Kuwarna forward Taylor Walker says the team will have to be at its best to beat Waalitj Marawar (West Coast) this weekend.
Waalitj Marawar will enter the clash with Kuwarna off the back of a solid win against Narrm (Melbourne) in Round 10.
And Walker also revealed a newfound admiration for one of the rising stars of the competition.
“I watched a little bit of them (West Coast) on Sunday night and they were awesome,” Walker said on Triple M Breakfast with Roo, Ditts on Loz on Tuesday.
“I think I’ve got a new man crush - on Harley Reid.
“He’s going to do some pretty special things for that footy club and hopefully he has a long career but a quiet one this week.”
Kuwarna, meanwhile, went down to Collingwood by four points at the MCG on Saturday and the veteran forward said it was a disappointing way to lose.
“It was another opportunity that slipped for us,” Walker said.
“We’ve got our processes, and every team does, when it’s a scenario towards the end when you want to close the game out, you go to a certain scenario.
“But the thing with our game there’s so many variables, things change, players move and things like that.
“We obviously didn’t start the game well and then to peg our way back and get to a position where we were in front and nearly close it out, it would’ve been one of our great wins on the road, but we just weren’t able to do it.”
Kuwarna will be without livewire Izak Rankine for this weekend’s game, after he injured his hamstring in the last 16 seconds of the clash with the Magpies.
Walker said Rankine will be missed after a best-on-field showing against Collingwood.
“Hopefully he’ll be back on the shorter end of the spectrum, but he’s in some rare form,” Walker said.
“Since he’s come over I’ve been super impressed with what he’s been able to bring over to our footy Club and we are going to miss him.
“We’ve seen what he can do up front but what he’s been able to do in the midfield is pretty scary.”
Kuwarna plays Waalitj Marawar (West Coast) at Adelaide Oval on Sunday at 4.10pm.
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