Andrew Gaff has apologised on behalf of West Coast to Andrew Brayshaw, criticising a teammate who used the Fremantle youngster's name in a sledge at training.
The Eagles uploaded a video to their Instagram story of Gaff spinning around 10 times before taking a shot at goal.
It’s one thing hearing Nathan Vardy repeating the name ‘Andrew Brayshaw’ as a way to put Gaff off his kick. However, the social media team allowing this to go the public is baffling. pic.twitter.com/7FwmMgTCDL
— Andrew (@andrewmarrollo) June 18, 2019
The video showed a number of West Coast players doing their best to put off Gaff by throwing footballs and yelling various things at the midfielder.
One player, however, appeared to yell out the name of Brayshaw twice.
The sledge was in reference to last season, when the 27-year-old broke Brayshaw's jaw with a hard punch to the face, shattering several teeth.
Gaff, speaking on Perth radio station Mix 94.5, said that the sledge was "in poor taste".
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"It's disappointing. I didn’t know about it until I got a call at 5.30pm last night, because I don’t have Instagram (and) I didn’t hear it,” Gaff said on Wednesday.
“It’s in poor taste, and it’s disrespectful obviously to Andrew more than it is to me.
“I’ll have a chat if we know who it is at training today, but we want to apologise as a club for that.
“It shouldn’t happen and it’s disappointing.”
Dockers coach Ross Lyon was also annoyed with the sledge.
“I’ve heard the video,” Lyon told Seven.
“In light of how serious that injury was, and the incident, it’s really disappointing. But I’ll leave that with West Coast.”
Gaff would be suspended for eight weeks, missing the Eagles' premiership win, while Brayshaw would also miss the rest of the season through injury.
The two have since made peace, meeting socially and sharing a handshake before a pre-season game this year.
