Footy star reveals his young son confronted rival who body-slammed him at halftime in one of the craziest acts the NRL has seen
Back in 2021, Lewis escaped with just a fine after he opted to strangely body slam Canterbury playmaker Walker at half-time during his side's 32-24 defeat by the Bunnies in Round 18.
The half-time buzzer had already gone and players were beginning to leave the pitch, when Lewis approached his opponent from behind, grabbed him and spun him into the ground.
A brawl ensued, with Walker's team-mates flying in to back up their halfback.
Several Canterbury players stood around looking perplexed at Lewis' antics, while Doggies coach Trent Barrett shook his head in disbelief as he watched on from the coaching box.
But in another very funny and bizarre twist to the tale, Walker, 35, revealed on The Unfiltered Show that his young son had confronted Lewis in the team hotel after the match.
'The funny thing, after that, was we were all staying at the same hotel. Bulldogs, Souths, Parra, Warriors and Canberra,' Walker told the podcast.
'And my son, right... he's got no filter. He talks to anyone and he is a maniac. He actually questioned him [Lewis].
'He goes: "Why'd you tackle my dad for?"'
Walker, who was in hysterics, couldn't remember the full exchange but revealed that Lewis had approached him about it afterwards.
'He goes: "Your son actually came up and questioned me..."' Walker said, giggling with laughter.
Walker and his partner Nellie have two sons together, Kian and Kade.
'It just sort of simmered the whole thing down, we just had a bit of a laugh about it,' he added.
'It was quite a funny experience when you think about it,' he added on the body slam. 'It sort of gave us an edge a bit because he got sin-binned after that and then we ran 'em over then.'
'It was strange.'
At the time, Walker was reluctant to reveal what had been said between the pair, but when pressed again on their exchange on the podcast, he revealed their conversation was actually quite mundane.
'I'm not sure if you remember correctly but I made a bit of a break down the sideline to finish the half,' Walker said, recounting the moment.
'I sort of stepped back in and Will Hopoate tackled me and I think Lachlan Lewis was on top.
'Something happened, I can't remember.
'He grabbed me or touched me or something and I was just said: "Don't f***ing touch me!"
'It was when we were all getting off each other and I can't remember what happened. Then he just said: "What did you say?"
Walker then repeated himself, before adding: 'Then he just grabs me!
'That was it. If you hear that story, it wasn't anything in particular.
'I held onto the ball,' he added laughing.
'I tried to grab him and I'm holding onto the ball, I don't know why I'm holding onto the ball.'
At the age of 35, Walker is now one of the oldest players in the NRL, behind Daly Cherry-Evans and Mark Nicholls, and is showing no signs of slowing down.
The Rabbitohs club legend began his professional NRL career with the Bunnies back in 2016 and has since gone on to return 100 tries over 220 games.
Lewis, the nephew of NRL legend Wally Lewis, went on to play 43 times for the Bulldogs between 2018 and 2021 before being delisted by the club.
His contract was torn up by the club after he had attempted to sell a sound speaker on eBay that was gifted to clubs by the NRL during COVID.
No NRL clubs subsequently enquired on his availability, meaning Lewis is not made an appearance in the NRL since.
Despite that, Lewis went viral back in 2022 after sharing a heartwarming clip of himself and his daughter Halli on his TikTok account.
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