{"id":427954,"date":"2026-01-21T15:14:11","date_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:14:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427954\/"},"modified":"2026-01-21T15:14:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-21T15:14:11","slug":"pre-season-derby-match-simulation-locked-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/427954\/","title":{"rendered":"Pre-season Derby match simulation locked in"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The West Coast Eagles will face Fremantle in a pre-season match simulation training session as preparations continue for the 2026 AFL season.<\/p>\n<p>The match simulation will take place on Saturday, February 21 at Victor George Kailis Oval in Cockburn, with the session getting underway from 9am AWST.<\/p>\n<p>The hit-out will be played in a format consisting of four 25-minute quarters, with no time-on or cap on interchange rotations, allowing both clubs to manage player workloads while maintaining competitive intensity.<\/p>\n<p>With round one fast approaching, the match simulation will provide an important opportunity for the Eagles to continue building fitness, cohesion and match readiness against opposition.<\/p>\n<p>The match simulation will be closed to the public, however the session will be broadcast live on Kayo and Fox Footy.<\/p>\n<p>Fans can attend the Eagles\u2019 official pre-season match against Port Adelaide on Sunday, March 1 at Mineral Resources Park.<\/p>\n<p>General admission (subject to capacity) for the AAMI Community Series clash will be free for competing club and AFL members and kids.<\/p>\n<p>Tickets will go on sale in February, with further information to be communicated by the AFL.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The West Coast Eagles will face Fremantle in a pre-season match simulation training session as preparations continue for&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":427955,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,85,83],"class_list":{"0":"post-427954","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-afl","8":"tag-afl","9":"tag-au","10":"tag-australia","11":"tag-australian-football-league","12":"tag-australianfootballleague","13":"tag-sports","14":"tag-text"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427954","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=427954"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/427954\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/427955"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=427954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=427954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=427954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}