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The Australian
5 days ago
- Sport
- The Australian
AFL 2025: West Coast Eagles young gun Elijah Hewett delivers ultimatum
West Coast Eagles youngster Elijah Hewett is calling for greater accountability and selection pressure on those unwilling to compete. Hewett has been one of the Eagles' rare positives in their otherwise poor, one-win season. But after another big loss to Melbourne on Saturday, a visibly dejected Hewett offered an honest review of West Coast's effort. 'If you're not competing and don't want to win, then you can't really play for this side. We've got to hold each other accountable during the week,' he said. 'We've got the opportunity to be a part of something great and nothing is more fulfilling to me than a team bottom of the ladder working its way to the top. 'I've been put in a special position to play for the team I have loved growing up and taking it to the top with teammates I love. Elijah Hewett is sick of losing. Picture: Michael Willson/AFL Photos via Getty Images 'It starts off right now with the game review, figuring out what went wrong and what went right. I think what went wrong today was a bit of intent, a bit of role stuff, execution. We've got to figure it out. 'We've got to be stronger at the ball. There was too many times we pulled up and didn't put our head over the footy. We've got to figure that out and be tougher.' Hewett, 21, has played in just four wins across his 31-game career. He says the pain of this year, with just the solitary win against St Kilda, has cut the group deep. 'Just not getting wins, you play footy to win, you don't play footy to play,' he said. 'There's only so long you can kind of keep going without getting a win. It's just good to fuel momentum at least getting a win on the board. 'We've had one the whole season, so it's been really tough. We've got to stay locked in and find the positives week to week. 'They (the Eagles young players) are incredibly invested … it's quite emotional to be honest, quite upsetting not getting the results we want, but we'll stick fat. 'Guys have the right intent, they want to get better, I can trust that.' Tyler Lewis Sports reporter Tyler Lewis is a sports reporter based in Melbourne's south east. @tmlew_ Tyler Lewis
News.com.au
5 days ago
- Sport
- News.com.au
AFL 2025: West Coast Eagles young gun Elijah Hewett delivers ultimatum
West Coast Eagles youngster Elijah Hewett is calling for greater accountability and selection pressure on those unwilling to compete. Hewett has been one of the Eagles' rare positives in their otherwise poor, one-win season. But after another big loss to Melbourne on Saturday, a visibly dejected Hewett offered an honest review of West Coast's effort. 'If you're not competing and don't want to win, then you can't really play for this side. We've got to hold each other accountable during the week,' he said. 'We've got the opportunity to be a part of something great and nothing is more fulfilling to me than a team bottom of the ladder working its way to the top. 'I've been put in a special position to play for the team I have loved growing up and taking it to the top with teammates I love. 'It starts off right now with the game review, figuring out what went wrong and what went right. I think what went wrong today was a bit of intent, a bit of role stuff, execution. We've got to figure it out. 'We've got to be stronger at the ball. There was too many times we pulled up and didn't put our head over the footy. We've got to figure that out and be tougher.' Hewett, 21, has played in just four wins across his 31-game career. He says the pain of this year, with just the solitary win against St Kilda, has cut the group deep. 'Just not getting wins, you play footy to win, you don't play footy to play,' he said. 'There's only so long you can kind of keep going without getting a win. It's just good to fuel momentum at least getting a win on the board. 'We've had one the whole season, so it's been really tough. We've got to stay locked in and find the positives week to week. 'They (the Eagles young players) are incredibly invested … it's quite emotional to be honest, quite upsetting not getting the results we want, but we'll stick fat. 'Guys have the right intent, they want to get better, I can trust that.'
