West Coast tyro Harley Reid’s high-flying western derby hanger has been nominated for the AFL’s Mark of the Year award. WATCH IT AGAIN HERE
Jackson Barrett
West Coast are closing in on locking away young ruckman Harry Barnett for at least the next two years in a move that’s set to add intrigue around the future of Tim English.
Mitchell Woodcock
West Coast are set to confirm star teenager Harley Reid will be rested for the club’s trip to the Gold Coast at the weekend, unless the Eagles are struck with another injury blow.
West Coast Eagles have moved quickly to replace injured off-season acquisition Matilda Sergeant, signing Oakleigh Chargers midfielder Sanne Bakker as an injury replacement player.
Ben Smith
The AFL has been slammed as having inconsistent double standards by furious fans after West Coast defender Tom Barrass had his one-game suspension upheld on Wednesday.
Aaron Kirby
West Coast and Sydney premiership player Lewis Jetta has returned to the Swans while the family prepared for 10-year-old daughter Daisy to undergo a marathon surgery.
West Coast tried to use Tom Barrass’ good character to get his suspension overturned at the AFL tribunal but he will still miss the game against Gold Coast.
Craig O'Donoghue
West Coast defender Tom Barrass will appear at the AFL tribunal at 11am to fight a one-game suspension for a dangerous tackle and history says that’s a tough charge to beat.
UPDATE: West Coast won’t lodge an appeal after being unable to overturn Tom Barrass’ one-match ban, despite pushing the ‘good character’ narrative that helped Charlie Cameron. See the tribunal’s reasons here.
Chris Robinson
One kicked a goal that brought the house down, one put the clamps on a dangerous forward and another racked up clearances. The West looks at the unheralded Eagles turning West Coast’s form around.
Coaches often use the phrase ‘effort is non-negotiable’ when talking about their team’s performance. That must be the premise for West Coast moving forward in this rebuild, writes Rourke Walsh.
Rourke Walsh
West Coast great Chris Judd has offered some words of wisdom for No.1 pick Harley Reid after a blistering start to his career in blue and gold.
Samantha Rogers
Speaking for the first time since being dropped, West Coast veteran Andrew Gaff is adamant he has still got something to offer at AFL level as the bid to revive his career continues.
It might have been a lone West Coast fan that hurled abuse at Fremantle’s Michael Walters but we can all do better to show more respect to AFL players on and off the field, writes Samantha Rogers.
West Coast are ‘extremely disappointed’ after a supporter was accused of hurling abuse at Fremantle veteran Michael Walters following the club’s western derby victory on Saturday.
West Coast are reportedly set to rest teen sensation Harley Reid for the club’s trip to the Gold Coast after the No.1 pick’s starring role in the Eagles’ western derby victory.
West Coast co-captain Liam Duggan says he’s ‘confused’ by what constitutes a legal tackle after teammate Tom Barrass was suspended in the western derby.
Several Eagles were on light duties, but there was heavy-duty fan love for Harley Reid as West Coast hit the track - and showed off their Anzac jumpers. Here’s what caught our eye at training.
West Coast have confirmed women’s football pioneer Jan Cooper has been appointed to the Eagles board as a director.
The AFL is working with Fremantle to investigate an incident where Dockers veteran Michael Walters was the target of verbal abuse from a West Coast fan at the end of last weekend’s western derby.
Harley Reid was extraordinary while the derby was being decided, putting in a performance I’ve not seen from a first-year player ever, writes Xavier Ellis.
Xavier Ellis
Young West Coast star Harley Reid has added another feather to his already brimming cap, snagging a Mark of the Year nomination in the western derby.
West Coast will challenge key defender Tom Barrass’ suspension for a dangerous tackle at the AFL tribunal and have plenty of confidence they can have him available to face Gold Coast this weekend
The AFL has jumped aboard the high-flying Harley Reid bandwagon, rebranding their social media accounts as Demons premiership ruckman Max Gawn also fawned over the teen sensation with a bold claim.