From coming back after a week on the sidelines with general soreness, to kicking the match-winning goal against Richmond, it’s safe to say a rested Kennedy is a dangerous thing.

So after a weekend recuperating from the top-eight clash against the Tigers, the key forward is feeling ready to take on the Bulldogs at Optus Stadium.

All-Australian trio Jeremy McGovern, Tim Kelly and Brad Sheppard are on track to return with captain Luke Shuey, who played 68 minutes of game-time on Sunday in West Coast’s first WAFL win of the year.

“We get a few players back this week I think which will be up for selection so positive for our end,” Kennedy told 6PR.

“We are just really excited about the challenge, you want to be having a crack against the best team in the competition and Western Bulldogs are one of the best so looking forward to it.”

Kennedy will be coming off a weekend in his hometown of Northampton, where he returned to his local football club to watch Harry Taylor in action after 280 games at Geelong.

Both Kennedy and Taylor hail from the Mid-West, with Kennedy hailing from the Northampton Rams along with Jamie and Patrick Cripps.

“We had a good turn out with all the kids coming through after the colts won and then we did a bit of a signing session and a meet and greet,” Kennedy said.

“Get around the ressies and the ressies won as well which was good, so we had two from two then sat down in time to watch the league.”

Kennedy and Taylor also raising funds in the wake of Cyclone Seroja, which tore through the football club’s Old Ram Shed, and blew the exhibition hall onto the field.

It took a clean-up brigade featuring locals from Geraldton and bordering townships to remove metal screws and nails from the turf with magnet brooms, in time for the Northampton and Chapman Valley Anzac Day run.

The weekend’s fundraiser involved sponsors paying $600 for every goal Taylor scored in Northampton’s League football, with East Fremantle also chipping in another $400 to bring the total to $1000.

“He forgot his boots. The most professional guy who in his AFL career forgot his boots knowing he had to kick a few goals to raise some money,” Kennedy laughed.

“He had to borrow one of the boys from the ressies game which was quite funny.

“He didn’t want me to tell. He came up to me before the game and said, ‘you won’t believe me but I’ve forgot me boots’ and I said, ‘Mate are you serious?’.

“He said, ‘don’t tell anyone, cause I’ve got a spare pair,’ obviously someone from the ressies.

“He was a bit shocked, I think he kicked the first three or four points, but he had four goals seven at three quarter time, so we had four grand sitting there which was good.

“The big man stepped up in the last quarter and kicked six goals so he kicked 10.7 for the day so we got 10 grand which as great, then someone donated another thousand so we had 11.”

This fundraiser also tied in with more auction items from the day, and another online auction run by inaugural West Coast defender Andrew Lockyer.

“The online auction has been going on for a few weeks now, ” Kennedy said.

“It’s going great, I think there is well over 22 grand at the moment, get your final bids in, it’s going to a great cause.”

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