IS ‘JK’ OK?
WEST Coast will be sweating on the fitness of veteran forward Josh Kennedy ahead of Saturday’s clash with Geelong. Kennedy must pass a fitness test on Wednesday to make the trip to GMHBA Stadium.
WEST Coast spearhead Josh Kennedy remains in doubt for Saturday’s crunch clash with Geelong.
Kennedy, who sustained an ankle injury in Friday night’s win over Collingwood, has revealed he must prove his fitness at training on Wednesday if he is to join his teammates on the flight to Victoria.
“I’ve got to get through training tomorrow, I didn’t do much yesterday. I’ll do a little bit today,” Kennedy told Perth radio station 6PR on Tuesday.
“Hopefully tomorrow I’ll be able to get through training. We’ll just see how it all goes and whether I can get through training.
“I was able to play the rest of the game, so it (the ankle) pulled up pretty good. So hopefully I can head over to Geelong.”
Kennedy copped an ankle tap from Collingwood’s Irish defender Mark Keane, who was hit with a one-match suspension for the action.
“It hurt a little bit,” Kennedy said.
“I come off and it was all right. It was almost just like a little ankle roll.”
The Eagles will aim to break a 15-year hoodoo in Geelong, having not won at GMHBA Stadium since 2006.
Kennedy also has a poor return at Kardinia Park, returning a 0-4 record.
The squad that travels to Geelong will also be searching for its first victory at the ground since 2006.
“If I haven’t won there no one else (in the current side) has because I’m the oldest on the list,” Kennedy, 33, said.
“It’s been a massive challenge for a lot of teams to get down there and obviously win games. We’re really looking forward to that.
“A big thing for us this year is we haven’t really been consistent in four-quarter efforts and that’s something that we’ll continue focusing on this week, next week and the rest of the year.
“Hopefully we can put a four-quarter effort together and hopefully that’ll get us the result we want down in Geelong.”