Career
He played for a number of English rugby league sides during the 1990s. A scrum-half/halfback, Riley enjoyed a particularly successful season with the then London Crusaders in 1990-1991, when he and wing Mark Johnson each challenged for the title of leading try-scorer in the second tier of English rugby league. He later went onto play a part in a successful promotion winning season with Swinton Lionsin 1996, breaking the clubs most tries in a match record, scoring 6 vs Prescot Panthers, 11 August 1996.