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Willie Rioli to stay at West Coast Eagles despite drug charge, doping ban – ABC News
West Coast says it will not sack Willie Rioli, instead standing by the troubled forward who recently escaped a conviction for cannabis possession and is serving…
AFL club West Coast has confirmed it will not sack troubled forward Willie Rioli.
Earlier this month, the 2018 premiership player escaped a conviction for cannabis possesion.
He had been charged after a sniffer dog at at Darwin Airport detected 25 grams of cannabis in his pants in April.
Rioli has been based in the Northern Territory since his suspension from the AFL for two years for tampering with a urine sample in August 2019.
The 25-year-old is serving the final months of that ban.
Rioli has…
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