Harley Reid has spent his short AFL career as an inside midfielder while other youngsters like Nick Daicos and Harry Sheezel cut their teeth across half-back. Now the Eagles are looking to give Reid relief.
Craig O'Donoghue
West Coast coach Andrew McQualter has conceded co-captain Oscar Allen is just one of the senior players out of form as the Eagles’ winless start to the season continued.
Samantha Rogers
Brisbane premiership player Jonathan Brown says playing in ‘one of the worst teams’ of the last 25 years is a significant factor in the struggles of second-year Eagles prodigy Harley Reid.
Aaron Kirby
In A Six-Pack Of IPA (Interesting Points, Allegedly), we reveal the list of players to have booted two goals in their first quarter of AFL footy in the wake of Isaiah Dudley’s derby effort, and more.
Chris Robinson
West Coast midfielder Jack Graham has avoided suspension for an off-the-ball hit on Fremantle star Caleb Serong, with four players - including Harley Reid - fined following a feisty western derby.
West Coast teen sensation Harley Reid has been nominated for mark of the round for his superb grab over Fremantle’s Heath Chapman.
West Coast defender Brady Hough admits it’s going to be tough to cover the loss of Jeremy McGovern, but is confident the club has the depth to ‘fill the void’ left by the All-Australian.
Danielle Laidley runs an eye over every Fremantle Docker and West Coast Eagle after western derby 60. Who starred and who struggled?
Danielle Laidley
The AFL season is well and truly heating up and so are the big issues across the game. The West Australian’s Mitchell Woodcock takes a no-holds-barred look at the week.
Mitchell Woodcock
Andrew McQualter says he may deploy Oscar Allen in defence for next week’s daunting road trip to face GWS, as the Eagles look to breathe life into their co-captain & cover the expected loss of Jeremy McGovern.
Fremantle star Caleb Serong has equalled Paul Hasleby’s record for the most Glendinning-Allan Medals after a sparkling performance in the Dockers’ dominant western derby win over West Coast.
Ben Smith
If West Coast want to get co-captain Oscar Allen to sign on the dotted line then they must find a way to get their forward firing in their new gamestyle.
Fremantle have won the western derby on a day where their leaders stepped up to the plate and Caleb Serong created his own piece of history with a fourth Glendinning-Allan Medal.
West Coast were outplayed and outclassed as cross-town rivals Fremantle claimed the first western derby of 2025. Here’s our three-word analysis of every Eagle.
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West Coast’s torrid western derby has gone from bad to worse, with star defender Jeremy McGovern forced from the field with a groin injury after earlier being hit in the head.
Jack Graham could find himself in hot water for what appeared to be a gut punch on Caleb Serong as tempers flared in the second quarter of the western derby.
West Coast fans have shown their unwavering support for young star Harley Reid, with many taking part in a middle-finger salute at the nine-minute mark of the western derby.
Fremantle had to execute two late changes in a less-than-ideal build-up for a huge western derby clash but came up trumps! Recap all the action from Optus Stadium in our blog.
The western derby may be a battle of 17th against 18th, but there may have never been a more important one in its illustrious history both on and off the field.
Paul Hasleby
Fremantle great Shaun McManus has encouraged WA football fans to tune into Channel 7 for the western derby, saying he’s expecting fireworks in the grudge match on Sunday.
Matt Owies always saw himself as a NBA player. Then he came up against Jayson Tatum.
Draftee Tom Gross has given West Coast some positive selection headaches, putting himself in the frame for a debut after a strong showing in a WAFL pre-season win over Swan Districts.
West Coast could run three players through the ruck against Fremantle as they look to curtail the influence of Fremantle star Luke Jackson in the western derby.
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