Former Fremantle hard nut Ryan Crowley will continue his career as a player/coach at WAFL club Swan Districts if he doesn't get picked up by another AFL club.
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Crowley was delisted by the Dockers earlier this month after 188 games for the club.
The 2012 Doig Medallist spent this season watching from the sidelines after copping an anti-doping ban.
Crowley's 12-month ban for taking an illegal substance expired on September 24, meaning he was eligible to take part in Fremantle's preliminary final, but the club didn't pick him.
The 31-year-old will join Swan Districts on a two-year deal as a player and assistant coach if an AFL club does not recruit him as a delisted free agent or in the NAB AFL Draft.
Swan coach Greg Harding said some AFL clubs would be eyeing off Crowley.
"I think if a club is looking for a specific player like Ryan, they will just go 'click' and sign him up," he said.
"He's had a fantastic career and he's played on the likes of Judd, Ablett and Cousins.
"If he plays for us, he'll be massive for us and the entire organisation with his mentoring role of the younger players.
"And his running capacity in the AFL was second to none, so he will bring that to the WAFL as well."
Crowley previously said despite getting the chop from Fremantle he planned to play on next year, if a AFL club picks him up.
"I feel like I want it so bad... I honestly feel I've got some of my best footy to play," he said.
When Crowley was delisted Fremantle's general manager of football operations, Chris Bond, paid tribute to the tagger and said he had given significantly to the club over a number of years.
"Ryan became the competition's premier tagger and has been a popular player around the club and with fans," Bond said.
"He left nothing out on the ground during his 188 games for Fremantle."
Crowley played in a WAFL premiership with Subiaco in 2004 alongside former Dockers teammate David Mundy.
