West Coast Eagles forward Murray Newman trains for first time since leaving jail in opening pre-season session Murray Newman returned to Eagles training today. Picture: Stewart Allen Source: News Limited WEST Coast forward Murray Newman joined his teammates this morning for his first team training session since getting out of jail. Newman, who served six months for breaking a man's jaw, has bulked up considerably and is aiming to break back into the Eagles" team to add to the four games he played in 2012. "If you have a look at him, he's in really good shape,"" West Coast coach Adam Simpson said. He's probably too big. He's been pumping iron for about eight weeks. So we need to manage that. He's trained every day since the boys left (to go on their break). "Literally every time I've been at the club, he's been there training with young Corey (Adamson)."" Simpson said he was not sure what to expect from Newman in 2015, but said he would not make him serve a period of time in the WAFL as punishment. Murray Newman (centre) and his West Coast teammates in between drills. "We'll have to see how he trains and how he performs,"" he said. Hopefully he just completes a full pre-season and makes himself available for NAB Cup. There's no penance. We pick the best available. "I've seen nothing but good things with Murray from my first day here last year."" Champion ruckman Dean Cox was looking on as part of the coaching staff as the Eagles" young players completed a light skills session at McGillivray Oval. Former vice-captain Beau Waters, 28, joined his younger teammates on the track as he attempts to re-start his career after missing all of last season following shoulder surgery. Former baseballer Corey Adamson and Irishman Paddy Brophy were also part of the session. Simpson said the club's younger players had returned in good condition. "The break's getting longer and longer for the players, so the expectations have risen in terms of what shape they come back at,"" he said. Pleasingly they look in good nick, albeit they are our first to fourth year players, but they're in good shape. This group in particular we want to put a bit of size on and strength over the break, and work on the conditioning when they get back. We've seen a bit of size in some players. We've got to be careful with that too, it's not all about bulking up. But it's part of our program and first day in it feels like there's some improvement there."" Follow Braden Quartermaine on Twitter: @bquartermaine Originally published as No penance for returning Eagle