WEST Coast veteran Sam Butler is the last man standing – and he feels very weird about it.

The 29-year-old South Australian, who is the only surviving member of the Eagles' 2006 premiership team, has arguably played his best football of his career in the past two seasons after battling injuries throughout his time at the club.

Butler was just 20 years old and playing his 40th game when he tasted flag success as part of West Coast's star-studded outfit.

He has only been able to add another 95 games in the nine years since then, but he has the chance to taste premiership glory all over again as part of a new-look Eagles outfit.

The Eagles will host either North Melbourne or the Sydney Swans in a preliminary final next week, and Butler said it felt strange to think that all his old mates from the 2006 premiership class are no longer playing.

"It feels very weird. I never thought it would come down to that," Butler said.

"It definitely doesn't feel right. I'd love to have a few of those guys with me to lean on, the main one being Beau Waters.

"He'd still be playing if his shoulder could bear the brunt of it."

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