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Melbourne coach Simon Goodwin has confirmed Max Gawn has strained his hamstring.

The All-Australian ruckman will have scans on Monday but Goodwin expects he will miss the standard four weeks, he revealed in his post match press conference.

Gawn hurt his hamstring in a rather innocuous incident late in the second quarter.

He immediately signalled to the trainers and slowly limped off the ground.

It left Jack Watts shouldering the ruck duties for Melbourne throughout the entire second half.

It is another blow for the Demons, who are already missing stars Jesse Hogan and Jordan Lewis through suspension, as well as Michael Hibberd and Aaron vandenBerg through injury.