The booing of Lance Franklin is not easily explained. He is not known for being dirty,nor for staging and does not get in the face of the opposition. Whatever the motives of the small-minded minority,let’s hope that it ceases forthwith.
F1’s growth with new fans post-COVID and the Netflix series Drive To Survive is being considered a leading factor behind the track invasion at this month’s Australian Grand Prix.
That Lance Franklin is still a key forward at 36 is another measure of his phenomenal career. But his days of drawing so much ball should cease if the Swans wish to contend.
Lance Franklin has returned from suspension in what is expected to be the only change to the Swans team after they named an extended bench for Sunday’s match.
The livewire Demon and Swans superstar have been offered suspensions,while an Adelaide forward is the next player facing the scrutiny of the AFL Match Review Panel.
Reflecting the respect he commands,not one of the former players and Swans insiders we spoke with have dared write him off as a spent force - but there is a caveat.
After proving the cynics wrong by not only seeing out his nine-year contract but earning an extension,Franklin enters 2023 this time with doubts over his effectiveness as a 36-year-old key forward.
Don’t let the underwhelming names left on the 2023 free agency list fool you into thinking the player movement mechanism hasn’t worked.
AFL megastar Lance “Buddy” Franklin looks to be moving to the Gold Coast once he ends his 10-year run at Sydney Swans next year.
For one of the few times in a career spanning 341 games,“Buddy” Franklin – the biggest name in football – was reduced to a bystander.
Rugby league will always be the biggest game in town,but the Swans are easily the city’s biggest sporting team. If you peel back the layers,there are some powerful dynamics at play.