Sam Kerr has paid a visit to West Coast during their preseason — and one player has hinted that the Chelsea striker should consider a career in AFLW.

New Eagles recruit Belinda Smith posted a snap of her and Kerr on Instagram, saying she would “keep the forward line warm” for the soccer star.

“I’ll keep the forward line warm for when you’re ready to come play, (Sam Kerr),” Smith wrote.

The Lake Grace born Smith joined West Coast in April 2019 after she was delisted from Fremantle Dockers in June 2018 and had a short stint as a free-agent with the Western Bulldogs.

In March, Kerr was named West Coast’s number one ticket-holder for the 2019 and 2020 seasons.

Kerr’s brother, former Eagles midfielder Daniel Kerr, said on his sister’s retirement that he would push hard for her to “finish her career at the Eagles”.

“I’m going to be pushing it hard for the next seven years.. she does love her football and she loves the Eagles,” the two-time Brownlow Medal runner-up and 220-game AFL midfielder said during an interview with The West in February last year.

The West Coast Eagles hit the preseason track since towards the end of November ahead of the first round game against the Pies at Victoria Park in Melbourne on Sunday, February 9.

Kerr’s visit comes as the team announced their ruckman Alicia Janz, 29, would be sidelined for the entirety of West Coast's maiden AFLW 2020 campaign due to a knee injury.

Caitlyn Rintoul