'Over-cared for' star ripped over 'disloyal' move

Former West Coast midfielder Xavier Ellis has criticised Junior Rioli's desired commercialized arsenic the 2018 premiership subordinate looks acceptable to onshore astatine Port Adelaide for adjacent season.

The 27-year-old is astatine the extremity of the declaration hold helium signed with the Eagles successful 2019 - a woody which subsequently overlapped with Rioli serving a two-year prohibition for substituting a urine cause test.

Rioli completed a aesculapian appraisal astatine the Power and conscionable with Port fable Shaun Burgoyne connected Monday, telling 9News Adelaide helium would "hopefully" beryllium astatine the nine adjacent year.

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West Coast Eagles prima Junior Rioli. (Getty)

The imaginable determination caps disconnected a tumultuous 18 months for the guardant which besides carried idiosyncratic calamity erstwhile his father, Willie Sr, passed abruptly successful July.

In weighing up his future, Rioli said helium was seeking a declaration connection that would supply stableness for him and his family.

"To play the champion footy you've got to beryllium comfortable, and for me, I learnt that erstwhile I wasn't playing footy," helium said.

"I was playing bully footy, but I wasn't comfortable, I wasn't stable. So I'd similar to beryllium unchangeable and I cognize I'll get the champion retired of my footy."

However, it was these comments that angered Ellis, fixed the nine stood by Rioli during his two-year suspension for doping.

"I'll archer you what would marque you comfy – getting paid for 2 years erstwhile you're banned for 2 years, that would marque you beauteous comfortable," Ellis told Triple M.

"Not having to wage for the QC fees of your cases that you've had the past 2 years, to person them waived. That would marque maine consciousness a spot comfortable.

"Rioli, I deliberation you beryllium West Coast."

Having lone made his instrumentality from his infamous prohibition this play - and making lone 13 appearances due to the fact that of wounded and idiosyncratic permission - Ellis said Rioli should consciousness obligated to repay the nine with his services.

Willie Rioli Senior suffered a bosom onslaught and died successful July. (West Coast Eagles)

"You mightiness get a amended woody astatine Port, but what West Coast's done for you implicit the past 3 years – you've played successful 2 victories successful the past 3 years. I deliberation helium owes West Coast something.

"Not galore players beryllium shot clubs thing – it's a concern deal, it is literally: 'shake hands, I execute a contract' – it's overmuch deeper here.

"Of people helium was banned for 2 years, doubly tampered with cause samples, pled blameworthy for drugs successful an airdrome and has freely moved backmost and distant astir WA backmost location much than immoderate different subordinate connected the database the past fewer years arsenic well.

"I deliberation helium owes it to West Coast to instrumentality it out."

Ellis besides countered reports that Rioli's imaginable woody astatine Port Adelaide was "lucrative" erstwhile compared to West Coasts' offering.

"There's wealth there; [West Coast] person offered him bully wealth – akin wealth to Port Adelaide and akin years. I deliberation it'd beryllium a omniscient happening to enactment astatine West Coast … and I deliberation helium does beryllium it to them," helium said.

"I deliberation he's been good and genuinely over-cared for much than anything.

"I deliberation they've been beauteous bully to him. He's been looked aft supra and beyond."

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