Lance Buddy Franklin elbow video, suspension, Luke Ryan, Sydney Swans vs Fremantle

Lance Franklin’s pursuit for 1000 profession objectives has been placed on maintain after the Sydney celebrity was suspended for one week for his crude elbow to Fremantle defender Luke Ryan’s head.

The incident occurred within the second quarter of the Swans’ 40-point win over the Dockers on Sunday at Metricon Stadium, and was deemed to be careless, medium impression and excessive contact by match assessment officer Michael Christian.

Franklin is on 983 objectives, needing simply 17 extra majors to turn out to be simply the sixth participant in VFL/AFL historical past to crack quadruple figures together with Tony Lockett, Gordon Coventry, Jason Dunstall, Doug Wade and Gary Ablett senior.

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Given the Swans are anticipated to play a minimum of one remaining, that leaves Franklin with the tall job of kicking roughly 4 objectives a sport for the remainder of the yr if he needed to realize the milestone in 2021.

Hawthorn legend Dermott Brereton described the incident as “every little thing incorrect with our sport.”

“If that’s circa 1980, 1990, that’s 4 weeks,” Brereton stated.

“You’re taking a thought-about elbow to the face, or to the pinnacle again then, there’s no parameter to say, ‘Is it in play? Is it (extreme) impression?’

“You used to have the ability to get finished on tried placing!

“100 per cent it’s intentional. Lance may’ve flicked the fly off Luke Ryan’s nostril … He is aware of the place the pinnacle is.

“That’s such a thought-about motion.”

The Swans stay within the hunt for a top-four spot. At the moment, they sit only a sport behind fourth-placed Port Adelaide with 4 rounds remaining.