West Coast’s new draftees had their first taste of life as an AFL footballer as the Eagles continued their pre-season this morning.

Liam Duggan (pick 11), Tom Lamb (pick 32), Jackson Nelson (pick 51) and Damien Cavka (pick 66) joined father-son recruit Alec Waterman as the club’s fresh faces after they were selected in last Thursday’s AFL draft on the Gold Coast.

All four joined their new teammates at McGillivray Oval this morning under the watchful eye of second-year coach Adam Simpson.

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Tom Lamb, Liam Duggan, Jackson Nelson and Damien Cavka. Pic: Mogens Johansen/WA News

Lamb, in particular, stood out with his mop of blond hair catching the eye in an energetic opening training session for the Victorian.

The draftees trained with the main group before being pulled aside by Simpson for extra mentoring and leaving the track early.

Key midfielder Scott Selwood was a notable absentee from the session, while Eric Mackenzie (hip), Sharrod Wellingham (knee), Matt Rosa (ankle) and Xavier Ellis (shoulder) completed running away from the main group as they were kept out of contact drills.

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Liam Duggan gets on the ball during his first Eagles session. Pic: Mogens Johansen/WA News

Jeremy McGovern, Mark Hutchings and Jack Darling were on light duties before leaving the track early.

Rookie Murray Newman also completed a running session away from his teammates after suffering an ankle issue in recent weeks.

Luke Shuey, Andrew Gaff, Josh Kennedy, Shannon Hurn, Matt Priddis, Beau Waters, Mark LeCras and Nic Naitanui continue to train strongly in a positive sign for the club as they look to climb back into the finals in 2015.

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