
Son sets at Fremantle as Walters hangs up the boots
The man affectionately known as 'Sonny' will cut short his 17th season at the club with injuries keeping him from adding to his games tally this season.
Ironically, it means his final game was against the club he had been a talisman for when he captained the Indigenous All Stars to a win over the Dockers in February
Walters retires as a legend of the club, having been drafted with pick 53 in 2008, going on to kick 365 goals from his 239 games, earning an All-Australian blazer and life membership in 2019.
Only Hall of Famer Matthew Pavlich has more goals than Walters, while he sits seventh for games played, one behind Nat Fyfe and is the club's all-time Indigenous games record holder.
He was also part of the 2013 grand final side, kicking two goals in a losing effort, and while he won't be there as the Dockers look to climb the premiership mountain this season, the 34-year-old says he's at peace with the decision.
'I have been working my backside off to try and get back to play some form of footy, and while mentally I am still committed, unfortunately my body wouldn't allow me to continue playing,' Walters said.
'I never left a stone unturned, I tried to return and play again at the top level, and it just didn't work out.'
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He then won stage nine at Tignes to dramatically transform his fortunes. "I don't necessarily need to put a number on where I'm going to finish, because the story writes itself by the end," he said of his Tour goal this year. "But I have my historical results. You know what's been capable. You know where I can place myself, more or less. "It doesn't mean I'm going to be second at the Tour because I've been second at La Vuelta (last year), but it's where you expect yourself to be one of the better guys in the race - and then be involved. "I would love to be, at least, aggressive at one point in the race. There's nothing better than being in the biggest race in the world and having that chance to win another stage." O'Connor joined Jayco AlUla this year and is aware of the significance of the team having a local GC (general classification) contender for the first time. When Cadel Evans won in 2011 and Richie Porte was third in 2020, they were in European-based teams. "It is a big moment for Jayco AlUla, having an Australian GC guy. But in the end, I just have to go about my business as I normally would," he said. "But - it would be great if it went well. It would be great for Australian cycling as well. It would be cool actually, if I was a kid, looking up like it was with Cadel and Richie. "If they were part of GreenEDGE (the Australian team's original name) at the time, that would have been even more iconic." Jayco AlUla will also have Dutch sprinter Dylan Gronewegen going for wins at the flat stages. Australian Michael Matthews would have been their opportunist in the first few days of the Tour, but he was forced out of racing last month because of a pulmonary embolism. "That's very poor timing ... it's such bad luck," O'Connor said of Matthews. "The thing that makes it sting is the first nine days in particular are full of chances for Michael. "That's where it hurts, but what can you do? In the end, it's his health." BEN O'CONNOR'S TOP GRAND TOUR RESULTS 2021 Tour de France - fourth overall and stage win 2024 Giro d'Italia - fourth overall 2024 Vuelta a Espana - second overall and stage win AUSTRALIANS AT THE JULY 5-27 TOUR DE FRANCE Ben O'Connor, Luke Durbridge, Luke Plapp (Jayco AlUla) Harry Sweeny (EF Education) Callum Scotson (Decathlon AG2R) Kaden Groves (Alpecin-Deceuninck) Jack Haig, Rob Stannard (Bahrain-Victorious) Jarrad Drizners (Lotto) Michael Storer (Tudor). Ben O'Connor knows he must play with fire at the Tour de France. The 29-year-old will make Australian cycling history when the Tour starts on Saturday night (AEST) at Lille in north-east France. For the first time since Jayco AlUla was formed in 2012, the only Australian team to contest the Tour will feature an Australian overall contender. O'Connor has finished in the top four at the three-week Grand Tours - the Tour de France, the Giro d'Italia and the Vuelta a Espana. 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He then won stage nine at Tignes to dramatically transform his fortunes. "I don't necessarily need to put a number on where I'm going to finish, because the story writes itself by the end," he said of his Tour goal this year. "But I have my historical results. You know what's been capable. You know where I can place myself, more or less. "It doesn't mean I'm going to be second at the Tour because I've been second at La Vuelta (last year), but it's where you expect yourself to be one of the better guys in the race - and then be involved. "I would love to be, at least, aggressive at one point in the race. There's nothing better than being in the biggest race in the world and having that chance to win another stage." O'Connor joined Jayco AlUla this year and is aware of the significance of the team having a local GC (general classification) contender for the first time. When Cadel Evans won in 2011 and Richie Porte was third in 2020, they were in European-based teams. 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