Hard decision: Eagles axe premiership forward Cripps
By Justin Chadwick
West Coast coach Andrew McQualter has opened up about the tough decision to drop Jamie Cripps, saying it doesn’t signal the end for the premiership forward.
Cripps will play in the WAFL for the first time since 2014 after being dropped ahead of Sunday’s AFL clash with St Kilda at Marvel Stadium.
News of Cripps’s axing came on his 34th birthday and he will now suit up for the Eagles’ WAFL side in Sunday’s home match against Swan Districts.