West Coast coach Adam Simpson has conceded skipper Shannon Hurn is likely to miss Sunday’s clash against Sydney at the SCG as the club awaits scans on the defender’s tight hamstring.

Hurn sat out the entire final quarter of Sunday’s big win against the Western Bulldogs as the reigning premiers kicked their highest score of the season in a powerful performance that catapulted them back into the top four.

Simpson said post-match that the captain had a tight hamstring and was not played in the final term as a precaution, but he told Seven News on Monday night that the skipper was likely to miss a week or two.

“We haven’t got the scan results back yet, but he is doubtful I would say,” Simpson said.

“We’ll have to wait and see what we get with the scan, but he wasn’t feeling well enough to get back on the ground and that normally points to a week or two.”

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Hurn has not missed a match since round 15, 2017, and the Eagles will be sweating on his fitness as they attempt to win their first match at the SCG since 1999, having lost their past eight at the venue.

“We haven’t won there for a long period of time and the SCG is quite a different ground, so we’ll have to be at our absolute best to be competitive this week,” Simpson said.

The Eagles face the 15th-placed Swans before a bye in round 13.