Past #23 Buddy Franklin - Thanks Buddy

[Kennedy Parker]

Lance Franklin
Lance Franklin is a giant of the game. The star Sydney Swans forward has played 300 AFL games, won two premierships with Hawthorn, is the seventh-greatest goal-kicker in VFL/AFL history, is one of just five men with eight All Australian blazers and is the most recent player to have kicked 100 goals in a season. The Western Australian is also one of just two players in the game’s history, along with former Swan and Saint Tony Lockett

Tony Lockett

Age

58

Ht

191cm

Wt

108kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.2

3star

K

8.4

3star

HB

1.8

2star

M

6.3

5star

T

0.5

3star

G

4.8

5star

No current season stats available

D

8.2

2star

K

5.6

3star

HB

2.6

3star

M

4.0

4star

T

0.0

1star

G

1.4

5star

, to have booted 300 goals for two clubs. Franklin was added to a leadership group for the first time in his career ahead of season 2020, joining co-captains Josh Kennedy, Luke Parker

26

Luke Parker

Age

31

Ht

183cm

Wt

88kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

24.2

5star

K

12.6

5star

HB

11.6

5star

M

3.8

4star

T

5.6

5star

CL

5.8

5star

D

22.1

5star

K

12.3

5star

HB

9.9

5star

M

3.9

4star

T

5.0

5star

CL

5.5

5star

D

21.2

5star

K

11.4

4star

HB

9.8

5star

M

2.0

3star

T

8.0

5star

CL

5.2

5star

and Dane Rampe

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Dane Rampe

Age

33

Ht

187cm

Wt

89kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

17.0

4star

K

10.6

4star

HB

6.4

4star

M

4.9

5star

T

2.5

4star

MG

358.8

5star

D

14.1

3star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.1

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

1.5

2star

MG

284.5

4star

D

10.6

3star

K

7.2

3star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

1.4

4star

, as well as Callum Mills

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Callum Mills

Age

27

Ht

188cm

Wt

86kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

18.2

5star

K

10.8

4star

HB

7.4

5star

M

5.3

5star

T

2.6

4star

CL

0.6

3star

D

18.4

4star

K

11.5

4star

HB

6.9

4star

M

5.4

5star

T

3.4

4star

CL

1.4

4star

D

17.0

5star

K

9.4

4star

HB

7.6

5star

M

4.4

4star

T

2.8

5star

CL

1.2

4star

. But the 33-year-old, who was named captain of the 2018 All Australian team, has long been considered an exceptional unofficial leader, so great is his impact on Will Hayward

9

Will Hayward

Age

25

Ht

186cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

10.6

3star

K

6.6

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

3.4

3star

T

2.8

4star

G

1.1

4star

D

9.0

2star

K

4.3

2star

HB

4.7

3star

M

2.7

3star

T

2.7

4star

G

0.7

4star

D

9.4

3star

K

6.2

3star

HB

3.2

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.4

5star

G

1.4

5star

, Nick Blakey

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Nick Blakey

Age

24

Ht

196cm

Wt

83kg

Pos.

Def

Career

Season

Last 5

D

9.9

3star

K

7.0

3star

HB

2.9

3star

M

2.3

2star

T

2.4

4star

MG

189.1

3star

D

8.1

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

1.9

1star

M

2.1

2star

T

2.6

4star

MG

189.1

3star

D

7.2

2star

K

5.2

2star

HB

2.0

2star

M

1.2

2star

T

1.2

3star

, Ben Ronke

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Ben Ronke

Age

26

Ht

183cm

Wt

80kg

Pos.

Fwd

Career

Season

Last 5

D

11.5

3star

K

7.5

3star

HB

4.0

3star

M

2.6

3star

T

3.2

5star

G

1.0

4star

D

9.7

2star

K

6.3

3star

HB

3.3

2star

M

2.0

2star

T

3.7

4star

G

0.0

1star

D

13.2

4star

K

9.8

4star

HB

3.4

3star

M

2.4

3star

T

5.2

5star

G

2.4

5star

and the rest of Sydney’s young forwards.

Lance Franklin
DOB: 30 January 1987
DEBUT: 2005
DRAFT: #5, 2004 National Draft
RECRUITED FROM: Dowerin (WA)/Perth (WAFL)/Hawthorn

Lance Franklin | AFL

Follow Lance Franklin's progress through AFL

www.sydneyswans.com.au

 

[WillHayward]

Should be trying to manage Buddy to get another 25 games total over 2 seasons.

 

[GoTheSwannies]

Should be trying manage Buddy to get another 25 games total over 2 seasons.

