WEST Coast defender Mark Nicoski got through unscathed in his first game in 14 months for Subiaco reserves in the WAFL on Saturday. Eagles coach John Worsfold said there was no time line on his AFL return. “He obviously had an extremely serious injury that needed full-on surgery to reattach his hamstring,” West Coast coach

IT will be a far cry from the 90,000 he is used to playing in front of on ANZAC Day, but new West Coast Eagle Sharrod Wellingham is expected to line up with East Perth in the WAFL on Thursday for his first game of the season. The news was confirmed last night by Eagles

ALTHOUGH winless to start their 2013 campaign, the West Coast Eagles won’t be taking Carlton lightly in their match at Patersons Stadium on Saturday night. The Blues have lost to Richmond, Collingwood and Geelong in the first three rounds by a total of 38 points and have been in each contest well into the final

HAWTHORN will receive a timely boost with the return of prized recruit Brian Lake for its round two clash with West Coast this week. Lake, who was a late withdrawal from Monday’s loss to the Cats because of a corked thigh suffered during a training session, is expected to make the trip to Perth but

Guest contributor RowdyOne continues his series looking at each club’s best 22 players for the upcoming 2013 season.   Key Personnel Questions for the Eagles: Will 2013 be another stellar season for Jack Darling and can he get the nod for All Australian status? And speaking of being All Australian, can Darren Glass continue his form from

AFTER missing the entire 2012 season because of an ACL injury, the comeback of Mark LeCras lasted less than three quarters after the Eagles forward broke his arm after a collision in yesterday’s game against the Dockers

THE West Coast Eagles have announced that Mark Nicoski has been placed back on the long-term injury list as he battles to recover from a major hamstring injury. Nicoski, 29, went down in last year’s NAB Cup Final after pursuing Adelaide’s Brent Reilly in the loss to the Adelaide Crows. At the time West Coast coach John

WEST Coast Eagles midfielder Matt Rosa will miss the first five rounds of the AFL season after being diagnosed with compartment syndrome in his thigh. Compartment syndrome is a serious medical condition that can occur after an injury if insufficient blood flows to muscles and nerves as a result of an increase in the pressure

WEST Coast suffered a shock loss at the hands of an underrated Port Adelaide by six points in their Round 3 NAB Cup match in Alice Springs last night. The Eagles led at the first break but after falling behind in the second term they were unable to put away a gritty Power squad that kept finding answers for everything the Eagles threw at them

The West Cost veterans – Cox, Kerr, Embley and Glass – will be hell-bent on winning one more premiership before they retire. The Eagles will be seething they missed a golden opportunity to crack the top four in 2012, don’t expect them to make the same mistake in 2013.

IT’S hard enough to travel from one side of the country to another and then back it up with a top notch performance but to do so in a pre-season game is impressive.

To do it against a team as talented as West Coast however is remarkable

NEW West Coast Eagle Sharrod Wellingham was amongst the most impressive Eagles players on Saturday but is now set to miss the rest of the NAB Cup after injuring his ankle. On Sunday. On a trampoline. Wellingham, 24, joined the Eagles in a Trade Period deal that saw West Coast ship the 17th pick of

DESPITE making the semi finals last season without Mark LeCras the Eagles will be overjoyed at his return to the forward line this season. LeCras got through his first game in 12 months unscathed and booted a goal from the same pocket where he injured his knee and showing no signs of caution. LeCras is

AFTER bowing out in last year’s semi finals, tonight marks the return to the field for both West Australian teams when Fremantle and West Coast play host to Geelong in the first round of the 2013 NAB Cup at Patersons Stadium. Both the Eagles and Dockers will field considerably strong teams in the first hit

WEST Coast’s decision to pluck two mature age players in last year’s rookie draft shows that it is in a position to contend again as it bolstered its ranks with former Melbourne midfielder Jamie Bennell and former Subiaco and Port Melbourne ruckman Callum Sinclair. Sinclair is expected to play in the NAB Cup, while Bennell

