The West Coast Eagles have come home victors after a narrow two-point win against St Kilda in their final Melbourne hub match, battling it out at ground level to win their first match of the season and their first away game in the history of the competition.

But the team are looking to inflict more scoreboard pressure after kicking 10 behinds and two goals across the game, according to AFLW skipper Emma Swanson.

“We’ve got to find a way to impact the scoreboard, and I think overall we ended up with 31 inside 50s or around that mark in the game, which is around there with the top teams,” Swanson told Sportsday WA.

“I can’t say it’s a lack of goalkicking practice, we do goalkicking practice every second drill we have a bit of goalkicking practice.

“I think a little bit for us it’s the marks inside 50 during the game that we’re not getting.

“A lot of our goals have been snaps around the corner or rushed kicks, or during the play out of a stoppage.

“It’s certainly something that’s sort of hard to train, because it doesn’t matter how much pressure you put on a Tuesday or Thursday night down at Lathlain, it sort of never really equates to what you’re getting in a game situation.

“We probably just need to find a way to put a bit more pressure on at training.”

Goalkicking has been one of the primary focuses for senior coach Michael Prior, who is trying to increase scoring opportunities as well as pressure in West Coast’s forward 50.

The team now look to make a slight variation to training in coming weeks after kicking 13 goals and 25 behinds for the season.

“I know for a fact I missed an easy one against Geelong and I’ve gone to the coach and said ‘I want someone on the mark every time I’m kicking a goal at training,” Swanson said.

“Obviously we’ve got 30 players on the list who want to have a shot on goal, but obviously we’re doing those things without a player on the mark.

“So there’s something little I think we can bring into training, and we did last week.”

However, the signs of development are already in place, with West Coast’s forward half pressure improving, particularly from matches against Fremantle in round one and Adelaide in round three.

The Eagles are also focussing on halting momentum, allowing St Kilda no space in the dying minutes of the match after giving up the lead midway through the fourth quarter in matches against Gold Coast and Geelong.

“I’m glad we did get over the top of them, albeit a tight game, we learned a lot from the week before which was also a tight game,” Swanson said.

“You can see the improvement from week-to-week and that was just four days from Geelong to St Kilda.

“So, to get over the top of them after having three weeks on the road, I think that’s a pretty good outcome.”

West Coast now prepare to play Collingwood in their first match of the season at Mineral Resources Park.

The team will come off a five-day break and play at 12:10pm in 33 degree heat.

“I think it will be beautiful for us, we’ve trained in that all pre-season, so I think the girls are looking forward to it when we found out we’d be playing at midday,” Swanson said.

“Not sure about the Collingwood girls, they’ve had some hot weather over there the last couple of weeks, so not sure how they’ll go in the heat.

“But looking forward to having a game at home in front of fans.”