Campbell Chesser’s frustrating start to AFL life has continued, with the young Eagle set to be unavailable for selection in the early stages of the season after undergoing ankle surgery.
Chris Robinson
Ben Cousins’ father Bryan is among a group of prominent voices who will speak on Tuesday night to support a new past players organisation to potentially rival the AFL Players’ Association.
Co-captain Liam Duggan says West Coast are on the ‘right path’ to regaining their status as an AFL powerhouse and push for a fifth premiership before his career comes to an end.
Mitchell Woodcock
Reuben Ginbey will be free to play West Coast’s season opener after the Eagles’ young gun was cleared over his push on Richmond’s Sam Lalor.
Melbourne has handed former West Coast mid-season draftee Jai Culley an AFL lifeline after they were granted permission by the league to put him on their list.
Ahead of the new season, The West Australian’s Caitlin Bassett has ranked every club’s captains and analyses what makes them great.
Caitlin Bassett
West Coast co-captain Liam Duggan says it took him time to adapt to the the fast, dynamic and ‘not pretty’ football new coach Andrew McQualter wants them to play in 2025.
Reuben Ginbey’s round one hopes lie in the hands of the AFL’s MRO as the hulking West Coast defender awaits to find out his fate from an incident that left No. 1 draftee Sam Lalor with a broken jaw.
West Coast star Dana Hooker is on track to return to football later this year, just months after giving birth to her second child
West Coast co-captain Liam Duggan says he lost sleep knowing he was going to go up against luckless midfielder Elijah Hewett in the Eagles’ intraclub on Saturday.
Fremantle and West Coast will benefit from less travel in 2025 following a Competitive Balance review, but now other clubs are also set to have inequities addressed in a bid to make the AFL fairer.
Craig O'Donoghue
West Coast have taken a cautious approach with young star Harley Reid, benching the teenager after only three quarters of the Eagles’ match simulation on Saturday morning
Football analyst Abbey Holmes has warned second-year West Coast tyro Harley Reid is ready to go ‘full beast mode’ this season after taking the competition by storm last year.
Jackson Barrett
There are some old, familiar signs returning to the West Coast Eagles under the stewardship of CEO Don Pyke as club greats return to take part in the restump, rewrite and reboot.
Glen Quartermain
Given players and clubs are constantly talking about contracts, does anyone really believe Sam Mitchell didn’t use Tom Barrass’ wedding to butter up Harley Reid? Why do clubs keep treating fans like fools?
West Coast star Jeremy McGovern may be a veteran now, but the defender is embracing the need for speed being introduced by new coach Andrew McQualter.
If he can stay fit, West Coast forward Oscar Allen ‘can kick 60 goals’ in 2025, according to AFL great Matthew Richardson.
Samantha Rogers
Returning West Coast star Dana Hooker has revealed she is set to take on a new position in Daisy Pearce’s side as the club develops its young midfield.
West Coast could be on the verge of ditching the widely-panned current version of the club song after calling on members to vote on their preferred tune.
Prized West Coast midfielder Elliot Yeo has taken an important step towards a highly-anticipated comeback from injury.
Adam Hunter’s emotional funeral service on Thursday included a touching poem - written by the former Eagle - about how much his local club meant to him. Read it in full here.
A host of West Coast stars got back into the swing of things at training on Thursday, while Matt Flynn cast aside injury concerns and Elliot Yeo took strides in his recovery. SEE THE PICTURES.
After being pictured laughing at a wedding with West Coast star Harley Reid, Hawthorn coach Sam Mitchell has explained what went down.
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Sam Mitchell says he loves watching Harley Reid play but insists there was nothing sinister about the now-famous photo of him sitting next to the young West Coast star at Tom Barrass’ wedding.
