West Coast Eagles

A historical look at the West Coast Eagles. All of the facts, numbers, moments and celebrations that have shaped the Eagles across 40 seasons.

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THURSDAY 3PM TRIVIA!!🚨🚨

Starting today is the weekly West Coast Eagles trivia quiz, each and every Thursday at 3pm.

Keen to see how the followers go throughout the year - remember it’s boring to google or grok the answers!!

1st question is:

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@MiguelS92940618 One for afltables… they’ve got him in #52 but good pick up

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@JMacDonald91 Hill and Hurn both wore one off guernseys in that game for indigenous round as it was the 50th anniversary of the 1967 referendum to acknowledge indigenous people… captains in that round wore 50 and then one indigenous player wore 67

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EAGLE FACT
Presuming Herbert wears #51 for his debut, it will be just the 4th time an Eagles player has worn a jumper number 50 or higher since 2001

#50 - Hurn 2017 R10 v GWS
#67 - Hill 2017 R10 v GWS
#52 - Mountford 2022 R8 v BRI

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Marcus Herbert will don the blue and gold on Saturday 👏

https://t.co/5mC5d679DY

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@UncleHadji @WestCoastEagles Haha nailed it 👏🏻👏🏻

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🚨THURSDAY 3PM TRIVIA!!🚨
John Worsfold received Hall of Fame accreditation during the week for his services to the game, namely as a player, captain and coach of @WestCoastEagles

How many Eagles players who Worsfold played with would he later coach when he returned to the club in 2002?

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EAGLE FACT
Most number of games played for @WestCoastEagles to boot 2+ goals

138 COLE
130 Worsfold
88 Mackenzie
85 Hurn
81 Brennan
77 White, BWilliams
76 Schofield

Most games played having never kicked 2+ goals in a game:
270 Glass
213* DUGGAN
150 Barrass
102 BJones, Nelson

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Yes I don’t think it makes sense. Of the old-school view that every team should just play each other first across R1-17 and then double-ups.
Also don’t agree that teams coming off a bye should play teams who aren’t. Port having a 14 day break vs our 6 this week seems an unfair advantage.

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@WestCoastEagles have the chance over the next couple of weeks if they can beat either Port Adelaide or North Melbourne in consecutive games, ending a five year stretch since they last won 2 matches in a row against any opponent, that being Adelaide in 2021.

Against which team does West Coast have the longest drought of not having won 2 matches in a row?

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Yes the answer was Sydney… we haven’t been them twice in a row since we beat them in both matches of 2007!!

Richmond is the next longest having last beaten them in consecutive matches across 2015/16

I also would have accepted Fitzroy (95/96) 😂

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EAGLE FACT
The last time @WestCoastEagles won consecutive matches against the same opposition was R9 & R18 2021… when the Eagles were on a five game winning streak against the Crows

The Eagles have a chance over the next fortnight to end that drought with matches against Port Adelaide and North Melbourne.

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@c0op111 Yeah was odd that afl website saying unchanged… wouldn’t be like Mitch to be wrong 🫠

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Never mind… will stretch to at least 79 matches…

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EAGLE FACT
West Coast are unchanged for the first time under Andrew McQualter and the first time since R3 2023 (78 matches)

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@dirksdt @wcebfpod No there was one change - Hutchinson out Allan in

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EAGLE FACT
West Coast are unchanged for the first time under Andrew McQualter and the first time since R3 2023 (78 matches)

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Our team is in 🔒

https://t.co/x7sduy0djX

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🚨THURSDAY 3PM TRIVIA!!🚨
Dean Solomon takes over as coach of Essendon for this weeks match against @WestCoastEagles after the Bombers sacked Brad Scott earlier in the week; however it’s not his first time as an @AFL men’s coach having previously been caretaker at Gold Coast.

But there have been 10 coaches who did coach their first ever AFL men’s match against West Coast… how many can you name?

Some additional info:
ADE - caretaker
BRI - permanent
FRE - permanent
GWS - caretaker
PA - caretaker
RIC - caretaker
SYD - permanent
FOO - caretaker became permanent
WB - permanent
WB - permanent

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Total matches played at the @MCG

Scott Pendlebury - 273

23 players named for @WestCoastEagles 2026 R11 - 180

9 Eagles - Allan, Champion, Davis, Duursma, Johnston, Lindsay, McCarthy, Murdock & Shanahan - are playing their first @AFL game at the ground

#AFLPiesEagles #SP433

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EAGLE FACT
Largest non-finals crowds for @WestCoastEagles

62957 - 2012 R13 v COLL MCG
62586 - 2007 R1 v SYD STA
60878 - 2019 R3 v COLL MCG
58219 - 2019 R4 v FRE PS
57616 - 2018 R9 v RIC PS

#AFLPiesEagles

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The last Eagle to have 20 or more contested possessions in a men’s match before Harley Reid was Naitanui with 22 vs Brisbane 2021 R23

Reid 20, 2026 R8 RIC
Naitanui 22, 2021 R23 BRI
Yeo 20, 2021 R21 MEL
Yeo 20, 2021 R19 STK
Kelly 22, 2021 R7 FRE
Shuey 20, 2019 R15 HAW

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🚨THURSDAY 3PM TRIVIA!!🚨
Harley Reid had a monstrous game last weekend with 34 disposals, 10 clearances, 12 inside-50s, 8 tackles and 2 goals, which also included 19 contested possessions.

His effort was just one short of his career best when he had 20 contested possessions against the Tigers in R8.

Prior to Harley, who was the last @WestCoastEagles men’s player to have 20 or more contested possessions in a match?

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@jessehill32 Haha that was going back a bit far but Juddy does hold the club record for contested possessions with 28!

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🚨THURSDAY 3PM TRIVIA!!🚨
Harley Reid had a monstrous game last weekend with 34 disposals, 10 clearances, 12 inside-50s, 8 tackles and 2 goals, which also included 19 contested possessions.

His effort was just one short of his career best when he had 20 contested possessions against the Tigers in R8.

Prior to Harley, who was the last @WestCoastEagles men’s player to have 20 or more contested possessions in a match?