Taylor Walker detonates with seven first half goals

The Crows star ahead was at his mercurial finest from the opening bounce as his already staggering season reached new heights.

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An undermanned Eagles defensive unit had no solutions for the may of Walker as he tossed defenders apart like rag dolls.

The Crows feasted on their backside of the ladder rivals as they recorded a monstrous 27.12 (174) to eight.4 (52) victory.

Walker grabbed every part that got here his means and had followers out of their seats each time he went close to the ball.

His dominant show noticed him end the primary half of the competition with a staggering seven targets to his title. The tally equaled his career-high in a recreation.

He wasn’t achieved there nonetheless, kicking three extra within the second half to complete the sport with 10 and transfer to equal high on the AFL’s Coleman Medal desk.

The tally provides him the report for targets kicked in a single recreation at Adelaide Oval, surpassing Jay Schulz’s effort of eight from 2014.

The Crows didn’t take the foot off the fuel within the second half, piling on the distress as their proportion skyrocketed.

After main by 66-points at halftime they continued their objective scoring onslaught as they went on to report the 122-point win.

Their proportion on the ladder getting into the competition sat at 105.2 per cent, after the sport is had jumped all the best way as much as 116.5 per cent.

Despite the spectacular show the membership couldn’t topple their highest rating or highest margin of victory, the win nonetheless did eclipse their largest win towards the Eagles which beforehand sat at 86-points.

While it was all eyes on Walker, midfield duo Rory Laird and Jordan Dawson as soon as once more ran riot via the center of the bottom.

They mixed for 66 disposals, 12 tackles, 15 clearances and a whopping 824 metres gained.

The loss sinks the Eagles’ season of distress to even uglier depths because the sit glued to the underside of the ladder with a 1-12 report.

It makes it 11 straight losses because the stress continues to mount on coach Adam Simpson and his future on the membership.

They’ll now get every week to reassess earlier than returning to motion in spherical 15 after they enterprise into the SCG to tackle the Sydney Swans.

The Crows will now look to maintain their spectacular kind going after the spherical 14 bye after they sort out Collingwood on the MCG in spherical 15.