Buddy Franklin

As the game coasted towards the half time siren, Buddy Franklin lost his head in an altercation with Trent Cotchin, landing two right hands clean on the ...

The Sydney Swans veteran lost his head with the Richmond star late on in the first half And as the game coasted towards the half time siren, Franklin lost his head in an altercation with Cotchin, landing two right hands clean on the Richmond star's jaw in ugly scenes. Buddy Franklin had an uncharacteristic brain fade at the SCG after the gun forward swung two right hands at Richmond rival Trent Cotchin during a lacklustre first half on Friday night.

Sydney Swans star Buddy Franklin has left the commentary booths divided after an ugly incident in the shadow of halftime against the Richmond Tigers.

“Toby Greene we saw the next day with a million different angles of the umpire contact, we saw that clear contact there. He might lose some money.” “I think a fine at worst but they won’t like the look of it.” Buddy much more likely to get a one week ban v Melbourne than a misconduct fine. Doesn’t need much force here to constitute a reportable offence. “I think he was just going for a push on the chest and the second one slipped a bit high,” she said.