VETERAN recruit Jack Viney has wasted no time making his presence felt at West Coast, joining teammates on day one of pre-season training as the club's young players returned on Monday.
Viney impressed in a 90-minute session that included a heavy running component and some skills work, and he was the last player on the track completing laps on his own after the squad headed indoors.
The 32-year-old crossed to West Coast during the Continental Tyres AFL Trade Period and was among a handful of senior Eagles to return early on Monday, alongside the club's first to fourth-year players.
Key forward Jake Waterman was also on hand and completed a long running session on his own, while premiership star Elliot Yeo and sixth-year defender Brady Hough also came back early before their official return date of November 23.
Club champion Harley Reid completed a modified session after undergoing end-of-season shoulder surgery, doing plenty of running and agility work but stepping out of football drills.
Deven Robertson also trained away from the main group as he recovers from the ACL injury he suffered in April this year, with the former Brisbane midfielder recently spending time in the United States with world-renowned rehabilitation and reconditioning expert Bill Knowles.
Midfielder Elijah Hewett, who is entering an important fifth season, was managed carefully on Monday, spending a lot of time on a stationary bike and climbing the stairs in the adjacent Perth Demons grandstand.
Hewett played six games in 2026 but finished the season with an impressive performance at WAFL level before joining several of the Eagles' young stars on a trip to the UFC's elite training centre in Las Vegas.
Gun backman Reuben Ginbey was part of that trip and returned ahead of schedule on Monday, with the 22-year-old appearing to have trimmed down after playing as a key defender in 2026 before his season-ending quad injury.
Among those who impressed in the early running was third-year Eagle Bo Allan as players completed repeated 200m runs at high intensity around the boundary line with short breaks between efforts.
Players collapsed on the turf after their last runs, which were completed in groups of five at the club's Mineral Resources Park training base.
Allan is training as a midfielder this pre-season and worked closely with Viney on Monday in one drill as players collected a groundball and then cleared the area with a string of handballs.
Viney's ability to teach midfield craft was seen as an asset when the Eagles recruited him, and the premiership star paused the drill multiple times to give advice to his younger teammates, including Allan.
