He’s very rarely embarrassed on the field, but it’s fair to say West Coast Eagles champion Jeremy McGovern was left a little red faced in Lancelin yesterday.

A quiet pre-finals trip up the west coast turned a bit sour for the back-to-back All Australian, when he drew a large crowd of people, who watched him get his Toyota 4WD bogged on the beach.

Camera Icon Even a tractor was unable to get the Eagles’ 4WD out of the surf. Credit: Kymillman.com

Oh what a feeling!

The Eagles defender had backed the car up to retrieve a boat along the shore, but got stuck in the soft sand - where he remained for more than a hour.

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Camera Icon After an hour in the water, this six wheeler finally helped to get the West Coast champs’ car out Credit: Kymillman.com

And with water quickly rising to meet the bottom of the doors of the vehicle, it was all hands on deck to get it out.

More than 40 people gathered around in a bid to get the keen fisherman out of the water but even a nearby farmer with his tractor was unable to dislodge it.

Camera Icon West Coast's Jeremy McGovern rarely gets bogged down on the field. Credit: The Sunday Times

Fortunately local Pat Shinnick was around to use his camouflaged six wheeler and a winch to get it out.

McGovern will surely be glad to be safely back on dry land, and West Coast fans will be hoping he isn’t all at sea on Saturday.

The Eagles take on Port Adelaide at the Adelaide Oval at 5.50pm on Saturday.