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'Lazy and unfit': AFL player accidentally tweets notes about rival

Riley Morgan
·Sports Reporter
·2-min read
Reilly O'Brien (pictured left) holding up his broken phone and Nic Naitanui (pictured right) during a game.
Reilly O'Brien (pictured left) apologised after claiming he accidentally posted his game notes on social media taking aim at his opponent this week Nic Naitanui (pictured right). (Twitter/Getty Images)

Adelaide ruckman Reilly O'Brien has labelled Nic Naitanui "lazy and unfit" in game notes before claiming he mistakenly posted it on social media.

Ahead of his duel against the West Coast star on Saturday, O'Brien posted on Twitter: "Run off him hard.

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‘He is lazy and unfit, will have a field day getting ball and marking everything.

“Get to front and have grunt around the ground, and get ball on deck, beat him in this area.”

But O'Brien soon deleted the post and replaced it with a video, saying: "I have had an absolute 'mare on my social media today, tweeted some of my game notes."

“I take these notes every week before the game to try and pump myself up and give myself confidence.

Reilly O'Brien claims he accidentally posted this social media post from his phone notes, talking about how he would get the better of his opponent Nic Naitanui. (Twitter)
Reilly O'Brien claims he accidentally posted this social media post from his phone notes, talking about how he would get the better of his opponent Nic Naitanui. (Twitter)

“I am coming, this week, against who I think is probably the best ruckman in the competition, Nic Nat, and I was just trying to get some confidence.

“I have put pressure on myself now, so I really have to walk-the-walk this week.”

O'Brien is usually renowned for his intelligence - he recorded an ATAR score of 99.75 in year 12 at school and is studying a university degree in biomedicine.

But the 24-year-old's bungle is certain to further motivate Naitanui, a 171-game veteran and All Australian who is averaging 32 hitouts and 12 disposals a match this season.

O'Brien, recruited by the Crows from Victoria in the 2015 rookie draft, averages 25 hitouts and 13 disposals this year.

With AAP