PERTH, AUSTRALIA - JULY 27: Elliot Yeo of the Eagles kicks on goal during the 2019 AFL round 19 match between the West Coast Eagles and the North Melbourne Kangaroos at Optus Stadium on July 27, 2019 in Perth, Australia. (Photo by Daniel Carson/AFL Photos via Getty Images)
West Coast are dealing with more injury issues, with Elliot Yeo and Elijah Hewett to undergo scans after suffering injuries over the weekend.
Yeo was unable to play out the Eagles' loss to Geelong on Sunday after suffering a groin injury, with the 29-year-old potentially set for a stint on the sidelines just weeks after his return from a calf injury.
Hewett meanwhile was forced off the ground in the opening minutes of the Eagles' WAFL clash on Saturday, with the club confirming that the 18-year-old had suffered an ankle injury and would undergo an x-ray.
“Yeoy moved into the midfield and he provided some real energy and spark in there,” Eagles General Manager of Football Gavin Bell said.
“Unfortunately, it looks like he's injured his groin.
“We'll know more information in the next couple of days, we'll get some scans done on that and the medical team will get to work.
“Elijah, first centre bounce basically, slipped over and did his ankle. He didn't take any further part in the game, which left us low on numbers.
“We also lost another WAFL player in the first couple of minutes, Harry Creasey, as well so our WAFL team was down to 20 players early in the game, which made it really difficult.
“With Elijah, he's gone off and had some x-rays. We'll get further scans and further advice on the best progression forward for Elijah.”
In better news for the Eagles, Luke Shuey is looking likely to return in Round 6 from a hamstring injury, while ruck Callum Jamieson is also likely to be available for selection after recovering from an ankle concern.
West Coast are already contending with a long injury list, with Jeremy McGovern (hamstring), Jamie Cripps (ankle), Liam Ryan (hamstring), Nic Naitanui (Achilles), Campbell Chesser (knee), Dom Sheed (throat) and Jack Williams (spleen) all currently unavailable.
“We're in a challenging phase. We have got a long injury list. Probably eight to nine of those are collision-based injuries and then unfortunately the ripple effect of getting collision injuries in-game and at training is more work gets put on others,” Bell said.
“Unfortunately, the injury list is growing and we're somewhere between 15 to 17 players that may be unavailable this week.
“We need to work our way through to pick the best possible side that we can and give ourselves the chance to beat Port Adelaide this weekend.”