West Coast Eagles co-captain Oscar Allen is being managed and won’t play against Essendon on Good Friday evening at Optus Stadium.

"Oscar has had a heavy workload and played more AFL minutes than any of our players, and we anticipated we would need to manage him in the near future,” General Manager Football Gavin Bell said.

“This week with back-to-back six-day breaks and following travel was the right time to give him a break to freshen up."