Sydney Swans star Tom Papley is facing fresh questions after returning a positive preliminary roadside drug test during a police stop in NSW. <\/p>\n
The same stop also resulted in a court attendance notice over an allegedly suspended licence linked to an unpaid parking fine.<\/p>\n
Papley, one of Sydney\u2019s best-known forwards, was stopped for a roadside licence check on Monday.<\/p>\n
In a statement, the club confirmed he was issued with a court attendance notice for \u201cdriving with a suspended licence due to non-payment of a parking fine\u201d.<\/p>\n
Police also conducted a random drug test during the stop, with the Swans stating the test \u201creturned a positive preliminary test indication\u201d. <\/p>\n
A second sample was then taken for further analysis, with those results not expected for at least four weeks.<\/p>\n
\u201cPapley immediately advised the Club regarding this matter and the Club subsequently informed the AFL,\u201d the statement read.<\/p>\n
Papley, from Bunyip in regional Victoria, joined Sydney as a rookie and has developed into one of the AFL\u2019s leading small forwards since making his debut in 2016. <\/p>\n
He was named All-Australian in 2021, has led the Swans\u2019 goalkicking on multiple occasions, and has a family link to the club through his grandfather Max Papley, who played for South Melbourne.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sydney Swans star Tom Papley is facing fresh questions after returning a positive preliminary roadside drug test during…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":952329,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[519212,519220,104821,256328,515284,519211,518899,519216,518907,519205,518913,518914,498856,518897,388598,518901,376769,518895,519217,638,74212,519210,519206,518910,64,63,55,639,519219,519218,428903,457771,519213,390377,519208,387386,12136,43961,518904,2733,451696,1158,519214,27484,519209,96177,80079,85,25758,21453,670,7200,518912,454318,379302,382205,519207,519215,128820,402919,390244,508509,22719],"class_list":["post-952328","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-s-best-known-forwards","tag-s-leading-small-forwards","tag-104821","tag-256328","tag-a-court-attendance-notice","tag-a-family-link","tag-a-parking-fine","tag-a-police-stop","tag-a-positive-preliminary-result","tag-a-positive-preliminary-roadside-drug-test","tag-a-positive-preliminary-test-indication","tag-a-random-drug-test","tag-a-roadside-drug-test","tag-a-roadside-licence-check","tag-a-rookie","tag-a-second-sample","tag-a-statement","tag-a-suspended-licence","tag-a-sydney-swans-star","tag-afl","tag-all-australian","tag-an-allegedly-suspended-licence","tag-an-unpaid-parking-fine-papley","tag-at-least-four-weeks","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-bunyip","tag-drug-test-shock","tag-fresh-questions","tag-further-analysis","tag-goalkicking","tag-his-debut","tag-his-grandfather-max-papley","tag-monday-in","tag-multiple-occasions","tag-newswire-sport","tag-non-payment","tag-nsw","tag-papley","tag-police","tag-preliminary-drug-test-result","tag-regional-victoria","tag-roadside-stop","tag-scrutiny","tag-south-melbourne","tag-sports","tag-statement","tag-swans","tag-sydney","tag-sydney-swans","tag-sydney-swans-star-tom-papley","tag-the-stop","tag-the-afl","tag-the-club","tag-the-same-stop","tag-the-statement-read-papley","tag-the-swans","tag-the-test","tag-this-matter","tag-those-results","tag-tom-papley"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952328","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=952328"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/952328\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/952329"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=952328"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=952328"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=952328"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}