West Coast Eagles

West Coast's Oscar Allen will be looking to quickly forget an opening quarter gaffer in front of goal against North Melbourne, with the young Eagles star ...

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With two games now completed, the 2023 AFL Season is well and truly underway. It couldn't have started in a more incredible way, with Richmond and Carlton ...

Today three West Coast Eagles youngsters get the opportunity to realise a life-long ambition.

They’re part of the West Coast family and we are all proud of them. Media speculation in the lead-up to draft night linked the South-West youngster to the Eagles. Bendigo small forward Noah Long, expected by recruiting staff to disappear off the board and find an alternate destination, was still there at #58. These teenagers have been at the club for a relatively short time, but the emotional and personal connection is palpable. The Eagles ended up with two key draft targets with their first two selections. Spent much in a moon boot.

West Coast have failed to re-assure fans that their horror 2022 season was an outlier, trailing North Melbourne in their round one clash at Marvel Stadium.

Luke Davies-Uniacke (17 disposals) is dominating in the midfield, while Roos debutant Harry Sheezel (16) and key forward Nick Larkey (4 goals) have also been influential. Prized 2021 draft pick Campbell Chesser has managed just three disposals, an equal game-low, while fellow debutant Noah Long (3) and midfielder Xavier O’Neill (3) have also failed to find the football. By the halfway mark, Alastair Clarkson’s men had extended that lead to 21 points - kicking four goals to one in the second term with the scores 7.7 (49) to 4.4 (28).

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Allen was playing his first AFL match since Round 23 of the 2021 season after a foot injury kept him sidelined last year. Watch every match of every round of the 2023 Toyota AFL Premiership Season LIVE on Kayo Sports. In the first quarter of the Round 1 contest, Allen retrieved the Sherrin after it flew over a marking pack inside 50, gifting the 23-year-old a clear shot directly in front of goal.

Clarko era off to perfect start as Roos outlast Eagles in nail-biter in recruit's 'frightening' debut.

“If you can’t win the ball in the middle, you’re in trouble. We can’t accept the fadeaway of the second term.” “They just had a few difficulties closing it out – and that’s something they’ll learn along the way. “Our ability to change angle on the ball this week makes it unreal for us up forward … I’m rapt to see him going so well and setting the standards that he is.” “This is about showing these young kids the way, putting your body on the line, ‘follow me’ stuff. “I think he’ll get an opportunity in the midfield. It’s like he’s played 900 games already, he’s going to be awesome for us.” It’s a great start. I takes pressure off your defenders and gives opportunity to your forwards,” Dunstall said of West Coast. And we got the job done, that’s what matters. “It’s a stunning debut.”

West Coast had a horror season of injury and COVID last year, but now that the list is healthy the reality for players is selection will be determined by ...

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West Coast have fallen agonisingly short of a miraculous comeback to lose their round one game to North Melbourne by five points.

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The West Coast Eagles' fightback came up narrowly short against North Melbourne, with the visitors going down by five points in the season-opener at Marvel ...

Key forward Oscar Allen offered a presence in attack, Tom Cole offered good rebound out of defence, Sheed was at his trademark best and Jeremy McGovern imposed himself in the air. Noah Long kicked his first goal and applied good forward pressure while Campbell Chesser also worked his way into the game. The game changed in the third quarter when skipper Luke Shuey went to half-back and he provided energetic run and rebound. Those to find another gear in the midfield included Tim Kelly and Dom Sheed while Andrew Gaff began to have a strong influence on a wing and Jayden Hunt in his first game for the club also provided spark and drive. The Eagles midfield also did better around the contest and with better supply the forward line looked more efficient. The Eagles slipped as far as 33 points behind in the third term as North surged in a 15-minute period either side of the main break but fought back strongly to have momentum in their favour as North held on for a 12.15 (87) to 12.10 (82).

Last season's wooden-spooners seized control of Saturday afternoon's clash with an unanswered six-goal burst in the first half and withstood a late Eagles surge ...

He made it through the match unscathed however, finishing with two goals from 89 per cent game time. Hugh Greenwood and Charlie Comben divided the ruck work between them for the rest of the match. And Clarko’s big plan to be working - until Xerri’s leg got caught beneath him during a tackle in the first quarter. Playing off half-back, Sheezel looked composed and unaffected by the enormity of the occasion finishing with 34 disposals. Xerri was in obvious pain before being escorted off the field by North’s medical staff, and was subsequently subbed out of the match. With veteran ruck Todd Goldstein not selected for the side, all eyes were on Tristan Xerri on Saturday afternoon.

Alastair Clarkson returned to the coaches' box on Saturday, but this time in his reincarnation as North Melbourne chief, and it was a day to remember for ...

And he called correctly, sending the Kangaroos to the northern end of the ground. [Jon Pierik](/by/jon-pierik-hveju)is a sports journalist at The Age. It was a day to savour for Oscar Allen, the Eagles forward having missed the entire 2022 campaign because of a foot injury. Larkey helped to extend the lead to almost six goals in the third term, the Eagles struggling at stoppages and unable to win the ball in their forward half. But the Kangaroos responded by ensuring he remained a playmaker further afield. He was subbed out at quarter-time (and was soon in a moon boot), potentially leaving the Kangaroos exposed against Bailey Williams after they had made the selection call to overlook Todd Goldstein.

Port Adelaide then host Brisbane at Adelaide Oval, before a huge one between Melbourne and the Western Bulldogs and an intriguing meeting of Gold Coast and ...

Alastair Clarkson has enjoyed a winning start to life at North Melbourne, with the Kangaroos beating a lacklustre West Coast by five points in their AFL ...

It sparked the Eagles into action and they kicked three of the next four goals to cut the three-quarter time deficit to just 15 points, before adding the first of the final quarter. But it only seemed to spur the Kangaroos on and they booted the next six goals, with only North’s inefficiency around goal, plus McGovern and Barrass, keeping the lacklustre Eagles in the game. Larkey booted the game’s first goal but it was the Eagles who took the early ascendancy, with Jack Darling threading a wonderful goal from the boundary to give West Coast a 12-point lead.

North Melbourne have held on in a nailbiting opening round encounter against the West Coast Eagles.

We lacked some polish in our back half and he gave us a bit of that class ... [#AFLNorthEagles]LIVE on ch. “Thrown into the backline this week, new task haven’t played there before. In the opening 10 minutes of the game, Allen got out the back of a contest just outside the goal square but fumbled his attempt at an open goal in a kick that missed wide left and went through for a behind. Eagles tall Oscar Allen won’t be hoping to sit in on any reviews of the match after delivering an early contender for the miss of the season. It’s the most disposals by a debutant since Greg Williams’ 38 back in 1984 and places him third all-time on the most disposals recorded by a first-game player.