Franklin free for Port Adelaide clash
Lance Franklin is free to face Port Adelaide on Saturday after being cleared by the Match Review Panel
Franklin made contact with Gold Coast's Clay Cameron which resulted in a free kick to the Suns. It was the Panel's view that the contact made was below the force required to constitute a report. No further action will be taken.
Incident assessed:
Contact between the Sydney Swans’ Lance Franklin and the Gold Coast Suns’ Clay Cameron from the second quarter of Sunday’s match was assessed.
Cameron has the ball and is preparing to kick when Franklin comes towards him.
As the Gold Coast player disposes of the ball, Franklin meets him with a bump.
A free kick downfield was paid at the time for the high contact and it was the view of the panel that the high contact in the bump was below the force required to constitute a reportable offence.
No further action was required.