Cooper Duff -Tytler and Willem Duursma are not overawed by the challenge of rebuilding West Coast as the top Eagles draftees reveal there is excitement within the club.

Coming off a one-win season, the Eagles could not be rebuilding from a lower point as they finally start to chart a path out of the AFL doldrums.

With just 11 wins and two wooden spoons in the last three years, there is still a mountain of work to do but No.1 pick Duursma is confident that change is coming.

“I tend to think about more the possibilities of when we’re a lot better again, obviously it’s going to take a lot of work to get back up there and stuff,” he told 7News.

“But if you asked the whole team, they’d all be up for the fight. It’s not really daunting at all, coming to a club like West Coast because the future is pretty bright.”

It’s a sentiment shared by Duff-Tytler who beleives their is a young core for which the Eagles can build their future around.

“I definitely call it more exciting than daunting, when you get over here and see the young talent we have in the room, it’s super exciting to get into a club like that and have that challenge anf taking the club back to where it deserves,” he said.

Much has been made of Duff-Tytler’s ability to be more than just a ruck with his ability to impact around the ground on show in their pre-season derby loss to Fremantle.

While rucks generally take longer to develop than other AFL prospects, the 18-year-old has been working closely with Nic Naitanui to help fast-track his progress.

“I think I can add something to the team that a lot of other rucks can’t get around the stoppage and be that extra midfielder and use my athleticism and skills around the game, is where that unicorn comparison comes from,” he said.=

“Working with Nic Nat is unreal. I’ve watched him as a young guy, and he was super athletic and a freak of nature, so he’s given me a few tips he used early on in his career before getting bigger.

Duursma also has a few tricks up his sleeve, crediting dance classes for giving him the ability to stay mobile even at his 191cm frame.

“Yeah, it has helped to become a better footballer, as much as I pretend I don’t, I like it,” he said.

“Being a lot taller than everyone else, I can still move and have the agility of a smaller player; dancing probably has had an effect on that.”

He also had a cheeky dig at Essendon-based brother Xavier, who said he couldn’t wait to line up the newest Duursma addition to the AFL.

“Oh, I’m terrified,” he said jokingly

“It will be a good chalenge I think he’ll have some trouble going against me, but we’ll be alright.”