Continuing our end of the year top five series, we take a look back on the year that was and give you our opinion on the top 5 Individual Performances of the 2012 AFL season.   5. Gary Ablett (GC) v North Melbourne – Ablett had a blistering start to the season and even registered

WEST Coast Eagle midfielder Daniel Kerr has gone in for knee surgery after sustaining an injury in preseason training. It is believed that the injury may have been sustained on Thursday last week after Kerr was absent from practice on the Friday

WELL, that was quick. Just a few days after he was given permission to train with the club, the Western Bulldogs have signed former Docker Nick Lower as a delisted free agent. “I’m really over the moon. I couldn’t be happier,” Lower told westernbulldogs.com.au on Monday afternoon. “I really was pretty unsure with what would happen in the

ADAM Cockie, a former West Coast rookie, is burning up the training track at St Kilda and may well find himself on a clubs’ rookie list next week. So often, players who have been delisted from AFL clubs and return to state leagues, are destined to dominate. Cockie was one of those who flocked from

WE take a club by club look at this year’s draft and, where we have them, we link to our prospect profiles for more details and video of individual players

FOOTBALL NATION brings you the full list of retirements and delistings – club by club – and as they come to hand for

                ROUND   DATE OPPONENT VENUE   TIME 1 Saturday, March 23 Fremantle Patersons Stadium Away 4.40pm 2 Sunday, April 7 Hawthorn Patersons Stadium Home 2.40pm 3 Saturday, April 13 Melbourne MCG Away 2.10pm 4 Saturday, April 20 Carlton Patersons Stadium Home 5.40pm 5 Saturday, April 27 Port

FREMANTLE and West Coast have been handed very similar fixtures as they prepare for their assaults on the 2013 AFL season. Both clubs will kick start their campaign against each other on Saturday, March 23 at Patersons Stadium in what will be a ‘home’ game for the Dockers.. In the following five rounds, Fremantle will

BOTH the West Coast Eagles and Fremantle Dockers were active participants in this years’ player exchange period. How will these transactions change the dynamics of two teams firmly entrenched in a battle for a top four spot next season? Only time will tell, but for now a more detailed look at the weeks that were

IN the closing minutes of the 2012 trade period St Kilda and the West Coast Eagles finally found enough common ground to get a deal done. With minutes remaining to do a deal the Eagles have sent draft selections 41 and 44 to the Saints in exchange for Jamie Cripps and draft selection number 46.

FORMER first round pick Cale Morton will have a chance to energise his career out west after a trade was finalised today with Melbourne that will see the Eagles send the 88th pick in exchange for the for out of favour Demons midfielder/forward. As we reported yesterday, Morton was spotted some 200 metres from Subiaco Oval

PORT ADELAIDE has snared forgotten Eagles defender Lewis Stevenson in a three way deal that provided David Rodan a new home at Melbourne today. West Coast received pick 88 in the deal, which is the pick that Port Adelaide acquired earlier in the day from the Demons for Rodan. Stevenson, 23 joined the Eagles as

THERE’S a saying that goes “the streets have eyes”, and that was certainly the case yesterday when on observant footy fan in Perth spotted Melbourne’s Cale Morton metres from Subiaco Oval. Morton was on his mobile phone and was heard to say “(it) went ok see what happens”. So with less than two full days remaining

UPDATE 24/10/12 @ 1:16pm – The Western Bulldogs have concluded a deal with the West Coast Eagles sending them the 44th pick in the draft in exchange for Koby Stevens. In a statement posted to their website the Bulldogs List Manager, Jason McCartney, said that the 21 year old midfielder was a welcome addition to the

COLLINGWOOD’S Sharrod Wellingham has got his wish to return home to Perth and head to the West Coast Eagles for pick 17; the Eagles’ first selection in this year’s draft. Wellingham, who was ultimately squeezed out by the Pies” salary cap, also had a desire to return home and has been one of the Pies’

