Riccardi – who was a member of the Calder Cannons NAB League squad in 2017 and 2018 – was unearthed from the VFL competition by the GIANTS after winning the Fothergill-Round-Mitchell Medal as the best young player and showing consistency throughout the season under former GIANTS assistant coach Mark Williams. A strong mark and a deadly set shot, Riccardi joined the GIANTS with pick 51 of the 2019 NAB AFL Draft. He burst on to the AFL scene in round 13, 2020 and in his five games for the season he kicked nine goals and earned a NAB AFL Rising Star nomination.
