Eagles left to sweat on painful Harley Reid injury
Reid injured his right ankle while being crunched in a Karl Worner tackle late in Saturday's 18.18 (126) to 12.5 (77) loss.
The 20-year-old was helped off the field by two trainers before gingerly limping to the change rooms.
Reid will undergo scans to determine the extent of the damage.
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"I just chatted to him - he's hurt his ankle. I probably don't have much more information than that," West Coast coach Andrew McQualter said.
"You can see Harley put no weight on it as he was coming off, and then he was able to walk off.
"We'll go away, scan it and see."
Reid finished with 15 disposals and two goals in a solid display.
The No.1 draft pick was physically targeted numerous times by the Dockers, including an incident in which he was flattened off the ball by spearhead Patrick Voss.
McQualter was proud of Reid's efforts.
"I thought we saw a selfless version today of Harley," McQualter said.
Reid even had a measured chat with an umpire at quarter-time to discuss several aspects of the game.
"I didn't know that happened, but if that's what Harley wants to do, that's great," McQualter said.
"And if the umpires are happy to chat, that's good.
"It certainly beats screaming at them, which we've all wanted to do at times, and Harles has done.
"But that's a good sign of maturity, if he's growing in that space."
West Coast are also sweating on the fitness of key defender Harry Edwards, who was a late withdrawal after tweaking his hamstring in the warm-up.
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