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West Coast Eagles New 2008 TV Advertisement

You can get the Eagles' latest 2008 TV advertisement - A New Breed - here. It's got to get you excited for the season ahead, does it not?

The Official West Coast Eagles Team 20

On Saturday night the West Coast Eagles unveiled their Team 20 - their best ever side over the club's twenty years of existence. I unveiled The Soaring version here last week, and the official side is not a lot different. West Coast Eagles - Team 20 Backs: David Wirrpanda, Ashley McIntosh, Michael ...

My 20th Anniversary side

Tomorrow night the Eagles will unveil their 20th Anniversary team of the best 20 to play in the blue and gold. It will be fascinating to see who makes it in and who misses out, and there will be some tough omissions, that much is guaranteed. For the sake of the ...

Going back in history

It wasn't all that long ago that the Eagles were playing here. How far have we come... Look at the whole gallery of VFL ground history here.

West Coast Eagles’ all-time best drafts - No. 1

1989 National Draft The number 1 all-time best Eagles draft is the 1989 National Draft. (For drafts as I've ranked them - No.2, No.3, No. 4, No.5 all time best Eagles drafts). Nineteen eighty nine is for some reason an unpopular year. The end of the strange 1980s, but not yet the ...

West Coast Eagles’ all-time best drafts - No. 2

2001 National Draft The number 2 all-time best Eagles draft is the 2001 draft. #3 Chris Judd #6 Ashley Sampi #22 Mark Seaby #38 Ashley Hansen There is a tendency in reviewing the past to over-estimate the recent past at ...

West Coast Eagles’ all-time best drafts - No. 3

National Draft 1992 #1 Drew Banfield #8 Paul Symmons #19 Lee Walker #21 Shane Bond #34 Travis Burton #49 Jarrad Schofield #64 Tony Godden #79 Brett Spinks #94 Rhys Croxford #109 ...

West Coast Eagles’ all-time best drafts - No. 4

4. National Draft of 1999 # 11 Darren Glass # 14 Travis Gaspar # 16 David Haynes # 29 Adam Hunter # 41 Kane Munro Initially, this draft is a difficult one to gauge such is the lack of marquee names ...

West Coast Eagles’ all-time best drafts

Saturday November 26th the 2005 AFL draft will be held and for a Eagles' fans it will be a chance to acquaint ourselves with 3 more potential superstars of the Blue and Gold. In honour of what it probably the high mark of the off-season, I thought I'd rate my top ...

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 ...