Nevertheless, a private company, Indian Pacific headed by Richard Colless began testing the water in the West Australian market. While consortias had begun a fierce bidding war in Brisbane, Western Australia and South Australia, with their strong local competitions, remained indifferent to the idea of joining the national competition. Australian rules football in Western Australia was a traditional heartland for the sport had been steadily growing over the decades producing strong performances in interstate football despite having most of its star players poached by Victorian clubs causing interest in the WAFL to decline. VFL Licence bid and Club formation ĭuring the 1980s, the VFL and WAFL were struggling and both leagues came to the conclusion that a national league was the key to their survival, the VFL Commission voted in 1986 to grant licenses to Perth and Brisbane. Since Round 14 of the 2021 season, The Eagles have won only 5 matches in 42 games up to Round 11 of the 2023 season, which included most recently a 116-point thrashing by Hawthorn Football Club, making it the worst run for the club. In 2018, West Coast defeated Collingwood to win its fourth Premiership, making it the most successful Non-Victorian team in the modern era. In 2015, the club reached a sixth Grand Final, again going down to Hawthorn. West Coast won its third premiership in 2006, but declined afterwards, finishing last in 2010, before undergoing a rapid resurgence the following season to finish fourth in 2011. Having lost the 1991 grand final to Hawthorn, the club won premierships in 19, becoming one of the most successful teams of the 1990s. The club was formed in 1986, and played its first season in the competition in 1987. The West Coast Eagles is an Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia, currently playing in the Australian Football League (AFL). The West Coast Eagles and Sydney Swans line up for the Australian national anthem at the 2005 Grand Final.

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