If Jack Viney and/or Trent Rivers find their way to West Coast across the coming 52 hours before the trade deadline, it’ll continue a recent theme of the Eagles bringing in experience in a fashion they very rarely did through the first three decades of their history.
By way of games played for rival AFL clubs before joining the Eagles, Viney (238 games) and/or Rivers (140 games) would join Brandon Starcevich (132), Jack Graham (131) and Liam Baker (128) in having that similar range of experience as West Coast recruits in the past two years.
Outside of the twin one-season recruits of Sam Mitchell and Drew Petrie for the 2017 season, the Eagles have precious few examples of players that experienced joining the club.
MOST GAMES FOR RIVAL AFL CLUBS BEFORE JOINING WEST COAST
Drew Petrie 316Sam Mitchell 307***Jack Viney 238***Ross Glendinning 190Daniel Chick 149***Trent Rivers 140***Brandon Starcevich 132Jack Graham 131Jack Redden 129Liam Baker 128
*** = if recruited this week
Bold = recruited in the past four years