BROWNLOW medallist Sam Mitchell has revealed his West Coast teammates are calling him Twiggy after rolling his left ankle on a stick at training last week.

Mitchell said he would be likely to miss the Eagles’ JLT Community Series opener against Greater Western Sydney next weekend in the wake of the injury.

The four-times Hawthorn premiership player said he had been late to last Wednesday’s session at Wembley Sports Park because he had been dropping his children off at their first day of school.

Mitchell told SEN that he had asked if he could join the main group straight away but was told he would have to run around the oval to warm up.

He was only 20m into the jog when he stepped on the stick.

"It’ll probably knock me out of training for about a week, so it’s not too major this time of year but not ideal," Mitchell said.

"I’ll probably miss that first game.

"All the boys are calling me Twiggy at the moment so that’s not great."

Mitchell said he was unsure if he’d have an official leadership role at his new club.

The veteran also said coach Adam Simpson hadn’t changed much since he was an assistant at the Hawks, but said he was grumpier.