West Coast has produced its second miracle comeback in an as many weeks, coming back from five goals down in the fourth term to beat a distraught Carlton 16.15 (111) to 15.11 (101) at Subiaco.

Trailing by 29 points after Nick Stevens' goal, the Eagles looked destined to lose to a Victorian side in Perth for the first time in nearly four years.

But somehow, John Worsfold's side was able to pick itself off the canvas again, kicking eight goals in the final term to reproduce the heroics of last week when the Eagles came back from nine goals down in the third quarter to register the club's greatest comeback win.

Adam Hunter, rapidly becoming West Coast's man in a crisis, kicked three in the last term, while stand in skipper Andrew Embley finally shook off Cory McGrath to kick the crowning goals with seconds left, leaving the Eagles on top of the AFL ladder.

For Carlton, Brendan Fevola was superb, kicking six, and Marc Murphy and Lance Whitnall were industrious all day, but after Stevens appeared to have won the game, West Coast stormed home with five unanswered majors.

With Eagles fans taking a Sunday afternoon stroll to Subiaco while expecting to witness another one when they got there, Carlton clearly had other ideas.

Despite Brent Staker kicking the home side's first, Carlton was much the busier - with Whitnall and Murphy loading the gun, and Fevola firing the bullets.

Bristling with intent, Fevola twice induced Darren Glass into errors, and both times gleefully picked up the scraps to goal.

And with Murphy running amok, the blow out anticipated by all was already a distant memory.

The nervy silence at Subi was temporarily lifted when Quinten Lynch kicked his second rapidly followed by Hansen's first, but after sparking fitfully in the first quarter, Eddie Betts reignited the Carlton cause with two majors.

As the possibility of the upset began to sharpen, Fevola applied the coup de grace to an unbelievable half.

Gathering wide with the timekeeper poised to sound the siren, Fevola snapped across his body to beat the siren by fractions of a second and kick his fifth.

West Coast's continued lethargy was highlighted into the third term, when Hunter was run down from behind by Betts, who kicked his third from the free kick.

Everything was flowing in Carlton's favour, with Heath Scotland converting after Brent Staker conceded 50m, and then Murphy soccered after Stevens' kick bounced at an impossible angle in the goal square.

Fevola's sixth was followed by Houlihan's massive bump on Rosa, another indicator of Carlton's ferocity and commitment.

But both those qualities were also shown by Hunter, who converted a hugely pressured kick in the pocket with 30 seconds left in the term reduced the lead to 29.

Repeating the trick within a minute of the last change, Hunter set up a second great escape, and with David Wirrpanda forward, Carlton was finally troubled.

Wirrpanda's one handed pick up and goal continued the momentum, before Hunter kicked two more, Ben Cousins chipped in and Embley provided the fabulous full stop to another classic.

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