A BRIEF LOOK AT WEST COAST'S HIGHS AND LOWS OF 2018
LOWS
*March - Written off as finals hopes after copping a 62-point pre-season loss to Fremantle.
*July - Goalsneak Liam Ryan crashes his car into a tree during an early-morning incident. He is found by police at a nearby park. He cops a two-match ban from West Coast, and is later charged with drink driving.
*July - Players and coaches are left heartbroken when ruckman Nic Naitanui suffers another ACL tear - this time to his right knee.
*July - Club integrity officer Peter Staples pushes and shoves two cameramen filming Nic Naitanui's return to Perth Airport. The club is heavily criticised after taking almost a week before reluctantly apologising over the incident.
*August - It emerges that West Coast ruckman Tony Olango is facing assault charges over an alleged incident that occurred just a day before he was drafted by West Coast.
*August - Midfielder Andrew Gaff is suspended for eight weeks over his punch that broke the jaw of Fremantle's Andrew Brayshaw.
*September - Defender Brad Sheppard is ruled out for the rest of the season after tearing his hamstring in the qualifying final win over Collingwood.
HIGHS
*April-June - West Coast defy the critics to go on a 10-match winning run.
*August - The Eagles beat Brisbane in the final round to secure second spot and two home finals
*September - West Coast beat Collingwood and Melbourne in the finals to secure a spot in the grand final
*September - The Eagles come from 29 points down to beat Collingwood by five points in an epic grand final. More than 40,000 fans welcome West Coast back to Perth.
