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Hurn talking up Harry there also.
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Why do i read the same Harry Edwards has grown X amount of centimeters and is now over 200cm article every season?
Remember this gaiz? Back in Jan 2020....
www.westcoasteagles.com.au
"He shot up 10cm in the year before he was drafted, and has added another five centimetres plus 10kg to his 200cm and 93kg frame over the past 12 months."
And now a year later they are saying the same thing has happened again.
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Edwards is listed as 197cm on the Eagles' website but returned to training this year having added another 3-4cm, according to teammate Brad Sheppard.
He is now as tall as ruck pair Nathan Vardy and Bailey Williams, who he has also worked with this pre-season as a back-up option if injuries hit the Eagles' big man department.
So he's had a growth spurt. And then had another growth spurt. All in the space of 2 years?
And low and behold is STILL listed as 197cm on the clubs website. Footy wire has gotten on board at least.
Remember this gaiz? Back in Jan 2020....
Happy Harry determined to get better
Rookie Harry Edwards is determined to make the most of season 2020 after earning a contract extension off the back of his solid play with the WAFL Eagles
"He shot up 10cm in the year before he was drafted, and has added another five centimetres plus 10kg to his 200cm and 93kg frame over the past 12 months."
And now a year later they are saying the same thing has happened again.
'Pretty special player': Big raps on young Eagle after growth spurt
Brad Sheppard does have a bit of making up to do to Harry Edwards
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Edwards is listed as 197cm on the Eagles' website but returned to training this year having added another 3-4cm, according to teammate Brad Sheppard.
He is now as tall as ruck pair Nathan Vardy and Bailey Williams, who he has also worked with this pre-season as a back-up option if injuries hit the Eagles' big man department.
So he's had a growth spurt. And then had another growth spurt. All in the space of 2 years?
And low and behold is STILL listed as 197cm on the clubs website. Footy wire has gotten on board at least.
He’s actually 203 cm but Nic Nat has a clause in his contract ensuring that he’s always listed as the tallest player in the clubWhy do i read the same Harry Edwards has grown X amount of centimeters and is now over 200cm article every season?
Remember this gaiz? Back in Jan 2020....
Happy Harry determined to get better
Rookie Harry Edwards is determined to make the most of season 2020 after earning a contract extension off the back of his solid play with the WAFL Eagles
"He shot up 10cm in the year before he was drafted, and has added another five centimetres plus 10kg to his 200cm and 93kg frame over the past 12 months."
And now a year later they are saying the same thing has happened again.
'Pretty special player': Big raps on young Eagle after growth spurt
Brad Sheppard does have a bit of making up to do to Harry Edwards
Edwards is listed as 197cm on the Eagles' website but returned to training this year having added another 3-4cm, according to teammate Brad Sheppard.
He is now as tall as ruck pair Nathan Vardy and Bailey Williams, who he has also worked with this pre-season as a back-up option if injuries hit the Eagles' big man department.
So he's had a growth spurt. And then had another growth spurt. All in the space of 2 years?
And low and behold is STILL listed as 197cm on the clubs website. Footy wire has gotten on board at least.
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Fold the metric system?
Always thought clubs don't show the true height and weight of players. Stick with what they were when drafted with maybe one update and then silence.
Oscar Allen looks taller than what is listed as does Darling.
I suppose clubs don't like flagging real numbers to the opposition for what its worth.
He was 93kg's back in 2020 according to the club article...
He's since "apparently" grown since then, another imaginary growth spurt... And yet his weight is 87kg's. Once again, according to the club.
Clearly he's growing yet getting cut like Brayden
He's since "apparently" grown since then, another imaginary growth spurt... And yet his weight is 87kg's. Once again, according to the club.
Clearly he's growing yet getting cut like Brayden
Training notes , Mark Duffield
Kelly and Shuey spent a chunk of the session away from the main group and instead ran laps . Shuey however took part in a quarter of match simulation and Kelly took part in goal kicking practice , Kelly looks fitter and trimmer than this time last year .
Nelson ran strongly on the way back from a hamstring injury , Bailey Williams also ran laps before joining the main group for goal kicking practice . Jeremy McGovern and S Hurn looking fit.
Zane Trew slid down the order , but is worth keeping an eye on . Came gliding out of the middle three times during match simulation and delivered lazer-like passes to forwards , has plenty of skill after a bit of a nothing year in Colts last year .
Adlibbing not all M Duffield !!
Kelly and Shuey spent a chunk of the session away from the main group and instead ran laps . Shuey however took part in a quarter of match simulation and Kelly took part in goal kicking practice , Kelly looks fitter and trimmer than this time last year .
