West Coast great Chris Judd believes the club’s class of 2019 are in a strong position to defend their AFL flag and become the club’s first back-to-back premiers.

Judd was in Perth last night for a glittering ceremony where he and 2006 Eagles premiership teammates Dean Cox and Darren Glass were inducted into the WA Football Hall of Fame alongside Claremont goal kicker Warren Ralph, champion West Perth centreman John Loughridge and influential administrator from the early 1900s, John Simons.

While the dual Brownlow medallist warned that even getting to the grand final was incredibly difficult, he said West Coast were well placed to challenge again when they started against Brisbane at the Gabba on Saturday week.

“There are just so many moving parts that have to go right for you to have that opportunity,” Judd, now a Carlton board member, said.

“The most important things around that are based on hard work and desire and there is an element of luck as well.

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Camera Icon Chris Judd during his West Coast days.

“You look at the age of our 2006 team and it was young and most of the players were at the peak of their powers or on the way up and we couldn’t do it.

“But they have a really good chance this year. They just look like such a balanced team with a good mix of players who are experienced and some good youth coming through.”

Cox, a Sydney assistant coach, agreed the Eagles would be a formidable opponent. “History suggests it is tough to do but they’ve shown over the preseason that they are going to be a really dangerous force again,” he said.

Cox said he was honoured to be inducted into the hall of fame. “To spend so much time at West Coast, then to be inducted alongside all the other names, it’s something I’ll always remember,” he said.