back as well, lookout

I would absolutely be putting Rivers in the centre square this year. Great player.

Will rip the game apart this year

Edited January 14, 20242 yr by jnrmac

Doing beautifully already, but still plenty of upside.  

His body has matured and will put his name forward to be an elite player this season.

Like Sparrow his powerful boot makes him a real threat playing in the midfield. No concerns about connecting with the forwards when you can have a shot from 60 metres.