West Coast have decided that forward Willie Rioli will have a place on the club's playing list for 2020 despite his provisional suspension for allegedly tampering with a urine sample in a drug test.

Sources with knowledge of Rioli's situation confirmed that the Eagles have decided to retain Rioli for 2020, though his future is otherwise uncertain as he faces an investigation over his apparent failure to provide his urine for an out-of-competition drug test by ASADA.

Eagles forward Willie Rioli has been provisionally suspended. Credit:Getty Images

Rioli is contracted for another three seasons, but the club can argue that he is in breach of his contract because he is unable to perform his duties while he is suspended for a breach of the AFL's anti-doping code.

But West Coast are considering both Rioli's welfare – they have sent a staffer to the Northern Territory to support him while he is at home with his family – and the reality that these ASADA cases typically take months to be resolved and that Rioli should not be discarded by the club while his case is pending.