West Coast’s Josh Kennedy has detailed the scary moment he pulled himself from the game against Richmond to prevent collapsing on-field from the delayed impact of a concussion.Tiger Noah Balta’s knee collided with the star forward’s head in the first quarter and while Kennedy passed Eagles medical staff’s initial concussion tests, moments later the two-time Coleman medallist’s condition deteriorated.“For me, it was a bit of a knock, a bit of a shock. Josh Kennedy is likely to miss Tuesday’s clash with Essendon. Credit: Chris Hyde / via AFL Photos West Coast’s success this season has been built on dominating clearances, maintaining possession through a kick-mark game, intercepting in defence … We’re not hiding away from that.”West Coast's Josh Kennedy leaves game against Richmond after copping knock to headJosh Kennedy is likely to miss Tuesday’s clash with Essendon.Watch Cockburn Cougars V Warwick Senators from last Friday on The WestQuarantine breacher granted bail as she awaits appeal Josh Kennedy will miss Tuesday's clash with Essendon due to concussion. Unfortunately we weren’t good enough, but we got beaten by a pretty good side.The Tigers blew the game apart with four unanswered goals during a third term where they booted six majors to four. Midway through the first quarter, Kennedy copped a heavy head knock from … I thought the endeavour and spirit was there from our players. Follow their account to see all their photos and videos. It was probably a goal the different every quarter. Meanwhile the AFL has ticked off West Coast’s handling of Josh Kennedy’s concussion. What happened nine weeks ago, it’s hard to connect that. We won’t be pushing it. In contrast, Richmond surge the ball with chaos, bring the ball to ground and use their speed and skill to advantage.The Eagles took only 46 marks for the night and just two of those were contested. West Coast’s Josh Kennedy has detailed the scary moment he pulled himself from the game against Richmond to prevent collapsing on-field from the delayed impact of a concussion. Three of their goals from the quarter came after spoiling marking contests in their own forward line and then winning the crumbs.The loss ended West Coast’s eight-game winning streak and started their second stint in the Queensland hub on a sour note.But despite struggling in their first hub experience, Simpson said the location of the game had no impact on the result.“I don’t think us losing had anything to do with playing in Queensland,” he said.“We got beaten by a better side. The Eagles have only five days between games, making it even harder for him to recover and he is likely to be replaced by Oscar Allen, who missed tonight’s match with a glute injury.“We’ll have to assess him but we’ll do whatever is right for him,” coach Adam Simpson said of Kennedy.Enjoy unlimited access to thewest.com.au and everyday digital editions on any device.“It (the short break) will make it difficult but every case is different. Coleman medallist Josh Kennedy is unlikely to play against Essendon on Tuesday night after being concussed during last night’s 27-point loss to Richmond at Metricon Stadium.Kennedy suffered an accidental knee to the head from Noah Balta during a marking contest in the first quarter and took no further part in the game. Daniel Venables is one from our premiership side that currently can’t play because of that.“The rules have been changed to try and protect the head and sometimes people get frustrated with it but the AFL puts them in place to handle things like this because we don’t want players coming out post-career having head trauma and other things going on like Danny Frawley did.”West Coast's Josh Kennedy leaves game against Richmond after copping knock to headJosh J. Kennedy of West Coast Eagles receives attention on the field during the round 14 AFL match between the Richmond Tigers and the West Coast Eagles.

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