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Eagles lose McGovern for Swans AFL clash

Star West Coast midfield trio Tim Kelly, Elliot Yeo, and Luke Shuey are set to return against Sydney on Friday night, but Jeremy McGovern has been ruled out.

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Young Swans forwards face stern AFL test

A Sydney attack without Lance Franklin, and with Tom Papley still sidelined, will face an in-form West Coast defence in the Good Friday clash at Optus Stadium.

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Knee injury sidelines Naitanui in AFL

Just as West Coast are about to regain several key players they have lost star ruckman Nic Naitanui until the second half of the AFL season with a knee injury.

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West Coast beat Collingwood and massive injury list, Lance Franklin breaks finger in Swans win

A depleted West Coast Eagles side secures a stunning victory over Collingwood at Docklands while Lance Franklin is expected to miss weeks with a finger injury as Sydney, Fremantle and Richmond record wins.

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Defiant Eagles aim to topple Magpies

Andrew Gaff and Sam Petrevski-Seton have become the latest West Coast players to be cut down by injury in a nightmare start to the season for the AFL club.

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Magpies accept De Goey's one-game AFL ban

Collingwood star Jordan De Goey is out of Saturday's clash against West Coast after they opted not to take his one-game suspension to the AFL tribunal.

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Eagles coach says AFL season starts now

West Coast's COVID-19 outbreak appears to be easing, and coach Adam Simpson believes he will have close to a near full-strength side in the coming weeks.

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Dockers thrash Eagles in AFL western derby

Fremantle forward Lachie Schultz has won the Glendinning-Allan Medal as best afield in the Dockers' 55-point AFL western derby win over West Coast.

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Dockers coach Longmuir in COVID protocols

Fremantle coach Justin Longmuir has been forced into COVID-19 isolation and will miss the Dockers' AFL derby against West Coast.

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Noble sees scrappy AFL win vital for North

North Melbourne were widely expected to smash an undermanned West Coast but just scraped home in a narrow AFL win by 15 points.

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Freewheeling Fever dazzle for new coach

The West Coast Fever have shocked the two-time Super Netball champion Sunshine Coast Lightning with an 82-62 thrashing in Perth.

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North win AFL scrap over virus-hit Eagles

West Coast's makeshift team gave North Melbourne a scare before falling 15 points short in a scrappy AFL contest at Marvel Stadium.

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St Kilda beat Fremantle thanks to Max King brilliance in Perth, Richmond off the mark against GWS

Four second-half goals from Max King lead St Kilda to victory over Fremantle. Meanwhile Richmond beat GWS and North Melbourne had just enough for a heavily-depleted West Coast.

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Darling returns among unfamiliar Eagles

West Coast have lost a dozen players to COVID-19 protocols, but vaccine-hesitant forward Jack Darling isn't one of them.

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West Coast Eagles hit by 'severe' COVID-19 outbreak with 12 players unavailable for AFL clash against Kangaroos

Coach Adam Simpson says as few as 17 listed players could be available for the game against North Melbourne, leaving the club reliant on state top-up players.

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West Coast's AFL team decimated by COVID

West Coast's game against North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium is set to go ahead on Sunday despite the Eagles experiencing a devastating COViD-19 outbreak.

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Eagles decimated by COVID-19 protocols

Top-up players Declan Mountford and Stefan Giro have been called into West Coast's virus-hit squad for the AFL round-two meeting with North Melbourne.

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AFL decides against Rioli verdict appeal

The AFL has decided against challenging the tribunal's Willie Rioli verdict, even though it disagrees with the decision to clear the West Coast forward.

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Willie Rioli, Rory Sloane cleared to play by AFL Tribunal, Mitch Robinson's ban upheld

The AFL Tribunal clears Willie Rioli of rough conduct in an incident with Matt Rowell. Rory Sloane has an eye-contact charge overturned, while Mitch Robinson's ban for front-on contact is upheld.

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Sloane's AFL eye-contact charge downgraded

Adelaide captain Rory Sloane has had his one-game ban for making contact with the eye of Fremantle's Blake Acres downgraded to a fine.

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Eagles' Rioli offered one-match AFL ban

West Coast's Willie Rioli has been offered a one-match suspension for his high hit on Gold Coast's Matt Rowell.

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GWS banking on Brander spark for AFL derby

Former West Coast forward Jarrod Brander will play his first AFL game for GWS in the round-one derby against Sydney.

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Eagles 'scraping it' after injury chaos

West Coast might have to dig into its top-up list as early as this week following an unprecedented injury crisis and the growing threat of COVID-19.

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AFL weighs up options for Eagles, Dockers

West Coast may have to call on top-up players for round one as the AFL's two Perth-based clubs brace for more COVID-19 cases this season.

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Riddell sets AFLW record as Kangaroos fire

Prolific midfielder Ash Riddell gathered an AFLW-record 42 disposals in North Melbourne's huge win over West Coast.

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