West Coast premiership forward Jamie Cripps has penned a three-year extension with the club.
The 27-year old was set to become a restricted free agent later this year but will now remain an Eagle until the end of the 2023 season.
Cripps was thrilled to commit his future to West Coast.
โObviously really exciting to hang around here for hopefully the rest of my career, so happy days,โ the goalsneak told westcoasteagles.com.au.
โI just love the club, love WA. Stoked to stay in WA and I think the club is going in a good direction.
โObviously weโve got the new facilities here (at Mineral Resources Park), Optus (Stadium) and all that sort of thing, so the club is looking good.โ
Heading into the 10th season of his carer, 163-gamer hopes to continue his development as a leader for the younger players to follow.
โI suppose the last couple of years my leadership on-field has probably changed a bit being one of the older half-forward players in the team,โ Cripps said.
โIโve got to help out the Jarrod Camerons and the (Jack) Petruccelles and the (Liam) โFlyinโ Ryans.
โI do like that role Iโve been playing and Iโll continue doing that over the next couple of years.
โWeโve got some speed, got young fellas coming through and weโve still got the old heads of โJKโ and โJDโ as well.
โI think weโve got a good mix and thatโs shown over the last couple of years playing together.โ
