After becoming the first Western Australian team to be accepted in the AFL in 1986, the West Coast Eagles did not take long to establish themselves in the competition. West Coast have already won three AFL flags, including a one point victory in the 2006 Grand final against Sydney – the team which beat the Eagles in the 2005 AFL decider. West Coast have since forged a great rivalry with the Swans.
See the 2010 West Coast Eagles fixtures.
With a number of second-year players, including Nick Naitanui, retaining their eligibility, the race for this year’s Rising Star award is already looking like it will be the one of the most hotly-contested since the award began.
Contesting the award alongside the second-year players will be a number of 2009 draftees that look set to make [...] Read article
At this time last year, the name Patrick McGinnity was big news in the AFL. It wasn’t for a spectacular mark or a string of standout performances, but rather for the broken jaw he copped after being on the receiving end of a bruising bump from Collingwood’s Nick Maxwell.
Maxwell was initially suspended but controversially later [...] Read article
Maybe it’s the frustrating search for parking or the smell of the local junior footy club’s sausage sizzle, or perhaps the sight of the dodgy scoreboard and antiquated timer, but watching Aussie Rules at a suburban venue certainly has its charm.
Indeed, my senses were on ‘nostalgic overdrive’ on Saturday morning as I made my way [...] Read article
West Coast coach John Worsfold is confident Matt Priddis will be fit for the AFL season opener against Brisbane on March 27 despite the midfielder still battling an ongoing knee injury.
Priddis, who has struggled to overcome bone bruising of the knee, has missed the Eagles’ past two practice matches on the advice of the club’s [...] Read article
Carlton stars Jarrad Waite and Marc Murphy made successful returns from injury but they couldn’t stop West Coast powering to a 39-point AFL win at Leederville Oval in Perth on Saturday.
The Eagles, minus the likes of Daniel Kerr, Matt Priddis, Mark LeCras, Dean Cox and Josh Kennedy, set up the 16.9 (105) to 9.12 (66) [...] Read article
As the season 2010 approaches, up to seven clubs loom as genuine premiership threats. Geelong are the ‘Yul Brynner’ of the ‘Magnificent Seven’, the leader of the pack.
With a gun midfield, and stable book ends, they look to be just as competitive as in the past 3 years. Not even the retirement of Captain [...] Read article
Port Adelaide set up a NAB Cup semi-final showdown against the Western Bulldogs with a ruthless 78-point thumping of West Coast at a scorching Subiaco Oval on Saturday night.
The Power led by 19 points at half-time but blew the game apart with an eight-goal-to-one third quarter and continued the rout in the final quarter to [...] Read article
The AFL have implemented their heat policy for Saturday night’s NAB Cup quarterfinal between West Coast and Port Adelaide at Subiaco Oval, boosting the interchange benches to eight players.
Although the match doesn’t kick off until 5.40pm local time, a forecast top of 36C has prompted a raft of measures to avoid player stress.
The two substitutes [...] Read article
Carlton coach Brett Ratten has warned his team to brace for an ultra-aggressive Richmond when the two clubs clash in Thursday night’s AFL season-opener at the MCG.
Ratten said new Tigers coach Damien Hardwick’s combativeness had been his hallmark as a player and that would be mirrored in his team.
“They’ll be coming out swinging, I know [...]
Adam McPhee has set his sights on a leadership role at Fremantle and has urged Dockers fans not to read anything into his poor form during the AFL pre-season.
McPhee returned to Fremantle at the end of last year after seven seasons at Essendon, where he won the club’s best and fairest award and All-Australian honours [...]
For the first time in three seasons, no AFL player earnt more than $1 million last year. The $1 million barrier was first cracked in 2007, with two players earning seven-digit sums in 2008, but AFL figures show no player’s income reached those heights in 2009.
But the salary divide between an elite few and the [...]
The AFL wants television networks to show matches live when the next broadcast rights deal is brokered for the 2012 season and beyond.
The next five-year agreement is expected to be worth more than $1 billion and AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou said the league would also seek a commitment to screen games live.
Currently, the four [...]
With a number of second-year players, including Nick Naitanui, retaining their eligibility, the race for this year’s Rising Star award is already looking like it will be the one of the most hotly-contested since the award began.
Contesting the award alongside the second-year players will be a number of 2009 draftees that look set to make [...]
A Malaysian billionaire is apparently in the mix to bid as a partner for the next round of the AFL TV rights for 2012-2016.
As reported in this article in The Age:
“T. Ananda Krishnan, who has extensive satellite television interests in Asia through his Astro network Fetch, has put the idea of a joint bid for [...]
AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou has warned that the league will not take a back step to soccer if Australia hosts the World Cup.
In a speech at Thursday night’s official season launch, Demetriou has made it clear that the AFL will not let soccer dictate terms if the bid to host the cup is successful.
Earlier [...]
Geelong’s aura is fading, with rival captains rating St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs as more likely AFL grand finalists than the reigning premiers.
The Cats have won two of the past three flags, with a grand final loss in between.
But in the league’s annual pre-season poll, they received only three of a possible 15 votes [...]
The Western Bulldogs will head into their 2010 campaign expected to be in contention for their first premiership in 56 years.
Rightly or wrongly, there has been much hype surrounding the Western Bulldogs. For the first time, the club will find themselves in an unfamiliar position.
Unlike previous years, they aren’t the underdog.
A lot of the [...]
Michael Tuck medallist Barry Hall couldn’t have started life at the Western Bulldogs any better, prompting many pundits to believe the Dogs have solved their ‘power forward’ problem and are now 2010 Premiership favourites. But some maintain it’s a matter of time before ‘Big Bad Barry’ has another brain-snap.
The 33-year-old, who controversially ended his time [...]
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