‘Isn’t human’: Young star stuns AFL world
The Sydney Swans are relying on a 21-year-old as they push for an unlikely finals berth following Buddy Franklin’s retirement.
The Sydney Swans are relying on a 21-year-old as they push for an unlikely finals berth following Buddy Franklin’s retirement.
In its latest attempt to make headway in Sydney, the AFL is considering an earlier season-start in the Harbour City
One AFL executive says Lance Franklin can’t be lost to football. But as SCOTT GULLAN discovers, there’s a chance one of the league’s biggest superstars is “going to disappear”. What will Buddy do next?
He doesn’t like the spotlight and Lance Franklin has always done things his own way. But his likely refusal of a farewell appearance has disappointed some senior AFL figures.
With both teams in red-hot form and on winning streaks, there’s no reason why this Saturday’s Sydney Derby won’t be one of the biggest ever between the Giants and Swans.
As the Swans plot how to stop Toby Greene and his Giants, one of Sydney’s biggest stars has lauded the GWS skipper as the best player in the AFL.
There are no shortage of talls already in the Harbour City lining up to replace Lance Franklin. But as LACHLAN MCKIRDY reports, Sydney is planning a trade period which could shape its forward plans.
As the Swans search for their first-ever AFLW win in season eight, they’ve turned to two of their high-profile recruits to lead the charge.
In Lance Franklin’s first game as a Swan, he ended up on the ground wrestling Toby Greene. But that moment doesn’t reflect the Giants star’s true feelings for Buddy.
When Sydney coach John Longmire started crying speaking about Lance Franklin’s retirement on Monday, there soon wasn’t a dry eye in the room. Teammate Isaac Heeney opens up on why.
He didn’t help win the Swans a flag, but Lance Franklin was a bigger drawing card than even Tony Lockett. Mark Robinson looks at his incredible career.
Buddy the Hawk or Lance the Swan? NEIL CORDY analyses which club got the best of an all-time footy great.
With Lance “Buddy” Franklin retiring from AFL, here’s a look at the empire he and his wife, model and entrepreneur Jesinta, have built.
Jesinta Franklin has revealed intimate footage from behind the scenes as Lance Franklin told those close to him he has retired.
Lance Franklin said goodbye to his teammates and AFL footy on Monday after almost two incredible decades. See how it played out and relive his biggest highlights.
Swans champion Lance Franklin was “devastated” after making the decision to never play professional football again.
A former Sydney Swans assistant coach believes Lance Franklin will hang up the boots after the superstar’s latest injury blow.
Joel Amartey will suddenly have a key role in Sydney’s finals charge but he showed against Essendon the Swans’ future forward prospects are looking bright.
Callum Mills arrived at Sydney with big wraps and even touted as a future captain. Then one run in with a Sydney veteran taught him all he needed to know about the big time.
Lance Franklin informed his close friends of his retirement plans four weeks ago, but a change of heart could be on the cards. Will Buddy play on? Mark Robinson has the details.
Lance Franklin shapes as a key to Sydney’s unlikely top eight charge, but John Longmire has no plans to put the team’s finals hopes above the forward’s fitness.
The Swans went into a clash against Tim English without a recognised ruckman – enter Hayden McLean. The big man opens up on taking over the mantle.
It‘s 30 years since Ron Barassi came out of retirement to help save Sydney from the abyss. SHANNON GILL chats to some key figures to find out how the icon’s arrival really unfolded.
AFL greats have been left “staggered” that Sydney’s Dane Rampe has escaped suspension for an ugly off-ball incident.
A Carlton player copped a ban at the AFL Tribunal but Sydney successfully overturned co-captain Dane Rampe’s two-match bump ban.
Buddy Franklin’s season is going from bad to worse as he suffered an all-time brain fade as the Swans slumped to another loss.
Swans coach John Longmire was mystified as Fremantle dominated the midfield battle and firmly placed Sydney in the bottom-half of the table.
Eddie McGuire has weighed in on the Buddy Franklin booing saga with a strong warning to Collingwood Magpies fans.
AFL great Eddie Betts has spoken out about the Buddy Franklin booing furore after questions about it being racially motivated.
Several footy greats have backed the right of footy fans to boo, with former Collingwood captain Tony Shaw saying jeering the opposition star is a “boring” but longstanding tradition.
Footy commentator Gerard Whateley says there is a key point being overlooked in the booing of Swans star Lance Franklin.
The AFL world has been left fractured by the Lance Franklin booing storm and Wayne Carey has now poured fuel on the fire.
Collingwood has released a statement after the AFL world slammed the treatment of champion Buddy Franklin at the MCG on Sunday.
Collingwood legend Nathan Buckley has unleashed on the Magpies fans who booed AFL legend Lance Franklin – calling their approach ‘bigotry’.
Collingwood fans have been slammed after Buddy Franklin was booed in what was the Swans’ first games against the Pies at the MCG in a decade.
GWS captain Toby Greene was the hero in the Sydney Derby, but he appeared to be brushed by a Swans legend in an awkward exchange.
Toby Greene has done it again, with the GWS Giants captain downing the Sydney Swans with a superb last-gasp matchwinner.
The Giants pulled off a remarkable heist to steal the ‘Battle of the Bridge’ from the Swans as Toby Greene kicked the winner in an enthralling all-Sydney affair.
Graham Cornes believes there is a Victorian bias in regards to free kicks in the AFL. But the stats show there may be a deeper issue that the Power must address immediately.
There has been a fiery response from the football world after the Sydney Swans were left humiliated in the grand final re-match.
Teams can go one of two ways after a grand final defeat. And it’s up to Sydney to respond to their humiliating loss to Geelong in September when they travel south this week.
Swans star Isaac Heeney was told to step on the scales during a live TV ambush — and it has sparked a social media spotfire.
The Sydney Swans were dudded by an ‘extraordinary’ occurrence at Gather Round as they were denied a goal in the weirdest of ways.
A brutal hamstring injury has left one of footy’s brightest stars and fans around the country in tears, dampening a huge win in Gather Round.
Lance Franklin has come under fire for his role in the Swans’ goal line debacle with a footy legend calling for him to be dropped.
A Sydney Swans star left hearts in mouths on Saturday, now fans are calling for the AFL to step in for the sake of his future.
Lost in the chaos of Port Adelaide’s miracle after-the-siren win was a Swans star’s moment of madness that will haunt him.
The footy world is holding its collective breath for Paddy McCartin after the concussion-plagued star went limp at the SCG.
Swans star Ollie Florent has gone from the happiest man on earth to utter devastation in no time flat after one of the all-time crazy finishes.
Once again Sydney coach John Longmire watched his Swans over target Lance Franklin — and plenty of his players went missing. Check out all the likes and dislikes from round three.
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