Sydney famous person Lance Franklin will come below scrutiny for a excessive shot on Gold Coast defender Sam Collins throughout the Swans’ 49-point thumping on Saturday night time.
Franklin kicked the primary two targets of the match, however could have a case to reply after making excessive contact on Collins within the remaining quarter.
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Collins was taken from the sector for a concussion evaluation, however Franklin might nonetheless escape with a tremendous.
“Each probability Buddy probably will get off with a tremendous. Low influence is ok. Medium influence, it is going to be one week,” 7NEWS reporter Mitch Cleary stated on Channel 7.
The Swans received 16.14 (110) 9.7 (61) at Heritage Financial institution Stadium on Saturday night time, changing into simply the second overwhelmed grand finalist in seven years to win their opening recreation.
Twelve completely different Swans kicked targets however none managed greater than two, whereas Dane Rampe (25 touches) defied the slippery, humid circumstances to have 20 disposals at halftime.
Chad Warner (30), Jake Lloyd (28) and Dylan Stephens (27) took up the slack after that.
That unfold sparked a team-wide show of stress that rattled the Suns early, with factors from turnovers killing Stuart Dew’s males.
The competition was successfully over inside 20 minutes, the Swans kicking the sport’s first 5 targets and Franklin the opening pair.
The 36-year-old, in his 19th and certain remaining season, marked over the top of Collins and boomed the opener excessive into the stands.
Then his set shot straightened to ship Sydney on their method, Franklin overtaking Barry Corridor to maneuver to 3rd on the membership’s goal-scoring chart in a glowing first 10 minutes.
He remained closely concerned in a dominant time period for the hosts that was tempered by two late Suns targets.
David Swallow’s snap then skipped by means of to start the third time period and all of the sudden Gold Coast had been solely 15 behind.
The host’s stepped up their stress however had nothing to indicate for it, Harry Cunningham and Isaac Heeney’s targets had been heavy blows for the Suns to swallow.
Tom Papley added to his spotlight reel with two pearlers, his first objective off the surface of his proper foot in visitors and the second on the run to open the third time period.
Logan McDonald then bumped into an open objective and launched the ball into the stadium roof in an emphatic act that all-but broke the hosts.
Oliver Florent caught Gold Coast’s protection napping so as to add one other and Errol Gulden skipped a significant by means of to make it a 48-point lead.
Again for his first AFL recreation since 2021, Ben King needed to wait till the third quarter for his first kick.
However from deep within the pocket it was lengthy and straight for a Suns objective in entrance of 13,648 followers.
He then put his physique on the road to deflect a unfastened ball in the direction of Ben Ainsworth for the primary of his two final-quarter targets.
Suns ruckman Jarrod Witts battled arduous whereas it took Touk Miller (29 touches) and Matt Rowell (28) till the third time period to get their palms on the ball with any authority and Sam Flanders (16 disposals) additionally kicked two targets.
– AAP
