Buddy report thrown out
Sydney's Lance Franklin is free to play against Fremantle this Saturday
'Buddy' had his name put in the umpire's book for a fourth quarter alleged striking incident involving his Kangaroo opponent Scott Thompson, who held him goaless in wet conditions.
The MRP stated: Thompson is running out of the goal square when Franklin makes high contact. After viewing all the available footage, speaking with the umpire who laid the report and receiving a medical report from the North Melbourne Football Club, it was the view of the panel that Franklin’s act was not a striking action and the force used by Franklin was below that required to constitute a reportable offence.