Nic Naitanui Gifts Rival AFL Star A New Phone After Accidental Tweet

Well played, Nic Naitanui.

The West Coast Eagles star had a cheeky response to Adelaide Crows rival Reilly O'Brien after his slip up on Twitter during the week.

O'Brien's name made headlines during the build-up to the Crows' clash with the Eagles after he accidentally tweeted some game notes labelling upcoming opponent Naitanui as "lazy" and "unfit".

O'Brien was quick to delete the tweet but blamed his gaffe on his phone - claiming his mistake was a result of the device being broken.

Naitanui had the last laugh, though, as his Eagles ran out 33-point victors over the Crows at The Gabba leaving O'Brien and Co pointless and rock-bottom of the AFL ladder after six games.

But it was Naitanui's post-match gift for O'Brien that well and truly rubbed salt into the Crows star's wounds.

With both sets of players shaking hands (or awkwardly fist bumping) after the game, West Coast ace Naitanui took the time to hand his opponent a new Samsung phone.

The perfect dig was caught on cameras with the duo eventually embracing after their hard-fought battle.

"Telstra crew got a hold of it, they gave me a brand new Samsung," Naitanui told Fox Sports.

"It's a better phone than I've got, I think it cost $1500.

"I'm scared people are going to keep talking smack to get a new phone. He's one of the nice guys, he didn't mean any malice.

"It makes the footy exciting, we've got respect for each other."

Topics: footy, afl, Twitter, Australia

Max Sherry

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