Critics fire up Eagles
RUCKMAN Dean Cox has warned rival clubs to write off West Coast at their own peril.
RUCKMAN Dean Cox has warned rival clubs to write off West Coast at their own peril.
WEST Coast’s season of promise is at risk of becoming a derby final nightmare after the Eagles’ top-four hopes were dealt a painful blow.
WEST Coast coach John Worsfold concedes he needs some new midfielders after his team’s on-ball shortcomings were brutally exposed by Fremantle.
REIGNING Ross Glendinning medallist Matt Rosa is out of Saturday’s crucial Western Derby and will have surgery on a fractured jaw tonight.
WHICH team has a perfect 4-0 record in Saturday afternoon clashes between Fremantle and West Coast? Find out in our Western Derby trivia.
DANIEL Kerr played against Brisbane on Sunday with the fear of badly tearing his hamstring again, West Coast coach John Worsfold says.
UPDATE: WEST Coast skipper Darren Glass will miss Saturday’s derby against Fremantle after accepting his one-match ban.
COACH John Worsfold says he is hopeful Eagles star Daniel Kerr will shrug off a hamstring concern and line up against Fremantle.
BRISBANE coach Michael Voss feared a result like the 98-point thrashing from West Coast at Patersons Stadium yesterday was just around the corner.
HE is often dubbed the “Flying Fijian”. But West Coast superstar Nic Naitanui was the “Silent Assassin” at Patersons Stadium.
WEST Coast maintained the heat on Collingwood for a top-four position with a percentage-boosting victory against Brisbane.
WEST Coast members will have to give their seats up for Fremantle members if the Eagles are drawn to host the Dockers in a final.
LUKE Shuey has detailed his desperation to help fire up an Eagles engine room that he admits has “really dropped off” recently.
WEST Coast could tune up for the finals with a daunting Friday night showdown against flag favourite Hawthorn at the MCG in Round 23.
ANDREW Embley revealed he held doubts over his football future before his successful comeback from shoulder surgery in the WAFL yesterday.
WEST Coast superstar Dean Cox says Sunday’s clash with Brisbane at Perth’s Patersons Stadium is not about getting even with the Lions.
LIONS ruckman Ben Hudson has wished rival Nic Naitanui luck in his quest to receive greater protection from umpires ahead of their clash.
LIONS superboot Josh Drummond is set to miss this Sunday’s clash with West Coast at Patersons Stadium.
WEST Coast veteran Andrew Embley may return in the WAFL this weekend after almost four months out following shoulder surgery.
WEST Coast vice-captain Beau Waters isn’t panicking about the club’s form slump but says the Eagles need to lift their intensity.
FANS have voted West Coast Eagles’ saviour John Worsfold as the best AFL coach in the land.
WEST Coast big man Nic Naitanui says he’s being unfairly impeded by rival ruckmen.
JOHN Worsfold said recently there was no such thing as an eight-point game. The reality confronting the Eagles is that there is.
WEST Coast star Mark LeCras has abandoned thoughts of trying to make an early comeback from his knee reconstruction for the finals.
WEST Coast midfielder Matt Priddis says the Eagles need to play more like Sydney if they are to thrust themselves back into the top-four.
JOHN Worsfold is confident of regaining up to three key pieces of his forward line set-up ahead of the Eagles’ clash with Adelaide.
THE Sydney Swans poured cold water on the West Coast Eagles’ premiership aspirations with a 52-point win that will be felt around the competition.
WEST Coast lost its place in the top four and had its 18-game unbeaten run at home snapped after Sydney secured a convincing 52-point win.
IT has been described as the greatest mark of all time and there is little doubt it is the most important grab ever taken.
WEST Coast forward coach Justin Longmuir has backed the Eagles to continue its attacking trend against the Swans.
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