Shannon Hurn is honoured to have passed West Coast legend Glen Jakovich on the club's games record list.

Surpassing the iconic Eagles defender, Hurn says eclipsing Jakovich's 276 games is humbling.

“I am fortunate enough to be at such a good club, I missed playing with blokes like Jako and Bluey but I had Woosha as a coach and you got to hear about the history particularly that back line that played really good team footy," Hurn told westcoasteagles.com.au. 

"Jako had a highly decorated career and the standard that he set has helped the club be what it is now, you don’t understand that when you are young but as time goes on you realise the dedication and commitment a player like that had to get to that level."

Hurn now sits on 277 games and just 13 behind Dean Cox as the all-time games record holder.

“I don't seek the individual milestones, I just want to play as long as I can and as long as I am contributing that is what is important to help the team be successful." he said

Jakovich had a decorated 276-game career with the Eagles starting in 1991. He went on to win two premierships, is a dual All Australian and four time club champion.

Talking to Eagles Media, Jakovich says Hurn has been a model of consistency and has admired the 32-year-old's durability.

"He has been a guy that has gone about his business but on the field he's a competitive beast and it's a testament to him his durability," Jakovich said.

Jakovich also says Hurn's resilience in coming from interstate is another remarkable factor in rising toward the summit of the club's games record list. 

"He's been a no non-sense footballer, clearly he hasn't taken it for granted and it's a great achievement coming from country South Australia.

"Most of our record holders have been home grown players, there hasn't been too many from other states."

Hurn is currently the only non-West Australian in the top 10 of the games record list.

The dual All Australian and three time Ross Glendinning-Allan Medalist grew up in Angaston, South Australia and played for Central District in the SANFL before being taken 13th overall in the 2005 National Draft. 

The 2018 premiership captain says this year has been different for many reasons, including the difficulty of juggling a changing landscape due to the constantly shifting environment caused by the COVID-19 situation. 

“It has been a bit different, we didn’t adapt as well early on especially myself individually but I think now I am feeling a lot better, especially body-wise," Hurn said.

Relinquishing the captaincy has been another change but a positive one with the opportunity to assist in the development of rapidly improving young defenders such as Josh Rotham, Tom Cole and Jackson Nelson.  

"It gives you a lot more time to help the players in a lot of sense, you are more involved on the training track, I can pass on that experience," Hurn said.

"The good thing is those guys have been around long enough now and understand how to best prepare, they can shut out a lot of the outside noise, and understand how to contribute to the team."

Jakovich played a crucial role at the back end of his decorated career as well and agrees that mentoring a developing group can play a big part in future team success. 

"It is so valuable that he is still out there for those younger guys, he can continue to pave the way for their development and progress."