West Coast forward Josh Kennedy is hoping Eagles fans have the good sense not to boo Fremantle’s Andrew Brayshaw in Saturday’s Western Derby.

It will be Gaff’s first official match against the Dockers since the brutal punch that smashed Brayshaw’s jaw in August last year.

That cost Gaff an eight week suspension and the chance at a premiership, while Brayshaw needed surgery.

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The pair met in a JLT pre-season match and shook hands, while Gaff played his first premiership match on Saturday and dominated against Collingwood.

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Kennedy said both players had put the incident behind them.

“There’s no point in booing him,” he told 6PR.

“The crowd do what they want to do, people are passionate, they boo, they cheer, it’s part of football I suppose, we’ve just got to cop it.

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“But for the sake of both Andrews, the incident has been done.

“There’s going to be a bit of build up this week, we know that and Andrew’s put that behind and so has Brayshaw.

“I think those two have held themselves really (well), they moved on from it and they really just want to play football.”

One of the highlights in the Eagles’ opening three games has been the emergence of Oscar Allen and Kennedy is confident the forward will be in good hands when he calls time.

“He’s going to be a terrific player, he can go to a whole other level,” he said.

“Guys like him and Jarrad Brander are kids who are coming through who will eventually kick me out of the club, which is pretty exciting

“It’s good to know that when I do finish that we’ve got kids coming through that are going to keep the club in good hands.”