Top draft pick Harley Reid has joined West Coast training

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The AFL's top draft pick has had his first run as an Eagle, showing few signs of fatigue after a whirlwind week of media and travel.

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00:00 For the handful of West Coast fans at today's training session, this was the moment they'd
00:06 come to see.
00:08 Number one draft pick Harley Reid taking to the track for the first time as an eagle.
00:13 The Victorian prodigy settling in, joined by the rest of the recruits.
00:18 Including namesake Archer, who's content to play second fiddle.
00:22 I love Harley, like obviously he's got a really big name and I mean, I guess I'm a little
00:28 bit taller than him but he's probably got a bigger name than me.
00:31 Perth's sunshine a world away from Harvey Johnston's former job as a supermarket clerk.
00:36 You take pioneer AFL footy over, working on a register for your whole life.
00:40 Olympian Peter Boll was a surprise attendee at Fremantle's session, helping Jeremy Sharp
00:45 hone his endurance.
00:46 It's great to see him come out here ready to run in shape and try to challenge me for
00:51 it, which is awesome.
00:52 The Dockers top pick Cooper Simpson standing out early and already in the ears of his more
00:56 seasoned team mates.
00:58 Caleb Sorong and Andy Brayshaw who are elite mids of the competition, just sort of latch
01:02 onto them and see what they do around the club.
01:05 Former skipper Nat Fyfe was kept on light duties throughout the session, with the club
01:09 saying the dual Brownlow medalist is tracking well to increase his load through the summer.
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