Lance Franklin
- Analysis
- AFL 2025
There’s no escaping the grand final failures. They’re not what define John Longmire
Some may label John Longmire a four-time grand final day failure. But that’s not how Sydney Swans fans will look back on his remarkable 14-year tenure.
- Vince Rugari
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‘Once I’d finished up, I felt relief’: Buddy embraces life after the Swans
On a rare return to Sydney, Lance Franklin opens up on life after the AFL and the prospects for his former team.
- Jonathan Drennan
How the NRL’s Vegas gamble has given a huge free kick to the AFL
In an early vindication of the AFL’s decision to launch 2024 in the northern states, some 115,000 fans are anticipated to pour through the turnstiles in NSW and Queensland for the start of the season.
- Andrew Wu
Let’s get quizzical: 50 questions on the year in sport
Test your mental muscle or put your mates in the hot seat. It’s time to find out who is the font of knowledge on all things sport in 2023 by taking our 50-question super-quiz.
- Greg Dundas and Claire Siracusa
More valuable than Messi? Why a Japanese baseballer is worth $1 billion
If you tallied up the salaries of every men’s NRL player for the next four years, it still wouldn’t match what Shohei Ohtani will earn from the Los Angeles Dodgers. Why is he so valuable?
- Adam Pengilly
Art or advertising? Why Clover Moore won’t budge on Buddy Franklin mural
A rejected artwork depicting Swans great Lance Franklin has opened a debate about whether Sydney has too many murals of male sports stars.
- Michael Koziol
Buddy’s next goal? As we farewell Franklin, questions abound
When Lance Franklin completes his lap of honour at the SCG on Sunday, the fans he thrilled for the last 18 years are more likely to see him next on a red carpet than the green grass of a football field.
- Andrew Wu
- Opinion
- Sydney Swans
Buddy sent a shiver down the spine and got a generation interested in his game
Was Lance Franklin worth $10 million? If the Swans saw another Buddy coming, premiership or no premiership, they would only have two questions. How long can we have you, and where do we sign?
- Malcolm Knox
- AFL Briefing
- Sydney Swans
Buddy’s big SCG farewell; King to miss for Gold Coast; Simpson tight with Eagles’ ‘alpha male’
AFL fans will have the chance to give a final send-off to Lance Franklin when he completes a lap of honour during the round-24 clash against Melbourne at the SCG.
- Jon Pierik and Jake Niall
- Opinion
- AFL 2023
Class of 23: Don’t mourn their retirement, celebrate their careers
End of seasons always bring retirements, but this year’s crop of champions leaving the game will cause more than a few to shed a tear.
- Paddy Sweeney
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