In the latest episode of Old Bull, Young Buck, Griffin Logue spoke about the lengths he went to try and stop Sydney superstar Lance Franklin during Fremantle’s two-point win against the Swans on Saturday.
Franklin won the battle with six goals but Logue was also praised for his efforts with Franklin in almost unstoppable form.
Co-host David Mundy and guest Caleb Serong both spoke about enjoying the battle between the pair.
Serong said Freo did Logue no favours with Franklin at the centre of a melee at half time.
“I think Griff was a little bit flat with us poking the beast at half time,” Serong said.
“We were trying to stand up for the boys and Buddy was in the middle.
“I was holding onto the back of him at half time. I was trying to drag him down leaving the ground. I was holding on just going for a ride.
“He is a big unit. I tried to tackle him and he just ran straight through me.
“It was the first time I’ve played against ‘Buddy’, it was pretty special as I was a Sydney supporter growing up.”
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With his teammates firing Franklin up, Logue resorted to banter in an attempt to distract the 105kg key forward.
“I would try and say a few words. He didn’t bite on much to be honest. It took a while to crack him,” Logue said.
“He bit back once. I started with asking what size his shoes were and he just said ‘mate, stop trying to talk to me, I’ll sign a pair after the game if you really want’.
“At that point he had kicked three and I said ‘yeah I wouldn’t mind that, cheers’.”
After failing there, Logue resorted to common ground, bringing up Brent Guerra, a former assistant coach at Fremantle and a former teammate of Franklin’s at Hawthorn.
“Another thing I did try to get in there was that I told him, ‘Buddy, you’re not the best left foot I’ve ever seen grace the footy field, Brent Guerra is,” Logue said.
“I know he’s a past teammate of his so he had a little chuckle there.”
Despite seeing Franklin boot three goals from outside 50 on the run in the game, Mundy agreed with Logue.
“It’s actually true to be fair, Brent was a great kick,” Mundy said.
“Buddy is a better athlete no doubt, but Brent Guerra is an absolute purist of a kick.”
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