GWS Giants beat West Coast Eagles
AFL: The Giants began life without Leon Cameron in strong fashion securing a win over the West Coast Eagles.
AFL: The Giants began life without Leon Cameron in strong fashion securing a win over the West Coast Eagles.
The GWS Giants begin a new era under caretaker coach Mark McVeigh as they take on the West Coast Eagles to open the AFL’s Sunday card.
The bookies and the punters have assessed that Demons can’t lose, and that West Coast has less than Buckley’s hope. It’s incredible to think that these teams have diverged so sharply, given that Sunday’s West Coast team has the same goal-to-goal line as the 2018 preliminary final.
The former West Coast premiership player, now ABC commentator, has been charged with a string of domestic violence charges just months after confirming his split from wife.
WEST Coast’s decision to fine its players for attending a nightclub has been criticised by the AFL Players Association. The Eagles today fined seven players the maximum $5000 amount – half suspended - for attending the club against club rules. Jackson Nelson, Josh Rotham, Jake Waterman, Hugh Dixon, Patrick...
This week on the Real Footy podcast, Michael Gleeson, Caroline Wilson and Peter Ryan look into the issues at West Coast, which go beyond injuries and COVID-19.
AFL: The Brisbane Lions beat the West Coast Eagles by 75 points.
The Lions weren’t as good as some pundits thought they’d be, and West Coast, suffering the season from hell, were not as bad, playing to limit the damage with shattered troops.
The under-fire West Coast Eagles are faced with the daunting task of travelling to Brisbane without half their side on Saturday night.
Under-fire West Coast coach Adam Simpson “is going to do well to survive this year” after it emerged two Eagles players went clubbing amid the club’s Covid-19 crisis, according to Power great Kane Cornes.
West Coast Eagles coach Adam Simpson can’t take a trick. It’s hard to remember a coach having to combat such an onslaught of misfortune after just seven rounds. The Eagles have been savaged by injuries and ravaged by COVID-19. There appeared to be a glimmer of hope with the club’s stunning win...
AFL: West Coast coach Adam Simpson blasted his players after visiting a nightclub last weekend.
A dejected West Coast ponders another smashing at the hands of Port Adelaide a fortnight ago. Photo: AFL MEDIA Some AFL games bring together two teams at such opposite ends of the spectrum it hardly seems fair. Saturday night’s Brisbane-West Coast clash is one of them. The Lions are second on the...
Should the AFL postpone West Coast’s clash with Brisbane on Saturday night? That’s the question that’s been bubbling around the AFL community this week and it came to a head on Friday evening when the Eagles named their side. They’ve had to call on their top-up list for the second time this year as...
West Coast has made eight changes for their clash with Brisbane on Saturday, including recalling defender Josh Rotham. The depleted Eagles are huge outsiders to beat the Lions at the Gabba, with their preparation certainly less than ideal. Four players are out through the AFL’s health and safety protocols,...
AFL: West Coast and coach Adam Simpson have expressed their disappointment following the news that Eagles players attended a nightclub.
Eagles coach Adam Simpson has been left “furious and disappointed” after some players attended a Leederville nightclub last Saturday as the club grapples with an unprecedented Covid-19 and injury crisis.
Paul Hasleby believes the time is right for Adam Simpson to walk away from the West Coast Eagles. The 2018 premiership coach remains under contract with the Eagles until 2024, but Hasleby feels it would be in the best interests of both the club and the individual if they were to part ways. It has been...
NRL: West Coast have been embroiled in Covid related issues this week, and Jack Riewoldt believes the expectations placed on them are unfair.
Adam Simpson is isolating as the Eagles prepare to add top-up players to their travel party ahead of their round eight clash against Brisbane.
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