The Soaring

Flying High with the West Coast Eagles

2006 Rookie Draft

The West Coast Eagles took 3 new and 3 existing players in the 2006 Rookie Draft to finalise the playing squad for 2007. With pick 16 we took Jamie McNamara from East Fremantle, pick 31 we took former Brisbane Lion and current East Perth Ruck / Forward Llane Spaanderman, and pick ...

2006 NAB Draft

The West Coast Eagles have added 5 players to their list today at the 2006 AFL NAB National Draft. Here is how the Eagles selected: #16 - Mitchell Brown (Nth Ballarat) H: 193.3, W: 89.8 Key Position Player, forward or back, who is good overhead and in contested situations. Comes from a Basketball ...

Final List Changes Prior to Draft

The West Coast Eagles have made three final delistings in the lead in to the coming National Draft. Brad Smith, Damien Adkins and Travis Gaspar have all been delisted by the club for the 2007 season. All three suffered injuries which limited their effectiveness for the Eagles and ultimately curtailed their prospects ...

Final Trades 2006

The Eagles have made two trades in the 2006 trade period, exchanging Andrew McDougall to the Bulldogs and Michael Gardiner to the Saints for draft picks. McDougall and picks 34, 66 to Bulldogs in exchange for picks 29 and 59. Gardiner and pick 59 to the Saints in exchange for pick 43. There ...

Trade week update

Chris Tarrant - is still no closer to finding out if he'll be a Magpie or Eagle in 2007. Talks between Collingwood and the Eagles did not progress any further yesterday — the problem being the player the club would have to trade to satisfy the Magpies, in addition to ...

Player movement news begins

According to The West (quoted here in the Age) Gaspar, Gardiner and McDougall are all likely to be at other clubs in 2007. West Coast's premiership team shake-up has begun, with Andrew McDougall, Michael Gardiner and Travis Gaspar all told their playing contracts will not be renewed for the 2007 ...

September 5th 2008
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Three Eagles Axed

Already out the door of the West Coast Eagles are three players from the 2008 list - Steven Armstrong, Chad Jones, and James Thomson. No surprise for Jones - when Notte was selected in front of him twice the writing was on the wall. Thomson is a chance to be relisted as ...
September 4th 2008
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My All Australian Team

The All Australian selectors have released their shortlist of 40 players vying for the 2008 All Australian team. In view of the fact our side is now on holidays I thought I'd put together my AA team from the shortlist. This is my preferred team, not necessarily who I think ...
September 3rd 2008
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End of the Road

That's it then. It's been a while since I posted here. A combination of a holiday, sickness and apathy caused by some insipid and uninspiring games. What can you say but I'm glad its over. Not sure if I've ever felt that way about a season before, at least not ...
July 31st 2008
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West Coast Eagles - Round 18 Team

No - none! - outs for this week's game v. Fremantle. Just the addition of Glass, Houlihan and Davis to the mix. West Coast Eagles B: Mark Nicoski, Darren Glass, Eric Mackenzie HB: Adam Selwood, Beau Wilkes, Andrew Embley C: Michael Braun, Brad Ebert, Tyson Stenglein HF: David Wirrpanda, Ashley Hansen, Steven Armstrong F: Mark LeCras, ...
July 31st 2008
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The Monday Expert Round 17 - West Coast Eagles vs St Kilda

Summary West Coast 2.3 6.5 9.11 15.13 (103) St Kilda 4.5 6.6 9.9 12.14 (86) I enjoyed this game more than any all year. It was a ripper. Maybe that's contributed to the long delay on writing this up - it was such sweet relief from 7 ...