August 2024
AFL’s mystery man Dustin Martin bows out in unique style
Dustin Martin and Tom Hawkins have both called time on their glittering AFL careers, but the famously media-shy Richmond star didn’t attend his own press conference.
- Gus McCubbing and Patrick Durkin
July 2024
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Jesinta Franklin on selling ‘life-changing’ Gold Coast hinterland home
Jesinta and Buddy Franklin are selling their luxury Gold Coast hinterland mansion Villa Casa as they plan to build a luxury farm.
- Bonnie Campbell
August 2023
The Buddy effect: How Lance Franklin changed Sydney
Buddy Franklin’s $10 million move to Sydney was controversial to say the least. A record-breaking decade later, few could argue it wasn’t worth the risk.
- Zoe Samios and Samantha Hutchinson
July 2023
Lance Franklin calls time on glittering AFL career
Legendary Sydney and Hawthorn key forward Lance Franklin, one of the AFL’s greatest players, has retired after injuring his calf in Saturday night’s win over Essendon.
- Roger Vaughan
November 2022
Lance Franklin helps kick Swisse sales higher
Shoppers are buying vitamins to bolster their immune systems and have also been inspired by the Sydney Swans star and wife Jesinta.
- Simon Evans
September 2022
‘A hard decision’: $10m man Franklin will play on at Swans
AFL veteran Lance Franklin used a cheeky Michael Jordan reference to reveal he will play another season with the Sydney Swans.
- Roger Vaughan and Alex Mitchell
The Sydney effect: how AFL wins when the Swans make the grand final
Seven and the AFL are set to benefit from a ratings bonanza when Sydney takes on Geelong in Saturday’s AFL decider, history says.
- Gus McCubbing and Mark Di Stefano
March 2022
Peter FitzSimons’ Buddy Franklin howler
None of the anxieties in 2013 that Buddy Franklin posed a cultural ill-fit for the Sydney Swans have borne out.
- Joe Aston