Veteran Adelaide forward Taylor Walker says his friends told him he “looked like Raygun” as he rolled around on the Adelaide Oval after receiving a poke in the eye that required surgery and will force him to miss Saturday night’s showdown against Port Adelaide.
Walker copped an accidental blow from Western Bulldogs ruckman Tim English late in Sunday’s win that resulted in a tear in his retina.
He had surgery on Monday and regained full vision on Tuesday and remains hopeful of returning for the final game of the Adelaide season in round 24.
But he said the reaction to his reaction made him laugh after being likened to Australia’s controversial breaker from the Paris Olympics.
“The incident from Sunday was quite painful, I couldn’t open my eye for a while after. I had friends watching the game text me saying I looked like Raygun when I was rolling around on the floor,” Walker said.
“I had to see the specialist yesterday and he had a good little poke around, and it turns out I had a little tear in my retina which they think is from a bit of an older injury.
“Yesterday wasn’t great. For about three hours I had people poking in and around my eye, and I was quite sore last night.
“But as of this morning, I’ve got a lot more of my vision back, the surgery has worked wonders, so I’ll just take a bit more time to recover now.”
Walker, who is out of contract at the end of this season, said he wanted to play in the last round against the Swans and may need a new accessory.
“I am definitely a good chance to play next week (against Sydney), I will do whatever I can to play. I don’t want to miss games where I don’t have to,” Walker told Triple M in Adelaide.
“I might have to wear the Mason Cox glasses or something, I’m not quite sure yet, but I’m definitely keen to get back for that last game.”
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