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The Return Of The King: Buddy Franklin lights up hometown in footy comeback
Lance "Buddy" Franklin thrilled an appreciative crowd in his WA hometown on Satu...
Footy greats cross NYC Marathon finish line with Indigenous Marathon Project squad
Footy icons Lance 'Buddy' Franklin and Jonathan Thurston have added new accolade...
Jarred Cross 4 Nov 2025
Lance Franklin returns to footy in ambassador role to inspire next generation
Buddy Franklin is back in footy, and it's all about putting a "smile on the kids...
Jarred Cross 13 Aug 2024
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Auskick kids in shock and awe as Buddy pays a visit
Retired AFL great Lance Franklin remains one of the code's biggest stars with hi...
Roger Vaughan 16 May 2024
Lance Franklin farewells Hawthorn faithful with emotional goodbye at MCG
Lance Franklin has paid special tribute to the club where it all started, making...
Jarred Cross 28 Apr 2024
Sydney never grew tired of Lance Franklin: Longmire

John Longmire has rejected suggestions Sydney had grown sick of Lance Franklin before the AFL great retired. Head coach Longmire on Tuesday swatted away claims of a fall-out between Franklin and the c...

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Joanna Guelas Mar 19, 2024
Emotional scenes as Franklin is farewelled at SCG

The Sydney Swans and broader AFL fraternity have given retiring forward Lance 'Buddy' Franklin a fitting send-off, with the proud Noongar-Wajuk man completing a lap of honour during halftime of the Sw...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 28, 2023
Swans set to say ‘Thanks Buddy’ to retired champion Franklin

The Sydney Swans have announced fans of the recently retired Lance 'Buddy' Franklin will have the opportunity to farewell the champion forward during the Swans final fixture of the home and away seaso...

Callan Morse Callan Morse Aug 18, 2023
"Best player I've seen": Former Hawks premiership teammates sing praises of Buddy

Former captain of Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, has paid tribute to the recently retired star who he called the "player of a generation, if not more".

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Aug 3, 2023
Buddy Franklin makes history twice in one match

Lance Franklin reached two remarkable milestones on Thursday evening at the SCG, though St Kilda spoiled the party with a late surge. In what is Buddy's 19th season of AFL football, including nine yea...

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Andrew Mathieson Jun 9, 2023
'All-time great' Buddy to celebrate landmark 350 games

Fans who missed Lance 'Buddy' Franklin's 1000th goal have been urged to embrace another chance to witness history. Sydney superstar Franklin will become the 22nd player to reach 350 AFL games when he...

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Kat Wong Jun 8, 2023
Buddy moves to equal-fourth VFL/AFL all-time goal kicker with crucial effort in dramatic win

A three-goal effort from Lance Franklin helped save Sydney from a near season-ending loss against North Melbourne on Saturday. The Swans entered the fixture hampered by an extended injury list against...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross May 21, 2023
AFL community stands up in defence of Lance Franklin after "brainless" display of savage booing

The football community have come out in force to defend Lance Franklin after the Swans great was relentlessly booed by the MCG crowd on Sunday.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross May 8, 2023
"We'll just have wait and see": Troubled Swans no closer to regaining Franklin up front

A return date for Swans forward Lance Franklin remains up in the air, says Sydney coach John Longmire. The 36-year-old spent two weeks on the pine with a knee complaint after copping a knock in the fi...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Apr 24, 2023
Lance Franklin's message to the doubters as he signs on with the Swans for one more year

Lance Franklin has hit back at critics who questioned his mega nine-year deal with the Swans signed in 2013 following Monday's announcement of a one-year extension.

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Sep 20, 2022
Who's deadly: Buddy stands tall, Tim Kelly goes solo, Parfitt all class in Sir Doug Nicholls round

The second week of Sir Doug Nicholls round played out almost exactly how one might expect as tight contests bookended one-sided thumpings anyone taking notice of form and ladder position could have pe...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Jun 2, 2022
In a divided world, Australia's Indigenous sport heroes are reviving nation's pride

The past few years have been a bit of a dumpster fire. To be fair things are always bad (or good depending on your life outlook), but our recency bias means issues such as COVID, war in Ukraine, polit...

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NIT Mar 31, 2022
Buddy does it! Franklin joins AFL's 1000 goal club

Lance 'Buddy' Franklin has become the sixth man in VFL/AFL history to tally 1000 career goals, and the first Indigenous player to do so. Franklin, a Whadjuk-Noongar man, reached the milestone in a fou...

Jarred Cross Jarred Cross Mar 25, 2022
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