Why Lance Franklin never considered GWS in 2013 free agent move
Sydney’s longest-serving Chairman Richard Colless says that Lance Franklin never considered going to GWS when he made his free-agent move from Hawthorn in 2013. Franklin’s move to the Swans at the time came as a shock to many, with many – including the AFL – expecting the superstar to take up a mammoth offer with the competition’s newest club if he were to leave Hawthorn. While the AFL had their wishes, Colless said that Franklin was never going to a team that at the time looked destined to be stuck...