SEE the full list of all the club best and fairest winners for 2012 here as Sam Mitchell collects his fourth medal at the Hawks

TWO days ago Magpies coach Nathan Buckley officially denied that Collingwood had negotiated a deal for former West Coast Eagle Quinten Lynch. Today it is widely being reported that a deal is done. It’s all just a matter of timing. Lynch, 29, is an unrestricted free agent and had informed the Eagles last week that he would be

COLLINGWOOD rates its chances of remarkably making its third consecutive grand final after dismantling West Coast by 13-points in a semi-final at the MCG last night. The Pies will now head to ANZ Stadium to take on Sydney, in which it has won the last 11 matches against the Swans and the last seven at

AFTER the completion of the 2012 AFL season the league will be revolutionised by the introduction of free agency. For eligible players this will give them the ability to leave their current club, bypassing the draft and trade periods, and essentially pick their next employer themselves. For the AFL, this will be an unprecedented change. In the lead

WEST Coast believes it can persuade Australian Boomers basketball star Mark Worthington to join the club as a rookie next season. The West Australian reports today that Worthington will undertake fitness testing in the lead up to this year’s draft and may well follow in the footsteps of others who have changed sports to join

GEELONG coach Chris Scott was clearly a frustrated man after his teams’ costly five-point loss to West Coast at Patersons Stadium last night. After leading at every change, the Cats blew the game in the final term before attempting to steal the match in the dying minutes. However, Scott was fuming at the umpiring decisions

WEST Coast Eagles star Daniel Kerr has received a two year contract extension that will see him remain with the club until he is 31 years of age. The news was hinted at earlier in the week and became official today after the club announced the deal on its website. “Potentially he’s got another 40

THE West Coast Eagles continue to quietly go on about their business, following up their on field victory against Fremantle last Sunday with an off field one on Tuesday when they signed two of their key players to contract extensions. Team captain Darren Glass and wingman Matt Rosa both came to terms with the club on

IN spite of being undefeated after five rounds, the forward line for the West Coast Eagles would seem to be cursed with another player set to miss extended time due to injury. This time it’s full forward Josh Kennedy who, after landing awkwardly during the second quarter of the Eagles’ 10-point victory against Richmond, looks set

WEST Coast Eagles midfielder Andrew Embley faces the prospect of missing up to 16 weeks if he elects to proceed with a shoulder reconstruction. Scans are currently being assessed by  doctors to determine whether Embley, 30, will need major surgery after dislocating his shoulder during Saturday’s 108 point victory over Melbourne at Patersons Stadium. Manager Anthony

WE continue our season preview in a pocket series in the lead up to the 2012 AFL season with the team that we predict will finish in fifth position this season. And that is the West Coast Eagles

THE West Coast Eagles, having already lost Mark LeCras and Mark Nicoski in the pre-season, have seen their injury toll rise again today after midfielder Chris Masten hurt his face at training today. Masten, 22, has a suspected fracture to his cheekbone and will have scans that will determine whether or not he will undergo surgery to

THE West Coast Eagles lost the NAB Cup Grand Final last night to the Adelaide Crows, and in so doing added another injury to their already depleted forward line with Mark Nicoski going down

THE WEST COAST EAGLES will get one of their best players back this weekend when Daniel Kerr takes the field against Port Adelaide this Saturday

As reported earlier today, the West Coast Eagles have now confirmed that star forward Mark LeCras is out for the 2012 season after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee

The Australian has reported that star Eagles forward Mark LeCras is now likely to be out for the entire 2012 season after rupturing the anterior cruciate ligament in his right knee at training yesterday. LeCras was a key contributor to the Eagles fourth place finish last season and losing the 25 year old sharp shooter

PUNTERS have backed West Coast to over come an injury-ravaged Western Bulldogs at Etihad Stadium tomorrow. The Eagles have their own injury problems with Josh Kennedy out because of a freak accident at training led him to an eye injury. He joins Nic Naitanui and Daniel Kerr on the sidelines. But the Dogs are worse

