{"id":933873,"date":"2026-10-19T15:18:19","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:18:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/933873\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T15:18:19","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T15:18:19","slug":"son-of-west-coast-eagles-great-drew-banfield-charlie-banfield-involved-in-camping-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/933873\/","title":{"rendered":"Son of West Coast Eagles great Drew Banfield, Charlie Banfield, involved in camping accident"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">St Kilda rookie and son of West Coast great Drew Banfield, Charlie Banfield, has been involved in a camping accident that saw his friend run over while on a trip in Western Australia last weekend.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The 19-year-old West Aussie was part of a group of mates camping on a rural property in Yallingup in the State\u2019s South-West when the Saint decided to move his car.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">However, during the attempt, a close friend of his was accidentally struck and required hospitalisation in an incident a source told the Herald Sun was \u201cinnocuous\u201d and \u201cpurely accidental\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Banfield\u2019s friend has since been discharged from Fiona Stanley Hospital.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">The two young men\u2019s families are believed to be close and supporting each other after the ordeal.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">No police or ambulances were involved in the incident, and it is believed there will be no legal action.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">WA Police have received no further reports relating to the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Fellow St Kilda player Alix Tauru was also reportedly on the trip, and the club was informed of the incident.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe St Kilda Football Club is aware of an incident involving Charlie Banfield on a rural private property in Western Australia,\u201d St Kilda told the Herald Sun on Monday night.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cOur thoughts are with Charlie and the injured individual, who we understand will make a swift and full recovery.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">\u201cThe club has already spoken to Charlie about this incident and will continue to support him through the matter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">Banfield was taken with pick 41 in the 2025 national draft after West Coast declined to match the bid under the father-son rule.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/d0e3c7ed21e3a54471cdea70237d06a79cd8dd38.jpg\" alt=\"Charlie is pictured with dad and former West Coast Eagle legend Drew Banfield and mum Amber.\" class=\"css-16r7l45-StyledImage en5ut4d0\"\/>Camera IconCharlie is pictured with dad and former West Coast Eagle legend Drew Banfield and mum Amber. Credit: Jackson Flindell\/The West Australian<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">He played three games in his debut AFL season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-1ix6vwn-StyledParagraph e4e0a020\">His dad was a dual West Coast premiership player, while his mum, Amber Banfield, spent six years on the board of the West Australian Football Commission.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"St Kilda rookie and son of West Coast great Drew Banfield, Charlie Banfield, has been involved in a&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":933874,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[560],"tags":[638,64,63,55,639,588,85,26889],"class_list":["post-933873","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-st-kilda-saints"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933873","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=933873"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/933873\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/933874"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=933873"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=933873"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=933873"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}