Another Eagles flag hero calls time on AFL career
The 30-year-old from Kalgoorlie had played 165 games since his 2014 debut, but none this season after tearing the ACL in his right knee at February pre-season training.
His retirement comes a week after fellow Eagle Jeremy McGovern also called it quits because of persistent concussion problems.
McGovern's intercept mark deep in defence famously started the crucial chain of possessions late in the last quarter of the 2018 grand final win over Collingwood.
Sheed was on the end of the play, marking and kicking an outstanding goal from a difficult angle, with Magpies fans howling at him on the boundary fence only a couple of metres away.
Shortly after, the Eagles won by five points for their fourth and most recent flag.
Sheed told Eagles teammates of his decision on Tuesday morning and he will front an afternoon media conference at the club.
At his prime, Sheed was a key cog in West Coast's talent-packed midfield.
But from 2022-24 he only managed 24 senior games because of injuries.
"It's just one of those moments you either get right or you don't, and I was lucky that I got it right," Sheed later said of his iconic shot for goal.
"It really was an amazing moment. And that whole passage of play, starting at Gov - I'm not sure what the chances were.
"I think I was meant to be off the ground.
"I've never been a great set shot in front of goal but I did have two shots pre-game from that spot and I managed to kick them both, so I thought I was a chance."
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