![\"West](\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/7fbf99dd72643b545b89f70e4740918b5ccb7bc5.jpg\")
Camera IconWest Coast fans were surprised to see the club de-list Williams. Credit: Quinn Rooney\/Getty Images<\/p>\nWest Coast fans have taken to social media to express their surprise at the club\u2019s decision to de-list forward-ruck Jack Williams.<\/p>\n
After the trade period concluded on Sunday, the Eagles announced on Friday the 24-year-old had not been offered a contract for next season.<\/p>\n
Williams made 54 senior appearances across his five years with the club, kicking 46 goals.<\/p>\n
He featured in at least 10 AFL games in each of the last four seasons, with his 12 in 2026 including the final eight of their campaign.<\/p>\n
On West Coast\u2019s Facebook post announcing the move, the reaction from their fans in the comments was one of near-universal surprise.<\/p>\n
\u201cHe\u2019s only 22. Big blokes don\u2019t come good until they are at least 24 or 25. There is a lot of upside in Williams,\u201d Jeff Seaby said.<\/p>\n
\u201cI thought Williams would have got another contract,\u201d Mark Mitchell added.<\/p>\n
Camera IconWest Coast fans were surprised to see the club de-list Williams. Credit: Quinn Rooney\/Getty Images<\/p>\n
\u201cWilliams might come back to haunt us,\u201d said Brent Anderson.<\/p>\n
After Reuben Ginbey (quad) and Harry Edwards (concussion) suffered season-ending injuries midway through last year, Williams was briefly trialled in the back-line, a move some supporters believed should have helped him retain his spot on their list.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe don\u2019t have any height in defence and this lad is versatile,\u201d Sanjay Suri said.<\/p>\n
Ben Summersby backed the 198cm utility to replicate one of the club\u2019s greatest ever defenders, saying: \u201cWilliams could have easily taken a (Jeremy) McGovern role\u201d.<\/p>\n
The West Australian understands Tasmania have expressed an interest in recruiting Williams to play for their VFL side next year ahead of their entry into the AFL in 2028.<\/p>\n
Williams was de-listed alongside midfielders Clay Hall and Harry Schoenberg. Hall did not play at senior level last season, while Schoenberg featured in five games after crossing from Adelaide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"West Coast fans have taken to social media to express their surprise at the club\u2019s decision to de-list…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":930158,"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-930157","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\/930157","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=930157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/930157\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/930158"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=930157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=930157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=930157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}