Chris Mainwaring Tribute Onlinetributes.com.au

The Western Australian community will be given the opportunity to pay its respects to the former West Coast Eagles player Chris Mainwaring at a funeral service next week.

The service will conducted at the Christ Church Grammar School Chapel in Claremont from 11am on Monday.

A private family service will be held at a later date.

An autopsy has been conducted on Mainwaring's body and is expected to reveal whether the 41 year old had taken drugs before he died suddenly in the early hours of Monday morning.

It is unclear whether the results of the examination will be made public.

Major Crime Squad Detectives are still investigating the circumstances surrounding Mainwaring's death and have interviewed Eagles midfielder Ben Cousins and former West Coast player, Adrian Barich.

Chris "Mainy" Mainwaring was an Australian Rules Footballer. He played for the West Coast Eagles in the VFL/AFL and for East Fremantle in the West Australian Football League.

Chris also was a television presenter and sports journalist with Seven News Perth.

Mainwaring started his career with the Geraldton Rovers before being recruited by East Fremantle ("The Sharks") in 1985. The image of him leaping with joy at the conclusion of the game, despite having a broken ankle, is one of the lasting images of the Eagles' first premiership. He played 201 games for the Eagles between 1987 and 1999, kicking 84 goals.