Media Street: Feud between Taylor Walker and Kane Cornes erupts after late-night text message
An abusive Friday night text message left the recipient shocked and reignited a brutal feud between two of footy’s biggest names. Find out what was said.
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The Cold War between former Adelaide captain Taylor Walker and commentator Kane Cornes has erupted again.
An abusive text message sent from Walker’s phone on Friday night shocked Cornes and his children who were in the car with him when it arrived at 8.51pm.
The Port Adelaide premiership player was returning home with his three boys after watching the NBL game between the Adelaide 36ers and Perth Wildcats, and had just pulled into the McDonalds drive-thru when his phone beeped.
“My phone beeped, it was sitting in the car holder. We looked at it and it read: ‘You are a weak c***’,” Cornes said.
“I was like, ‘My goodness what have I done now?’ I get prank calls a lot, usually from private numbers as people are smart enough to hide their identity.
“I thought I’m going to call it and the boys thought it was hilarious so I did.”
The call wasn’t answered, instead it went through to Walker’s message bank. Cornes has since checked the number and confirmed it definitely belonged to the Crows full-forward.
Walker and Cornes have been warring for years with ‘Tex’ regularly going on social media or radio to criticise Cornes who has consistently questioned some of the veteran’s behaviour on and off the field.
Back in 2019 Walker said: “I can’t stand him . . . and not many other people can either.”
Cornes said Walker and his mates had pranked him before but hadn’t left such an obvious trail.
“He has pranked me before but he was smart enough to hide his number,” Cornes told SEN. “I don’t know what I have done (this time).
“I would have thought at his age he may have been more mature than that, particularly with the record he has had recently but clearly on Saturday night Taylor Walker was busy on the phone.”
Walker posted a photo on Instagram at the weekend of a wedding he was attending at Port Elliot in South Australia.
Walker has been contacted for comment.
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