Sam Murray free to play next AFL season after 18-month drug ban

  • Collingwood rookie’s suspension backdated
  • Murray tested positive to illicit substance in July 2018

Collingwood defender Sam Murray is free to play in the AFL next season after receiving his punishment for failing a game-day drugs test last year. The AFL Anti-Doping Tribunal has handed down an 18-month suspension which would allow Murray to play in round one, 2020.

Murray tested positive to an illicit substance in July 2018, his debut season in the AFL. The 21-year-old was investigated by the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority and had been facing up to a four-year ban.

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