Fremantle coach Ross Lyon has not ruled out the possibility of tagger Ryan Crowley playing again this season.
 
The 31-year-old was handed a 12-month ban last week for breaching the AFL’s anti-doping code after testing positive to a banned substance that was contained in a painkiller.
 
The suspension is backdated to September 25 last year – the day Crowley accepted a voluntary suspension – meaning he could return to the field for the last two weeks of finals.

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Under the code, Crowley is able to resume training with the Freo Dockers two months before his sanction ends.
 
Lyon said there would still be a chance of Crowley returning to the squad despite his ban ending late in the season.
 
"If that was the commitment, if Ryan said: 'I'll commit to train, keep fit, come back (then a return is possible)," Lyon told Fox Footy on Monday night.
 
"Until you're in finals you can't make any decisions; if we get to that stage we'll consider it, but potentially it could happen.
 
"We'll all come back together and look at the immediate future with the view to make a decision for Ryan to do the training and come back two months out."