West Coast Eagles

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Eagles can control attitude: Simpson (West Coast Eagles)

West Coast will dive into the COVID Contingency List and hand opportunities to WAFL players against North Melbourne, with coach Adam Simpson revealing 12 Eagles ...

There’s good spirit amongst the club and group, which is critical in these situations.” “It’s just opportunity. We want to be resilient and these are opportunities to display that,” Simpson said. Whether we use three, five possibly, it’s just where we’re at,” Simpson said on Friday. “That’s just the reality. “We’re working through a situation we all thought might happen and we’re the ones working through it.

West Coast Eagles hit by 'severe' COVID-19 outbreak with 12 ... (ABC News)

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 ...

Simpson said the Eagles were in discussions with the league but expected the game to go ahead. Simpson said the Eagles would have to hand AFL debuts to players who have never even trained with the team. The cluster has left the Eagles struggling to field a team, with coach Adam Simpson saying as few as 17 listed players will be available to face North Melbourne on Sunday.

Nic Naitanui out: West Coast Eagles' round two team revealed as ... (The West Australian)

West Coast have been forced to call on multiple COVID contingency players as a virus outbreak tears through the club. See the Eagles' round two team here.

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West Coast Eagles lose 12 AFL players as COVID decimates squad ... (7NEWS.com.au)

West Coast have been forced to hand debuts to WAFL and rookie players amid a devastating outbreak.

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Eagles 'absolutely compromised' by Covid chaos, fears AFL season ... (Fox Sports)

Eagles 'absolutely compromised' by Covid chaos, fears AFL season now has 'asterisk' in 2022.

“Is it 8 players? Lyon said the AFL needed to make a stand and say “enough is enough”. Garry Lyon fears there’s an “asterisk” on the 2022 season, with Covid-ravaged West Coast forced to play on with just 19 fit players available.

Sunday's game to go ahead as COVID chaos depletes West Coast ... (The Age)

Josh Kennedy, Tom Barrass, Jack Redden, Zac Langdon and Isiah Winder were ruled out on Thursday, and defender Josh Rotham was confirmed on Friday as ...

“There’ll be some positives we can take out of this and we’re also playing to win as much as that’s a challenge that’s what we’re here for.” “We happen to be the first club to go through it, I don’t think we’ll be the last.” “We’ll be leaning on the top-up players that became available to us in the last couple of weeks,” he said.

COVID crisis: West Coast Eagles in discussions with AFL about ... (PerthNow)

West Coast are in discussions with the AFL about whether it is feasible for Sunday's game against North Melbourne to go ahead amid a COVID cluster within ...

“The type of risk North take playing against a side that’s got a fair few cases. Dealing with that next phase of what it looks like next week is important as well. We’re the ones working through it.