Small forward Tyson Stengle wants to continue his football career.Credit:Getty Images
He had been charged withdrink driving in April when the game was shut down due to COVID-19 and was then involved in a misdemeanour in October with former teammate Brad Crouch when the pair were found in possession of cocaine after being searched by South Australian police.
Stengle had played 12 matches with the Crows in 2020 (including the last four matches of the season) bringing his career tally to 16,having played two games for Richmond in 2017.
Stengle was already suspended for the first four matches this season and Crouch,who joined St Kilda in the off-season,is suspended for the first two matches.
After being banished from the club,the small forward had been training with his SANFL club Woodville-West Torrens since February in the hope of regaining his position but the decision to part ways seemed inevitable to parties close to the negotiations weeks ago.
Sources familiar with Stengle’s situation expressed dissatisfaction with the time it took for the club to provide certainty to the player about his immediate future after his transgressions had been dealt with under the AFL’s illicit drugs policy.
Stengle’s management company W Sports and Media released a short statement after the agreement was reached.