Enjoying a few of the finest type of his AFL profession, former Adelaide captain Taylor Walker has confirmed he’ll play once more subsequent season.
The 33-year-old key ahead has signed one other one-year cope with the Crows, taking him right into a sixteenth AFL season and his seventeenth on the membership.
Walker has been a key consider Adelaide’s resurgence this season and is second on the Coleman Medal behind Carlton’s Charlie Curnow with 54 objectives from 17 video games.
“I have loved the journey so far and this year getting back to playing some really exciting footy as a team,” Walker mentioned in a membership assertion.
“On a personal level I’m pleased to be able to contribute to the team and I take a lot of pride and satisfaction in helping our younger players who are starting out their own careers.
“You can see from the footy we have performed this yr that we’re on course.”
Walker has played 255 games and kicked a club-record 590 goals for the Crows.
After the Crows drafted him in 2007, Walker played a season for SANFL side Norwood in 2008 before he made his AFL debut in 2009.
He is a six-time club leading goalkicker and captained Adelaide from 2015-19, including their 2017 grand final loss to Richmond – the last time they made the finals.
Walker also signed a one-year deal this time last year, after a racism suspension had put his AFL career in doubt.
He missed the first three games of last season as he served a six-game AFL ban for making a racist remark at a state league match in August, 2021.
But Walker kicked 47 goals last season and his strong form has continued as the Crows have pushed for the top eight.
“The affect Taylor continues to have on our group is important, not simply with the soccer he’s taking part in which is obvious, however the management and path he offers on and off the sphere,” Crows list manager Justin Reid said.
“That he stays among the finest forwards within the competitors at his age is a credit score to his perspective and work ethic and requirements he units at coaching and on sport day.”
Source: www.perthnow.com.au
