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GWS veteran Steve Johnson is renowned for being one of the best sledgers in the AFL, but on Sunday it was his turn to be on the receiving end.

Johnson was being manned by Adelaide youngster Jake Kelly, whose dad Craig Kelly manages the 2007 Norm Smith Medalist.

And after Johnson was being his usual lippy self for most of the match, Adelaide captain Taylor Walker told Triple M’s Roo & Ditts on Wednesday morning that Kelly hit back with interest.

“He (Kelly) said, ‘Stevie, don’t talk to me like that mate. You’ve been paying for my business class tickets to Europe for the past six years’,” Tex said.

“I think Stevie put his head down and walked off. He said, ‘that’s one of the best, young fella’.”

Adding insult to injury for Johnson was the fact that the Crows smashed his Giants by 56 points on Sunday.