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Elliot Yeo says he's ‘starting to progress now' as he eyes comeback in final stretch of West Coast's season
Elliot Yeo says he's seeing signs of significant progress with his body as he eyes a return to the field as early as next month's western derby clash against Fremantle. After a superb 2024 campaign where he returned to full fitness off the back of several injury-interrupted seasons, Yeo hasn't featured at any level this year. The 31-year-old injured the medial ligament in his right knee and suffered syndesmosis damage to his right ankle in a match simulation session in January, and last month had to again go under the knife to remove some metal from his previous syndesmosis surgery. Yeo remains at least three weeks away from being passed fit, according to the Eagles' most recent injury update, and has had to bide his time on the sidelines alongside fellow members of the top three finishers in last year's John Worsfold Medal count in Jeremy McGovern (concussion) and Jake Waterman (shoulder). Speaking on Tuesday, the two-time All-Australian said he was confident he was heading in the right direction for a comeback to help steer West Coast's midfield through the final stretch of the season. 'I'm starting to progress now, which is a good sign,' Yeo said on 96FM. 'Hopefully the legs will just continue to build up over the next couple of weeks, and I'll tick a few more boxes. 'Hopefully I'll put my hand up for the last sort of month or so and go from there.' West Coast host Richmond in what shapes as a golden chance for both battling clubs to earn a win in just over a month's time on July 19, before starting the final month of their campaign in the following round's derby clash with the Dockers. Yeo produced arguably his best performance of last season in the Eagles' round six derby upset victory, snaring the Glendinning-Allan Medal and earning three Brownlow votes after racking up 26 touches and a goal. Since the start of 2020, Yeo has played in just 57 of a possible 120 West Coast games, coinciding with the club's dramatic tumble down the ladder. The dual club champion said it had been a frustrating experience to be watching on as the Eagles were overcome late in last weekend's loss to North Melbourne in Bunbury. 'We dominated the game for three quarters,' Yeo said. 'We weren't able to capitalise, and hit the scoreboard with points and not goals. 'I probably gave us the 'mozz', too. I was watching and said to the missus, 'the floodgates have opened, we're going to roll away with this now'. And then halfway through the fourth (quarter), I was like, 'oh no, we're going to lose this'.'
Perth Now
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- Perth Now
‘Starting to progress now': Return finally in sight for Yeo
Elliot Yeo says he's seeing signs of significant progress with his body as he eyes a return to the field as early as next month's western derby clash against Fremantle. After a superb 2024 campaign where he returned to full fitness off the back of several injury-interrupted seasons, Yeo hasn't featured at any level this year. The 31-year-old injured the medial ligament in his right knee and suffered syndesmosis damage to his right ankle in a match simulation session in January, and last month had to again go under the knife to remove some metal from his previous syndesmosis surgery. Yeo remains at least three weeks away from being passed fit, according to the Eagles' most recent injury update, and has had to bide his time on the sidelines alongside fellow members of the top three finishers in last year's John Worsfold Medal count in Jeremy McGovern (concussion) and Jake Waterman (shoulder). Speaking on Tuesday, the two-time All-Australian said he was confident he was heading in the right direction for a comeback to help steer West Coast's midfield through the final stretch of the season. 'I'm starting to progress now, which is a good sign,' Yeo said on 96FM. 'Hopefully the legs will just continue to build up over the next couple of weeks, and I'll tick a few more boxes. 'Hopefully I'll put my hand up for the last sort of month or so and go from there.' West Coast host Richmond in what shapes as a golden chance for both battling clubs to earn a win in just over a month's time on July 19, before starting the final month of their campaign in the following round's derby clash with the Dockers. Yeo produced arguably his best performance of last season in the Eagles' round six derby upset victory, snaring the Glendinning-Allan Medal and earning three Brownlow votes after racking up 26 touches and a goal. Yeo after last year's derby win. Credit: Daniel Carson / AFL Photos Since the start of 2020, Yeo has played in just 57 of a possible 120 West Coast games, coinciding with the club's dramatic tumble down the ladder. The dual club champion said it had been a frustrating experience to be watching on as the Eagles were overcome late in last weekend's loss to North Melbourne in Bunbury. 'We dominated the game for three quarters,' Yeo said. 'We weren't able to capitalise, and hit the scoreboard with points and not goals. 'I probably gave us the 'mozz', too. I was watching and said to the missus, 'the floodgates have opened, we're going to roll away with this now'. And then halfway through the fourth (quarter), I was like, 'oh no, we're going to lose this'.'
West Australian
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Advantage Australia: Lions sweat on Wallabies rejects
And just like that, there are more Australian players in the British & Irish Lions squad than Welshmen. Canberra born-and-raised prop Finlay Bealham, now plying his trade in Ireland, has been drafted into Andy Farrell's touring squad for the upcoming showpiece series in Australia following the withdrawal of Scotland front-rower Zander Fagerson with a calf injury. Hailing from the same esteemed ACT high school as former Wallabies Matt Giteau and twins Anthony and Saia Faingaa, among others, Bealham has made 51 Test appearances for Ireland after leaving Australia searching for opportunities as a teenager some 15 years ago. Despite being selected for the national schoolboys' team and representing Australia A side, Bealham was not offered a place in the Brumbies academy and instead ventured to Ireland to start his professional career. However the 33-year-old is now viewed by the Brumbies, Bealham is certainly well respected by Wallabies mentor Joe Schmidt, who presented the tighthead his first Test cap as Ireland coach in 2016. "It's tough on Zander to miss out so close to the tour," Farrell said. "But now Finlay gets an opportunity to come in and add to the group. "This is unfortunately part and parcel of the game so we always have to be prepared for that." The veteran's call-up, and Fagerson's scratching, not only adds to the growing concerns about the Lions' tighthead-prop situation, but will also increase the angst among fans not happy about the increasing number of non-British and Irish born players in Farrell's squad. The ginger-bearded Bealham is the eighth southern hemisphere-born player in the 38-man group, joining fellow Australians Mack Hansen and Sione Tuipulotu, Kiwis Bundee Aki, Jamison Gibson-Park and James Lowe and South Africans, Pierre Schoeman and Duhan van der Merwe, who all qualify on residency grounds. And less than two years after the Red Dragon sent Eddie Jones' Wallabies packing from the 2023 World Cup with a record 40-6 group-stage mauling, the ledger now stands at Australian players three, Wales two in the Lions squad. Skipper Jac Morgan and scrumhalf Tomos Williams are the only two Welshmen among the Lions - their lowest representation in a British & Irish Lions squad in the post-war era. The so-called "foreign invasion" has apparently not gone down well in the northern hemisphere, with the likes of legendary five-times Lions tourist John McBride among those said to be "bothered". But of greater concern for the Lions, perhaps, should be the diminishing front-row stocks. Fellow Irish prop Tadhg Furlong is also nursing a calf injury, while England's Will Stuart will only link up with the squad on Saturday after playing for Bath in the English Premiership final. The rest of the players in the Lions squad who are not still involved in clubduties have assembled in Dublin and were to travel to Portugal on Tuesday for a six-day training camp.
