Adelaide forward Taylor Walker has gone into detail on the eye injury he suffered against the Western Bulldogs on Sunday. 

The 34-year-old was poked in the eye following a marking contest late in the third quarter, and subsequently subbed out of the match. 

Walker then met with the eye specialist on Monday, where the full extent of the injury was discovered and it was determined he would miss Saturday’s clash against Port Adelaide. 

Speaking to Roo, Ditts and Loz on Triple M Adelaide Breakfast, Walker explained the process behind getting his eye repaired. 

“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.”

As for how long Walker expected to be sidelined, he said he would “do whatever he can” to get up for the Crows’ final match of the season against Sydney in a fortnight’s time. 

“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 said. 

“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.” 

Adelaide takes on Port Adelaide this Saturday night, with the first bounce at 7pm.