West Coast could look to GWS Giants big man Rory Lobb to bolster their depleted ruck stocks.

Lobb was spotted meeting with Eagles chairman Russell Gibbs in Perth on Tuesday.

The 25-year-old still has another year to run on his contract and looms as a key player for the expansion club as they push for a flag.

But it is understood the 207cm Swan Districts product is keen to return home to Western Australia.

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Lobb has been a key figure for the injury-hit Giants and won’t come cheaply in the trade period.

He has played 74 matches at GWS as a ruck-forward, booting 64 goals.

Camera Icon Could the Eagles land GWS big man Rory Lobb? Credit: Getty Images

The Eagles look resigned to the fact that out-of-contract tall Scott Lycett will move on at season’s end, with Port Adelaide his likely destination.

First-choice ruckman Nic Naitanui will miss at least the first half of 2019 with the second serious knee injury of his career.

St Kilda’s Tom Hickey reportedly had a medical screening at the Eagles last week as the club ramps up its ruck search.

Hickey, 27, has played 79 games across eight seasons for Gold Coast and St Kilda.

But a combination of form and injury has reduced him to just 18 appearances across the past two seasons.