Yeo keen to take on Swans

WEST Coast midfielder Elliot Yeo insists his team hasn’t been scarred by its two losses to Sydney this year, saying he would gladly face the Swans in this season’s AFL finals.

Sydney is the only team that has beaten West Coast this year — in Round 1 and again last week.

The third-placed Swans have won 11 of the past 13 matches between the two sides, and the odds are short that the archrivals will meet at some point in this year’s finals.

If that happens, Yeo says West Coast would embrace it. “Absolutely,” he said. “I don’t think there’s any scars.

“It’s one of those ones where it’s a little bit more frustrating, because personally I feel we should have won [on Friday].

“And we probably should have won in Round 1 if we had have capitalised.

“The confidence and belief is there that we can beat them and we can take it up to them. It’s just a matter of being able to execute it.”

West Coast won the clearances (36-24) and inside 50s (63-52) in Friday night’s 15point loss, but its young forward line failed to capitalise.

Forward Jack Darling is still sidelined by a fractured ankle, and West Coast is hoping his fellow spearhead Josh Kennedy won’t join him on the injury list.

Kennedy, who had foot surgery during the off-season, looked sore towards the end of last week’s game, with the pain in his achilles tendon seemingly flaring up.

Yeo hopes the 30-year-old can keep battling through the pain. “He’s a contested player. He’s always got some sort of ice pack on somewhere,” Yeo said.