North Melbourne defender Charlie Comben will require scans on his left shoulder after going down in an incident against West Coast on Sunday.

The 23-year-old emerging AFL talent cut a dejected figure after trudging to the bench in pain during the third quarter in Bunbury.

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Comben got caught under the pack of a marking contest and appeared to cop some friendly fire from fellow key back Griffin Logue, who inadvertently did a human leap-frog while attempting a spoil.

Trainers rushed out immediately to Comben, who was in clear discomfort.

Knowing he had done some damage, he put his head in his arms on the bench in what became a sad image.

“Here’s the injury to Charlie Comben. He knew straight away he’d done something bad,” Channel 7’s Ryan Daniels said from the boundary line.

“He grabs that arm, went straight off.

“He’s being assessed in the rooms, he’s been subbed out of the game, and Robert Hansen Jr has been subbed in.

“In terms of the severity, not sure yet, but he’s obviously had a lot of injury trouble in the past, Charlie Comben.”

The Eagles appear destined to collect this year’s AFL wooden spoon after North Melbourne produced a late four-goal burst to snatch a thrilling 10-point victory.

The wayward Eagles kicked 1.13 across the first two and a half quarters of Sunday’s match before finally hitting their groove to surge to an 18-point lead early in the final term.

North Melbourne had been error-riddled and looked one-dimensional until that point, but exploded with the final four goals of the match — including two to Cameron Zurhaar — to secure the 9.8 (62) to 6.16 (52) win.

Finn O’Sullivan started the four-goal run when he made the most of a 50m penalty to kick truly, before Zurhaar kicked his first of the match to make it a six-point game with nine minutes remaining.

West Coast clung on dearly for the next seven minutes until Zurhaar took a brave pack mark to give North the lead.

Captain Jy Simpkin iced the win with a running snap in the final 45 seconds.

The result means North Melbourne (3-8-1) are now two and a half wins ahead of last-placed West Coast (1-12).

Richmond (3-10) are two wins clear of the Eagles.

Not only did North Melbourne snare the win, but they will also collect a cool $1 million for “hosting’‘ the match in Bunbury, a coastal town two hours drive south of Perth.

It’s part of a three-year deal in which North Melbourne will play two home games a season in WA, including next week’s clash with Fremantle at Optus Stadium.

The only downer for North Melbourne out of Sunday’s match was a game-ending injury to defender Charlie Comben, who was subbed out in the third quarter after copping a painful knee to the shoulder in a marking contest.

Paul Curtis kicked three goals for North Melbourne, while Tristan Xerri was huge in the ruck with 37 hitouts, 10 clearances and 22 disposals.

Former Eagle Jack Darling was held scoreless from 10 disposals.

Eagles co-captain Liam Duggan tallied a team-high 23 disposals, Elijah Hewett racked up 22 disposals and six clearances, while forward Jack Williams kicked two goals.

North Melbourne kicked the only three goals of the opening quarter — including two to Curtis — despite losing the inside-50 count 21-10.

West Coast’s 0.5 was a poor return for a quarter they dominated, with Archer Reid’s close-range shocker summing up their ineptitude in front of goal.

The Eagles had 0.8 to their name and had just entered their forward-50 arc for a staggering 34th time when Williams finally broke the goal drought with a close-range set shot late in the second quarter.

The goal reduced the margin to seven points at halftime, with North holding the lead despite being pummelled 39-17 in the inside-50 count.

West Coast had a woeful 1.13 to their name before producing a 4.1 spurt to finish the third quarter.

But just as the game looked won for the Eagles, North hit back hard in a thrilling finish.

- With AAP