AFL No.1 draft pick Willem Duursma is already relishing the prospect of trying to supercharge West Coast's rebuild alongside fellow top selection Harley Reid.
And the 18-year-old Gippsland Power product is brimming with confidence as he eyes a hero-and-sidekick partnership with established star Reid in the west.
"If I'm Batman," Duursma quipped, after being presented his first Eagles jumper by Reid at the national draft on Wednesday night.
"He gave me a big hug on stage, so we're ready to get cracking, us two."
Coming off a horror one-win season in Andrew McQualter's first year as coach, West Coast bolstered their young talent stocks with high-end picks Duursma, Cooper Duff-Tytler (pick four) and Josh Lindsay (19).
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