Twelve of West Coast strongest headed to the Esplanade in Perth this afternoon to pull a 75-tonne truck over ten metres for Youth Focus, all in the name of youth suicide prevention.

The Eagles battled it out against rivals the Western Force in a test of strength.

The Force came away the victors on the day with an amazing time of 17.4 seconds. The West Coast Eagles weren’t far behind with a time of 20.69 seconds.

At 103kg, West Coast big man Quinten Lynch headed the group and was pleased with the efforts of the boys.

“I tried to do my bit. My quads are hurting now so I suppose it was doing something,” said Lynch.

“I was having a look at the Force boys and they have some big quads, so I think they have been doing a few more squats in the gym than what we’ve been doing.”

Lynch and his teammates were happy to be able to participate and raise awareness of suicide prevention among youths.

“It’s one of those things that’s hard to deal with, so it’s great for the club to help out and come down and support such a worthy cause.”

This is the first year the West Coast Eagles has teamed up with Youth Focus, an organisation which provides an intervention and prevention service for young people aged 12 to 18 years, who are showing early signs associated with suicide, depression and self-harm.

Youth Focus ran the campaign from Monday, November 9 to Friday, November 13 with the sporting celebrity truck pull marking the conclusion of the campaign.

Throughout the week, corporate teams rolled up their sleeves to participate in the truck pull to raise money for this worthy cause.