Nelson ran strongly on the way back from a hamstring injury , Bailey Williams also ran laps before joining the main group for goal kicking practice . Jeremy McGovern and S Hurn looking fit.
Zane Trew slid down the order , but is worth keeping an eye on . Came gliding out of the middle three times during match simulation and delivered lazer-like passes to forwards , has plenty of skill after a bit of a nothing year in Colts last year .
Adlibbing not all M Duffield !!
Trew is what excites me and i hope he is given a crack for the pre-season games.
So all the talk up of Harry, at 200 plus (I will leave it to Darksharks to stir up Gary Stocks as to 197 v 200 v 203 cm). where do we play him?
That height and assuming he also has the muscle sees him as a lockdown defender. Thanks to Richmond in last year's GF, we saw a KPD as a backup ruck. With Blicavs and De Koning at Geelong, Aliir^2, Balta, Mooore and Roughead at Pies, Keeffe, Koschitzke and Norf's McKay - are we seeing a possible shift from the KPF/Ruck to a KPD/Ruck?
Big Forwards have often been prima donnas and the likes of Danniher are put in the ruck to get him in the game. The big guys who play forward and ruck are also more injury prone (comes with rucking).
So do we have both Williams and Harry Edwards as a couple who could break the mold at West Coast?
That height and assuming he also has the muscle sees him as a lockdown defender. Thanks to Richmond in last year's GF, we saw a KPD as a backup ruck. With Blicavs and De Koning at Geelong, Aliir^2, Balta, Mooore and Roughead at Pies, Keeffe, Koschitzke and Norf's McKay - are we seeing a possible shift from the KPF/Ruck to a KPD/Ruck?
Big Forwards have often been prima donnas and the likes of Danniher are put in the ruck to get him in the game. The big guys who play forward and ruck are also more injury prone (comes with rucking).
So do we have both Williams and Harry Edwards as a couple who could break the mold at West Coast?
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They've earmarked him for the elite decoy wingman space filling running patterns.
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Trew could well surprise a few people this season as he is, in my opinion, a lot closer to being AFL ready than most new draftees.
He is one of those players who is capable of stepping in from Day one if required.
I was rapt when we were able to pick him up in the rookie draft.
Watched a bit of him in the WAFL and he has a wonderful ability to get the ball out to a position of advantage for his team mates.
He is a genuine extractor and does his best work at the coal face.
Also a very good tackler.
Needless to say I am optimistic as to the production that he will bring to the list.
To have been able to pick him and Winder up with such late picks was a bloody marvel.
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Trew > Brayden
Brayden more shredded > Trew
Brayden more shredded > Trew
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Trew looks 35 already. He's our new Hurn
Round 1 bolters? The young players at every AFL club pushing for an early debut
Round 1 bolters: Young stars at every club pushing for early debut
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After sliding in the draft and attracting headlines last December – former state Under 18s coach Peter Sumich bluntly said the WA product “gets the sooks a bit if things don’t go his way” – rookie Zane Trew has impressed in his first pre-season at the Eagles. The West Australian recently reported Trew was a standout during a club match simulation, delivering “laser-like passes to forwards”. A Round 1 debut for Trew seems a long shot, but the early signs have been promising.
We could be thanking Suma for years with those comments.
Also said our window is closing..........hopefully the boys take note of all the non hype this year on us. We seem to play better when people start writing us off.
And just think if we held onto our 2nd rounder we could have had Carroll as well.
Carroll been impressing at Carlton preseason sessions.
Now that would have been massive. Carroll, Edwards, Winder and Trew.
Trew rocking up to training puts him ahead of Ainsworth
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WCE v Expectations
In the last decade our best 3 seasons were 2011(made prelim), 2015(made GF) and 2018(Sheed from the boundary)
The common denominator in each of those seasons was the almost complete absence of expectation that we’d do well.
We did ok in 2012 before collapsing in 2013, whilst in 2016/17 and 2019/20 we bombed out in either the 1st or 2nd week of finals despite being among, if not the, premiership favourites
And whilst we missed finals in Simpsons first year as coach I’d suggest that a 9th place finish was above expectations coming off a poor 2013 - only missed finals thanks to Sydney losing to Richmond at the SCG by 3 points
The more people write us off the better as far as I’m concerned - like a 4WD in soft sand we do better with deflated tyres
Now that Harry edwards is 203 cm, surely he would be a bigger target and fill more space!!
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If we get more club-produced content from the Stevie Simpson Cup than we do from the match sim, I’ll be unimpressed.
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