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Camera IconCooper Duff-Tytler was dominant for West Coast. Credit: Belinda Taylor<\/p>\nPrized West Coast tall Cooper Duff-Tytler appears set for an instant AFL re-call against Richmond after impressing coach Andrew McQualter with a dominant display in the WAFL.<\/p>\n
The 18-year-old kicked four goals and had 18 disposals on return from a calf injury as the Eagles reserves defeated West Perth in Joondalup on Saturday, in only his second appearance in the twos.<\/p>\n
McQualter teased that Duff-Tytler, who the club selected with pick No.4 in last year\u2019s draft, was unlikely to add to that tally this season.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought Cooper played really above the level. I\u2019m not sure how often we\u2019ll be seeing Cooper in the WAFL\u201d McQualter told 7NEWS.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought he played well. He missed a big chunk of football, so it was great to see him come back and impact the game strongly and help our WAFL team have a win.\u201d<\/p>\n
Duff-Tytler\u2019s inclusion would likely come at the expense of tall utility Jack Williams, who has also pinch-hit in the ruck to support the much-improved Bailey Williams in recent weeks.<\/p>\n
West Coast are expected to welcome back experienced pair Liam Baker and Jack Graham against the pair\u2019s former side at the MCG on Sunday.<\/p>\n
Camera IconCooper Duff-Tytler was dominant for West Coast. Credit: Belinda Taylor<\/p>\n
Co-captain Baker is set return after serving a one-game suspension, while McQualter hopes Jack Graham will also be fit to play after missing last week with a hamstring concern.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe (Graham) was probably a bit touch and go on the weekend to be able to play,\u201d McQualter said.<\/p>\n
\u201cWith a short break, and just the risk associated, he\u2019s missed a chunk of footy as well, it wasn\u2019t quite worth it.\u201d<\/p>\n
The Eagles will be without mid-season recruit Oliver Francou, who sustained a wound to his right knee after he appeared to clip his opposite leg with his boot studs.<\/p>\n
Francou was stretched off and given the green whistle, with McQualter confirming he won\u2019t be available in the short term.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s OK,\u201d McQualter said of Francou. \u201cHe had to have a little surgery the day after the game to clean the wound, but, fortunately, he\u2019s avoided any major damage.<\/p>\n
\u201cJust a massive gash that he\u2019ll probably have to miss a couple of weeks of football for, for that to heal, but he\u2019s probably lucky that it wasn\u2019t something more serious.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Prized West Coast tall Cooper Duff-Tytler appears set for an instant AFL re-call against Richmond after impressing coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":826946,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,588,85,7067],"class_list":["post-826945","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-sport","tag-sports","tag-west-coast-eagles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826945","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=826945"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/826945\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/826946"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=826945"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=826945"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=826945"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}