I'll take that... as long as it includes 3 finals wins in 2022

 

[SGBeach]

Love that the Swans bought Buddy back for the last round at the SCG in 2019 to play infant of a bumper crowd - not a week earlier to play in melbourne.
Love that Buddy will play at the SCG round 2 this year. Not in Brissy rd 1, not at the MCG round 3, but at the SCG infront of the Swans fans.
After what the AFL did to the Swans (loss of COLA) due to the Buddy trade, I reckon the AFL and melbourne can go and get f***ed

Welcome back Buddy.. hoping you and McDonald kick 10

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Bud to kick 4 goals and it'll be like he was never gone.

 

[Big Blood]

The Swans website quite restrained. If it were me the headline would be'
HE'S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

Franklin set to play in round two

John Longmire has today confirmed star forward Lance Franklin is set to return to action this weekend.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

 

[GoTheSwannies]

No f ing way. F ing amazing!

Feels like it's been years since we've seen him play... can't wait!

 

[Big Blood]

The Swans website quite restrained. If it were me the headline would be'
HE'S BAAAAAAAAAAAAAAACK

Franklin set to play in round two

John Longmire has today confirmed star forward Lance Franklin is set to return to action this weekend.

www.sydneyswans.com.au

Now they're just using my material:

 

[Jewelsbon]

Love this;

Watch this story by Sydney Swans on Instagram before it disappears.

instagram.com

 

[GoTheSwannies]

Now they're just using my material:


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Still a little restrained... few too little aaaaaa's in the back... not enough excitement...

C'mon guys you can do better than that

 

[scaryness]

3 goals in his first game back, 20 games to go for the year at least.

If he can stay healthy he needs to average 2.7 goals a game to get to 1000 this H&A season.

 

[Superstar swan]

In the bag

 

[Kennedy Parker]

665 days since Lance Franklin last played in an AFL loss.

 

[SwansProudly]

665 days since Lance Franklin last played in an AFL loss.

The concept of time:
Logan was 3 years old when Lance first played AFL
Lance is the father of two children

 

[Millky95]

The concept of time:
Logan was 3 years old when Lance first played AFL
Lance is the father of two children

The ******* love that last tweet

 

[scaryness]

50 goals to go

2.78 average

 

[Superstar swan]

Start the official countdown

 

[scaryness]

The AFL coaches colluded and changed footy to being high scoring again simply so Buddy can get his millennia

 

[Superstar swan]

Would be awesome for buddy to get to the mark this year , power past it next year

 

[ashep]

Would be awesome for buddy to get to the mark this year , power past it next year

Let's say he plays another 15 games. I reckon he can average 2.2 per game and get to somewhere just north of 980, maybe pushing 990.

Don't reckon there's much chance of him getting there this year, but should sail past by mid 2022.

(Please just let him stay fit)

 

[Superstar swan]

Let's say he plays another 15 games. I reckon he can average 2.2 per game and get to somewhere just north of 980, maybe pushing 990.

Don't reckon there's much chance of him getting there this year, but should sail past by mid 2022.

(Please just let him stay fit)

It’s purely about fitness. If he plays he will get the goals

 

[S120]

One of the best parts about last night is that we weren't over the top with ferrying the ball to Bud. During the 2nd quarter, Mills had the ball right on the boundary about 55m out (right in front of where I was) and Bud was screaming for the ball deep in the pocket - but Mills didn't even look in his direction once and picked a much more dangerous option of Reid 20m out right in front where he took a great contested mark on Wright. Great choice by Mills, great mark by Reid and hopefully emblematic of a forward line that doesn't flow through Bud exclusively.

 

[scaryness]

He will kick his 1000th in the grand final calling it now

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

He will kick his 1000th in the grand final calling it now

.. and in the glorious celebration of the stellar Premiership. the Club and Bud will announce a one year extension on his contract. For reasons that will mystify everyone, it will be called the " Tedeski extension ".

 

[SwansProudly]

This is sad reading - Lance goes to breakfast at 5:30 because of paparazzi (oh and putting out the rubbish bin)
...
“He moved to Sydney thinking that would be a good chance to get away from the Melbourne bubble and you can see why there’s that attraction,” Lewis added.

“But when he initially went up there he had paparazzi following him, which we don’t get down here.

“When he left his home to go to training he would have cars following him and once the traffic started to build up and the cars couldn’t follow him he would have motorbikes following him.
“He would then go to breakfast at 5:30am in the morning and go to the beach early in the morning to just have some time away from that type of stuff and just have a bit of normality.
“Over time that then becomes the way of life, so you don’t necessarily go to pubs, you don’t go out for dinner, you do everything off the grid so to speak.

"You've got no idea": Lewis provides insight into Franklin's paparazzi hounding

“You can sort of understand why he then became a lot more standoffish."

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