West Coast’s AFLW clash with Collingwood on Sunday will be no walk in the park, but it will be a teddy bear picnic.

The Eagles’ match at Mineral Resources Park will help raise vital funds for Telethon and support thousands of sick, vulnerable and disadvantaged young children in Western Australia.

And the club is urging families to bring their teddy bears to the game, in line with this year’s theme.

Champion Eagles coach Daisy Pearce said having her own kids — six-year-old twins Sylvie and Roy — had given her a new perspective on how important the charity’s work is.

“It’ll be good to have the kids, and the teddy bears out to raise awareness for Telethon,” she said.

“I think having had kids myself, like the most precious things and to think of people going through hardships with little

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