West Coast Eagles utility Brendon Ah Chee could be sidelined for up to a month after sustaining an ankle injury during the club’s JLT Community Series clash with Port Adelaide on Sunday.

Ah Chee incurred the injury midway through the third quarter when he was tackled by former teammate Jasper Pittard near West Coast’s attacking arc.

Eagles general manager of football Craig Vozzo said scans revealed Ah Chee suffered a high ankle sprain.

“It’s a high ankle sprain for Brendon, so we’ve put him on crutches for the next three-to-five days and we’ll progress from there,” Vozzo said.

“He’s obviously disappointed that he’ll be missing games because he’s got a really good base of training from which to build on.  The good news is that with that solid pre-season, if we can get him running in the next three-to-four weeks, we won’t be too far behind the eight-ball. Then he’ll be able to make his way back to some games in the early part of the year and hopefully playing in the seniors before you know it.”

Vozzo also revealed that Jeremy McGovern would miss Sunday’s scratch match with Fremantle after he copped a knock to the head during a collision with the Power’s Robbie Gray.

McGovern left the field after the first-quarter incident and did not return to the field.

“It was obviously a significant blow to the head. He’s recovering quite well from the concussion,” he said.

“He’s had a pretty slow start to the week and he’ll have a light week. We expect him to be able to train at the weekend, but he’s not going to be playing in the practice game against Freo.”

In some more uplifting news, the football department boss said exciting goalsneak Willie Rioli should line up against the Dockers at Subiaco Oval on Sunday.

Rioli succumbed to a minor knee injury during West Coast’s inaugural AFLX tournament a fortnight ago, but he has made a full recovery will front up against Fremantle if he gets through main training tomorrow.

“Willie just has to get through training this week and he should play on Sunday,” Vozzo said.