MARK LeCras is the latest casualty in West Coast’s forward line, with the veteran ruled out of Saturday’s road clash against Adelaide.

Eagles coach Adam Simpson this morning confirmed LeCras had failed to overcome a wrist injury suffered last Thursday against Essendon in time for the trip to face the Crows.

LeCras had an arthroscopy this week, with West Coast awaiting the results of scans to determine the full extent of the damage.

“He had a little scope on his wrist just to see what is going on in there,” Simpson said.

“It is a bit loose. We will let that settle down and see what comes from it. It is a bit early to see what the damage is.

“We haven’t got the full results yet so I don’t want to pre-empt anything.

“It is disappointing. We are losing forwards left right and centre, and he was one with plenty of experience for us. We have just got to find another way.”

Simpson said Nathan Vardy, Jarrod Brander and a range of other players were all in the mix to fill the hole left by Lecras.

“The last two weeks haven’t been too good for us up forward,” Simpson said.

“I think we have kicked 13.31, so it is probably more accuracy than anything, but there is no doubt that we are a different side.

“Teams go through it. It is our turn. Hitting adversity is nothing new in this competition. We have got to fight through it.”

West Coast is the only team in the competition with three players who have kicked 20 or more goals this season, but all three will be missing against Adelaide.

Coach Adam Simpson said Jamie Cripps was likely to be his most experienced forward for the clash in which the Eagles are trying to prevent three losses on the trot.