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Maturing Eagles pick up second win of 2024

WEST Coast picked up its second win of the 2024 AFL Women’s season last night after an at times hard fought 11 point win over the Western Bulldogs. It was also the Eagles’ first win on the road for 2024, and coach Daisy Pearce was certainly happy about the outcome post match. “Yeah all wins […]

Is there more to the ‘Daisy effect’ than Daisy herself?

ONE of the biggest highlights of the AFL Women’s season so far has been the debut of Daisy Pearce as the head coach of the West Coast Eagles. Taking her team to a Round 1 victory over Richmond by a point, the Eagles were then bested in the second game by Essendon and Natalie Wood. […]

Proud Pearce punches first win into coaching history book

NEW West Coast Eagles coach Daisy Pearce could not have asked for a better start to her time as coach of the Eagles, as her charges held on for a one-point over Richmond to get their 2024 AFL Women’s campaign underway. Post-match Pearce said her overwhelming emotion was pride. “Proud with the way that they […]

2024 AFLW Season Preview: West Coast

2023 was another frustrating year for West Coast, with only two wins to show for the campaign. But in the, offseason the Eagles pulled off one of the best coaching coups in signing league legend Daisy Pearce as head coach. Having once again turned over a large chunk of their list, will things improve for […]

AFLW 2023 Round 4 Preview: Friday

THIS Grand Final Eve public holiday is a jam packed one in the AFL Womens, with four matches across two states on the calendar. 1:05pmIkon Park Recent Form Richmond are cruising along pretty nicely at the moment with only one loss so far this season, and come into today’s clash off the back of a […]

Season 8 AFLW preview: West Coast

SEASON & certainly had its promising moments for West Coast, but ultimately did not have much to show for it at season’s end. However with a decrease in list turnover and the introduction of some extra young talent, can West Coast finally push up the ladder in 2023? TEAM LIST #1 Lauren Wakfer#2 Kellie Gibson#3 […]

Preview | WAFLW R4a: Tigers and Bulldogs look to remain in top two

CLAREMONT and South Fremantle sit first and second on the ladder, and face off against a couple of sides in the bottom four, in Subiaco and Swan Districts. While Subiaco has picked up a win and a draw, and was competitive in its loss to East Fremantle last week, Swan Districts is still searching for […]

How far can the Eagles soar in AFLW S7?

IT IS fair to say that the 2022 AFL Women’s season did not go to plan for the West Coast Eagles. The struggling side only managed the one win from 10 games, and while they were not predicted to push for finals, no doubt would have loved to have been competitive in more games. So […]

2022 AFLW Draft team review: West Coast

REIGNING wooden spooners West Coast was handed an extra priority pick and then traded its way to a strong draft position where they took seven of the first eight West Australian AFLW Draft selections in a bid to move back up the AFL Women’s ladder. The Eagles picked a mix of top-agers with a couple […]

2022 AFLW Draft: Club-by-club selections

A TOTAL of 83 players joined the AFL Women’s ranks last night, from some of the most anticipated young stars to some surprise packets that never expected it in their wildest dreams, when they were selected in the 2022 AFLW Draft. Here is an easy club-by-club wrap up of who got taken. >> 2022 AFLW […]

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