{"id":40896,"date":"2025-08-03T18:17:13","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:17:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/40896\/"},"modified":"2025-08-03T18:17:13","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:17:13","slug":"afl-watch-west-coast-ruckman-puts-hand-up-for-recall-as-youngsters-struggle-in-the-wet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/40896\/","title":{"rendered":"AFL Watch: West Coast ruckman puts hand up for recall as youngsters struggle in the wet"},"content":{"rendered":"

West Coast\u2019s WAFL side continues to struggle, losing by 69 points to an in-form East Perth outfit in wet conditions on Saturday. Here\u2019s how the 11 AFL-listed Eagles went.<\/p>\n

Harry Barnett: Kicked an early goal and battled hard up forward as he continues to develop in several roles.<\/p>\n

Sandy Brock: Didn\u2019t touch the footy until after half-time but had plenty to do as East Perth surged ahead after quarter-time.<\/p>\n

Malakai Champion: Went into the midfield where he thrived, finishing with a career-high 20 touches.<\/p>\n

Matt Flynn: The ruckman responded to his axing with 24 touches, 30 hit-outs and five clearances against Scott Jones to be his side\u2019s best.<\/p>\n

Lucca Grego: Had a quiet game across half- back in the wet conditions. Looks to be tiring in his first season.<\/p>\n

\"WestCamera IconWest Coast’s Harry Barnett celebrates a goal. Credit: WAFL<\/p>\n

Jayden Hunt: Showed leadership and skill in defence with 22 touches as he looks to break back into the AFL side.<\/p>\n

Jack Hutchinson: Had a strong first half with 15 touches and three clearances but didn\u2019t play after half-time because of a hamstring injury.<\/p>\n

Harvey Johnston: Is still learning his role at half-back but was good in the contest in tough conditions.<\/p>\n

Coen Livingstone: Kicked a pair of goals as a lead-up forward and competed hard against plenty of experienced Royals.<\/p>\n

Noah Long: Struggled for impact. Didn\u2019t register his first disposal until after half-time and finished with just 10 and five tackles as he was moved into the midfield.<\/p>\n

Jack Williams: A poor game from the experienced forward who had just the six touches and one mark. He didn\u2019t hit the scoreboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Coast\u2019s WAFL side continues to struggle, losing by 69 points to an in-form East Perth outfit in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":40897,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,36051,588,85,36052,7067],"class_list":["post-40896","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-afl","tag-afl","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-australian-football-league","tag-australianfootballleague","tag-east-perth-football-club","tag-sport","tag-sports","tag-wafl","tag-west-coast-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40896","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40896"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40896\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/40897"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40896"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40896"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40896"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}