GREATER Western Sydney is confident Will Hoskin-Elliott has escaped serious injury after the exciting forward nursed a shoulder from the field in Sunday's six-point NAB Challenge loss against the Sydney Swans.

Hoskin Elliott attempted a bump on Swan Daniel Robinson in the middle of StarTrack Oval in Canberra and came off second best before gingerly leaving the field.

He did not return, but after the match, Giants coach Leon Cameron was hopeful it was nothing serious.

"He'll have some scans tomorrow (Monday)," Cameron said.

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"He's actually moving around pretty well now. The good sign is he can move his shoulder around a fair bit, but we'll check him out tomorrow and see where he sits."

While Hoskin-Elliott's injury was a slight concern for Cameron, the Giants coach was largely impressed with his side's performance.

However, he said there was a glaring area that needed improvement ahead of their round one clash with St Kilda.

"We're really pleased with our effort, our energy was good, our hardness was good against a really hard side," he said.

"We made some poor decisions. They've obviously been in that position more times than we have, but we need to learn to win close ones as well.

"Part of our improvement this year will be if you are in tight games … then you need to be able to put them away or win when the opportunity comes."

Stand-in Swans coach Stuart Dew said he was not surprised at the spirited nature of the contest that saw a number of minor scuffles break out across the four quarters.

"When there's no four points, all you've got is pride. Both sides wanted to win," Dew said.

"I thought our will to win - Franklin played 10 minutes and Kieren Jack 30 … great clubs just keep winning so it was pleasing to get that last one (goal).

"We were happy that our guys just refused to lose."

Dew said he expected the Giants to make a significant improvement in 2015.

"We expect GWS to push for finals this year," he said.

"They've brought in a little bit of experience, but the list itself is up to 50-60 games, a lot of these, you can't call them kids anymore, they're senior AFL players.

"I think they’ve played a fair bit of footy together and they're going to be tough to beat."