WEST COAST and Fremantle has had their bid to become stand-alone teams in the WAFL rejected after a joint proposal was conjured between the two parties earlier this year. The WAFL commission believe having the addition of West Coast and Fremantle as stand alone teams – rather than the current system which sees its players

A RAFT of stars will return for this week’s NAB Challenge matches including Geelong’s Jimmy Bartel and Paul Chapman, Brisbane Lions forward Jonathan Brown and West Coast’s Daniel Kerr. While the talk will surround Friday night’s blockbuster between Essendon and Collingwood, the array of practice matches will keep AFL pundits informed about what’s making news. Already

THIS isn’t the match of round in terms of ladder positions but the importance for football careers will be well measured in this one at Subiaco on Sunday. Both teams have selected a flurry of young players in a bid to try and test these players out to see if they can play at AFL level.

Where to for West Coast??? The West Coast Eagles find themselves in a precarious situation after the half waypoint of the season. Going into 2010 the team from the West Coast of Australia were talking about the possibility of playing finals and re-stamping their claims for Premiership success. But it seems those plans will be

WEST Coast and Melbourne – two developing teams. The Eagles showed they were perhaps a class above the Demons on Saturday after winning by 29-points. But it proved that both teams will be very exciting in the future. The Eagles have a great young list with Josh Kennedy kicking two goals, Mark LeCras kicking two

WEST COAST’S 2006 AFL premiership should not be looked down upon because of its former skipper Ben Cousins’ fall-out according to Cousins himself. Cousins spoke openly on Fox Sports’ On the Couch last night and defended the Eagles, saying that it was right that his former team-mates hadn’t suffered because of it. “I can only

What is going on in the west?? In the past decade we have seen a remarkable turnaround of two sides. On one hand we had the super successful West Coast Eagles, who dominated the competition for the majority of the past years and had a premierships to show for their efforts. (more…)

WEST COAST won by just 23 points agains Essendon but the damage was done early on Friday night at Subiaco Oval. The only negative for the Eagles was a hamstring injury to on-baller Daniel Kerr in the 15.11 (101) to 11.12 (78) win. Eagles coach John Worsfold praised ruckman Dean Cox after 30 hit outs

NORTH MELBOURNE toppled West Coast by 25 points for its first win of the season on Saturday, 17.14 (116) to 13.13 (91). The Kangaroos won because of Brent Harvey’s and Liam Anthony’s brilliance in the midfield. Coach Brad Scott praised skipper Harvey after having a shocker last week. “I said in this room last week

PORT Adelaide held on to win by three points over West Coast at Subiaco Oval on Saturday night. Jason Davenport was dominant for the Power with four goals in the 13.11 (89) to 12.14 (86) win. “Jason Davenport had a pretty non-eventful game until the last quarter and kept missing goals when he had great

THE Brisbane Lions stood tall with Jonathan Brown leading the team to its first victory of the season over West Coast Eagles on Saturday night. Brown kicked five goals while new recruit Brendan Fevola kicked three despite spraying a few shots. “It was a war of attrition really,” coach Michael Voss said after the match.

We take a look at the West Coast Eagles and what we can expect from them in 2010. Does finals beckon for John Worsfold’s mob

Rising West Coast Eagle Jordan Jones gives Football Nation an exclusive insight into life at the Eagles’ nest after being selected at pick 52 in last year’s draft

Is West Coast swingman Adam Hunter on the verge of retiring? The 2006 premiership player is on the verge of his 150-game milestone but rumours have reached fever pitch that he is about to give the game away

Following a turbulent 2007, disaster again struck at West Coast in 2008, with the side only recording four wins to finish in fifteenth position. John Worsfold is undoubtedly looking to rebuild his struggling team, and has recruited some able youngsters to partner a swathe of sub-fifty-game players. Heading the charge will be athletic big man