West Coast have failed in their bid to send retiring greats Luke Shuey, Shannon Hurn and Nic Naitanui out on a winning note, and a final term fade out has also maintained pressure on coach Adam Simpson to keep his job as West Coast won the AFL’s wooden spoon.
The Eagles lost to Adelaide 17.21 (123) to 12.6 (78) and conceded the last eight goals of the night.
North Melbourne’s upset win over Gold Coast earlier in the day sent the Eagles back to the bottom of the ladder and while they led by 11 points at half-time, they couldn’t hold off a second half charge from the visitors.
It is West Coast’s second wooden spoon and it was also the fifth time since they entered the AFL in 1987 that the bottom spot in the ladder has changed in the last round.
Eagles fans came to farewell Shuey, Hurn and Naitanui after their…
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