The long-running feud between former Port Adelaide champion Kane Cornes and Adelaide star Taylor ‘Tex’ Walker has been re-ignited after claims the Crows star despatched a vile textual content message over the weekend.
There isn’t any love misplaced between the 2, who’ve been feuding since Adelaide’s run to the 2017 AFL grand remaining.
Cornes advised SEN he was sitting in a McDonald’s drive-through on Friday evening after attending the Adelaide 36ers and Perth Wildcats NBL match together with his three boys when he obtained the message.
Cornes is a former champion AFL participant with the Port Adelaide Energy and now works within the media together with tv and radio
‘My cellphone beeped, it was sitting within the automobile holder. We checked out it and it learn: “You’re a weak c***”,’ Cornes stated.
‘I used to be like, “My goodness, what have I performed now?” I get prank calls so much, often from non-public numbers as persons are sensible sufficient to cover their identification.
‘I assumed, I will name it – and the boys thought it was hilarious, so I did.’
Cornes claimed the decision went by way of to Walker’s message financial institution and he has since confirmed the quantity belongs to the veteran Adelaide ahead.
The incident comes after a long-running slanging match that stretches again over 5 years.
Following the 2017 grand remaining, Cornes made quite a few feedback that riled up Walker, together with calling for him to give up the captaincy.
In 2018 Walker appeared on The Sunday Footy present and referred to as Cornes a d***head behind the scenes, not realizing he might hear the feedback by way of his headset.
In 2019 Walker tweeted: ‘Easy. This bloke can dish it out however cannot take it. Develop up up [sic] and cease sooking!’
‘I believe Taylor Walker is an efficient man,’ Cornes stated in response on Footy Categorized.
‘I like the truth that he’s outspoken and never boring. I believe there’s a whole lot of boring folks within the media soccer and likewise from the taking part in fraternity.
‘However what it has given me an incredible perception into is Taylor Walker’s mindset.
‘If he’s that rattled by a remark that’s unrelated to him that he seems like he has to repeatedly chip in, it paints a superb image to me of what’s reflective of his profession and his soccer membership.
‘When there are huge moments like we’re seeing right here [showing vision from the 2017 AFL grand final between Adelaide and Richmond], they do not have the psychological toughness to have the ability to carry out within the huge moments.
‘In the event you’ve bought Taylor Walker and his mates prank calling me on New Yr’s Eve, that’s how far I’m on this man’s head, to the purpose the place he’s mentally fragile.
‘I did not throw this one out right here. It’s an perception into how Taylor Walker is pondering. If I’m his opponent, how straightforward is it to get inside his head?
Walker appeals to the umpire for a free kick within the spherical 15 AFL match between the North Melbourne Kangaroos and the Adelaide Crows at Blundstone Enviornment
‘What I’d say is, you simply would not see Joel Selwood, Trent Cotchin or Scott Pendlebury frequently carrying on and prank calling a media individual.
‘He is bringing within the New Yr’s Eve prank calling me. Why would Taylor Walker be doing that?’
That very same 12 months Walker stated: ‘I am unable to stand him . . . and never many different folks can, both.’
Walker has not tweeted since July 28, 2021 when he posted a celebration message for Australian swimmer Ariarne Titmus. He posted two pictures on Instagram on Saturday at a marriage he was attending at Port Elliot in South Australia.
Cornes added that he believed Walker had prank referred to as him many occasions previously however had used a non-public quantity to cover his identification.
‘He has pranked me earlier than however he was sensible sufficient to cover his quantity,’ Cornes stated.
‘I do not know what I’ve performed (this time).
‘I’d have thought at his age he might have been extra mature than that, notably with the report he has had lately.’
The Adelaide Crows have been contacted for remark