Yahoo
10-07-2025
- Sport
- Yahoo
Star Eagle almost cooked for 2025 after ankle struggles
Star West Coast midfielder Elliot Yeo is set to miss the entire AFL season after making a slower-than-expected recovery from his second bout of ankle surgery. Yeo injured his knee and suffered a syndesmosis injury to his ankle at training in the pre-season. Although the 31-year-old recovered from the knee injury, his ankle required a second round of surgery in May, and it still hasn't progressed as hoped. Until last week, it was expected Yeo would make a playing return within the next month. But those hopes now appear to have gone up in smoke, with West Coast all but resigned to being without Yeo for the rest of the season. "He just hasn't progressed as well as we'd hoped when integrating back into training," Eagles coach Andrew McQualter said on Thursday. "We're running out of weeks, there's no question about that. "We're just going to do a bit more research, and we'll know more in the next week or so. "It's to do with the original injury. It's had some complications along the way, which is not totally unusual. "It's been one thing on top of the other unfortunately this year for him. It's a bit of a shame for him. It's been a really challenging period." Yeo is West Coast's best clearance player, and his younger midfield teammates such as Harley Reid and Elijah Hewett have struggled without him this year. The amount of injuries suffered at West Coast in 2025 has been the lowest in years. Unfortunately, the ones who have copped the injuries have been their star players. Yeo is unlikely to play at all this year, while Jake Waterman (shoulder) and Oscar Allen (achilles/knee) are out for the rest of the season. Five-time All-Australian defender Jeremy McGovern was forced to retire early due to repeat concussions, while premiership hero Dom Sheed has also hung up the boots after tearing his ACL in the pre-season. West Coast (1-15) appear destined for their second wooden spoon in three years, and face a tricky task against Port Adelaide at Adelaide Oval on Sunday. The match will mark Jamie Cripps' 250th game for the Eagles, following on from 16 games across two years at St Kilda at the start of his career. An exclusive Crippa interview 😳 🥹 — West Coast Eagles (@WestCoastEagles) July 9, 2025 "I played with 'Crippa' at the start. I was actually his mentor," said McQualter, a former tagger at St Kilda. "It's crazy how the world works. He was such a hard worker. We did a time trial and he won it in his first year as an 18-year-old kid. "It was a 1km time trial and he ran the fastest time anyone had run for years there. "He had the makings of always being what he is now."
Perth Now
18-05-2025
- Sport
- Perth Now
Eagles players back push for AFL mental health round
Current Waalitj Marawar (West Coast) players are backing the push for a mental health round in the wake of the tragic loss of Adam Selwood. Just a day after learning of the 41-year-old former premiership player's death, the Eagles produced one of the club's great wins in Selwood's honour, snapping a 281-day winless run to return to the winners' circle against Euro-Yroke (St Kilda). Selwood's death, just three months after the death of his twin brother Troy, rocked the AFL landscape, reigniting calls for the league to initiate a round to help raise awareness around mental health in general and in professional sports. Speaking just moments after singing the song for the first time in two years, an emotional Elijah Hewett said he'd like to see the AFL institute a round for mental health awareness. 'Yeah, it'd be great (to have a mental health round),' he told The West Australian. 'The awareness is coming through, and in the football world, it's just about reaching out and getting help when you need to. 'We're no exception from society, we struggle as well, and it's important to ask for some help.' Hewett's teammate, and star of the victorious performance, Brady Hough, echoed the sentiment. 'Yeah, absolutely. I think it would be a great idea and I'd be fully supportive of it,' he said. Hewett also revealed the Eagles had gone to great lengths to ensure they honoured Selwood and his family ahead of the clash, using the emotion to stir the young group to their first win of 2025 and for coach Andrew McQualter. 'Football places are an incredible sanctuary for the boys and for everyone in that case, and we are in mourning as a club for the Selwoods,' he said. 'It's just incredibly tough, especially for someone so close to the club. There are so many boys on the list that know him quite personally, so we'll wrap our hands around them and the Selwood family. Elijah Hewett wants to see an AFL mental health round. Credit: Daniel Carson / AFL Photos 'There was a lot of talk about that coming in today, and we used that emotion as fuel and energy, and we are just so grateful to get the win for the Selwood family, Adam and also our Indigenous boys for the Indigenous round.' Eagles fans were palpably emotional during a moments silence held for Selwood ahead of the first bounce with 42,860 filling Optus Stadium.
