West Coast fear midfielder Courtney Rowley will require a second knee reconstruction after she landed awkwardly and was in clear distress during her team’s historic 45-point win over Collingwood.

The Eagles were celebrating winning five games in a season for the first time and also creating a new record winning margin, but thoughts quickly turned to Rowley after her injury in a marking contest during the second quarter.

The 22-year-old missed all of last season after rupturing her anterior cruciate ligament in the final game of 2023. Eagles coach Daisy Pearce admitted the club feared the worst.

“It’s always a fear when someone goes down,” she said.

“She got knocked in a marking contest, landed awkwardly and it was her knee. That fear is always there, especially in a comp where they hap

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