WEST Coast forward Jamie Cripps could be available for Sunday's blockbuster clash with the Western Bulldogs after scans cleared him of a fractured jaw.

However, the news isn't as positive for important Eagles Will Schofield (hamstring) and Scott Lycett (knee), who won't be fit to face the Dogs.

Cripps copped a nasty elbow from Dockers defender Alex Silvagni in last Sunday's Western Derby and the Eagles feared he might have suffered a fracture as a result.

But scans have cleared Cripps of any structural damage.

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West Coast football manager Craig Vozzo told the club's website that Cripps was still suffering headaches from the incident and he would be monitored this week.

"Jamie obviously suffered that pretty nasty knock on the weekend, but going through the x-ray process, it's revealed no break which is terrific news for us and more particularly Jamie," Vozzo said.

"He was dazed a little and he's still having headaches, so he'll be a test later in the week."

But key defender Schofield will miss at least a week with a hamstring problem. He was subbed out of the Derby half-way through the third term.

"He's looking like he'll miss a week, possibly two," Vozzo said.

"It's not as bad as what we first anticipated which is a good outcome, so he'll have a light week.

"He's walking around fairly normally without pain and we're hopeful that it'll be the lower end of the range."

It's another major blow to the Eagles' defensive stocks. Jeremy McGovern is still at least a week or two away from returning from his second hamstring injury in the past six weeks.

Youngsters Tom Barrass and Jackson Nelson will come into selection calculations this week.

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Ruckman Lycett has also been ruled out for four weeks after straining the posterior cruciate ligament in his knee early in the win over the Dockers.

"Scott battled through the game quite manfully,” Vozzo said.

"He had a PCL strain early on in the game, but we needed him out there and he was terrific for us on the weekend, given the problem with the knee.

"He'll be out for at least three to four weeks."

The likely return of Nic Naitanui will offset the loss of Lycett but the Eagles cannot afford another injury to a big man.

Scott Selwood will train this week after he missed the Derby due to ongoing ankle problems.

The midfielder consulted his surgeon to assess the soreness but was given all-clear to return to training. He is unavailable this week but may be back for the trip to Adelaide in round 22.