AFL great Lance Franklin will celebrate his landmark 350th game when the Swans clash against St Kilda in Sydney
Franklin the fourth Indigenous player to reach 350 gamesFans who missed Lance Franklin’s 1,000th goal have been urged to embrace another chance to witness history. The Sydney star will become the 22nd player to reach 350 AFL games when he steps onto the SCG turf against St Kilda on Thursday night.
“Very rarely do you get a chance to see one of the all-time greats run around their 350th game,” he said. “In the modern era, with game styles the way they are – being so hard to kick goals – him being the absolute stand-out makes him quite unique.Franklin requires one more goal to pass Doug Wade in outright fourth spot on the all-time VFL/AFL goal-kicking list.
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