Former Crows captain Taylor Walker has been subbed out of his side's clash with Brisbane at the Adelaide Oval after being taken from the ground following a sickening head clash.

Walker, who has been enjoying a sterling season, collided with Lion Daniel Rich's hip after following the ball out from forward 50.

The incident took place when Walker's Crows trailed the Lions by just three-points half way through the second-quarter.

Although the game is being covered by the Fox Footy broadcast team,ย Channel Sevenย commentator Jason Bennett likened the clash to the one that rendered Footscray's Neil Sachse a quadriplegic in Round 2 of 1975.

In what first appeared to be an equally devastating blow for Brisbane, skipper Harris Andrews was also forced from the field with what looked to be a knee injury.

However, Lions head coach Chris Fagan confirmed that Andrews would return for the second-half.

Walker was removed from the game with what has since been described as a neck strain.

The Crows medical sub Jackson Hately has been enacted.

At the time of writing, Brisbane leads Adelaide by 8-points at half-time.

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  1. Terrible incident.

    Telling that the umpires let the game “go on” even around an obviously injured (possibly concussed) player (……….. it fits in with the rest of their “performance”).

    If anyone wonders why umpires get abused – they only need see a replay of this game.

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