Top West Coast Eagles player sacked by local footy club and stood down by First Peoples’ Assembly following allegations of child sexual offences…

West Coast Eagles star has been stood down from his role with the First Peoples’ Assembly of Victoria and had his contract with a local footy club terminated after he was charged with alleged historical child sex offences.

Josh Hill, who played for both the Western Bulldogs and the West Coast Eagles, appeared at Northbridge Court in Perth this weekend over the allegations.

The 36-year-old was released on bail but will appear in court again in April

According to The West Australian, the charges are alleged to include four counts of sexually penetrating a child over 13 and under 16. The outlet reports three of those alleged offences are understood to have taken place in 2015.

The former West Coast star was not required to make a plea during the hearing and declined to comment to the outlet as he left the court.

The report adds that the former footy player was required to ‘surrender his passport’ to a court in Victoria and ‘forfeit his working with children card to police’.

He had signed for Point Cook in January, but the football club has today moved to sever ties with the former Eagles forward, who had played in the 2015 AFL Grand Final and was a rising star nominee back in 2008.

The Point Cook Football Club’s executives were yesterday made aware of developments and met this morning in relation to senior men’s player Josh Hill; including that he has been charged by Western Australian Police with offences that are now before the courts,’ a club statement said.

is now important that the legal process be allowed to run its course and as such the club cannot and will not make any further comment in relation to these charges while the matter is under police investigation and before the courts.’