WAFL club would be open to Bobby Hill talks

Perth coach Steven Armstrong would be open to a conversation with Bobby Hill if he plans on resurrecting his career.

The 2023 Norm Smith Medallist parted ways with Collingwood earlier this year, delisted after personal issues derailed his 2026 season where he failed to play a senior game.

Hill said in late September that he was keen to get back into footy which came prior to suggestions that West Coast had done their due diligence on him during the trade period.

The 26-year-old recently reappeared on WAFL club Perth’s website alongside delisted North Melbourne player Zac Fisher, both of whom spent time with the Demons in their youth.

Perth coach Armstrong was quizzed on his club’s interest in Hill, insisting that he’d be open to talks in order to get a gauge on where the talented former Giant sits.

“I’ll probably pick up a chat with Bobby. I don’t know where’s he at, at the moment,” Armstrong, who played 79 games for Melbourne and West Coast in the 2000s, said on SEN WA Breakfast.

“Perth Football Club players, you can’t not have a chat with them.

“I’d speak to Bobby. He’s originally from Perth, so you’ve got to wrap your arms around him.

“But with that comes a lot of responsibility I assume. I don’t know his direction or his goal to want to get back to the AFL.

“So we’d be silly not to have a chat to work out what the best case is for him. Until that happens I’ll be unaware of it.”

Hill played 11 Colts games for Perth across 2017 and 2018 and also played twice in the Reserves before he was selected by GWS with Pick 24 in the 2018 draft.