Buddy Franklin
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...
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...
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...
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".
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...
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...
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...
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.
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...
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.
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...
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...
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...