torn abdominal against the Magpies in the annual Queens Birthday match. Geelong On 18 October 2012, Rivers, an unrestricted free agent under the AFL's new free agency system, signed a 2-year contract with the Geelong Football Club. In August 2015, he announced his retirement from the AFL due to chronic knee problems. Post football career Two months after his retirement, Rivers joined Collingwood's coaching staff as a development coach, replacing Craig McRae as part of a coaching restructure. A year after joining Collingwood's coaching staff, Rivers was appointed coach of the VFL team, after Dale Tapping left to take up a role as an assistant coach with the Brisbane Lions. Rivers coached the VFL team until the end of the 2019 season. in August 2020, Rivers joined Collegians Football Club in the VAFA as their head coach. Statistics |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2003 | | 27 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 1 || 5 || 2 || 8 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 1.3 || 0.3 || 1.7 || 0.7 || 2.7 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2004 | | 27 || 22 || 0 || 0 || 130 || 129 || 259 || 109 || 49 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.9 || 5.9 || 11.8 || 5.0 || 2.2 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2005 | | 27 || 14 || 0 || 0 || 98 || 66 || 164 || 79 || 23 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.0 || 4.7 || 11.7 || 5.6 || 1.6 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2006 | | 27 || 22 || 4 || 4 || 166 || 129 || 295 || 118 || 58 || 0.2 || 0.2 || 7.5 || 5.9 || 13.4 || 5.4 || 2.6 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2007 | | 27 || 3 || 0 || 0 || 17 || 22 || 39 || 16 || 8 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.7 || 7.3 || 13.0 || 5.3 || 2.7 |- ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2008 | | 27 || 6 || 0 || 1 || 28 || 38 || 66 || 23 || 9 || 0.0 || 0.2 || 4.7 || 6.3 || 11.0 || 3.8 || 1.5 |- style="background-color: #EAEAEA" ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2009 | | 27 || 20 || 0 || 0 || 113 || 108 ||