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| Lance Franklin knocked out cold in Sydney Swans' NAB Challenge victory | |
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| Sydney Swans star Lance Franklin has been taken to hospital for precautionary scans following a head clash during the NAB Challenge match against Greater Western Sydney in Canberra. | Sydney Swans star Lance Franklin has been taken to hospital for precautionary scans following a head clash during the NAB Challenge match against Greater Western Sydney in Canberra. |
| Franklin was knocked out cold after colliding with team-mate Gary Rohan in the first quarter of the Manuka Oval AFL pre-season clash, but soon woke up and was able to walk to an ambulance about 45 minutes later. | Franklin was knocked out cold after colliding with team-mate Gary Rohan in the first quarter of the Manuka Oval AFL pre-season clash, but soon woke up and was able to walk to an ambulance about 45 minutes later. |
| It’s understood he’s been cleared of any serious injuries, but is heading to Canberra Hospital for further assessment. | It’s understood he’s been cleared of any serious injuries, but is heading to Canberra Hospital for further assessment. |
| “As a precaution he has been taken to hospital before the team flies back to Sydney,” Swans general manager of football Tom Harley said. “He is not expected to have suffered any serious damage.” | “As a precaution he has been taken to hospital before the team flies back to Sydney,” Swans general manager of football Tom Harley said. “He is not expected to have suffered any serious damage.” |
| In what is his side’s last NAB Challenge match before the AFL season kicks off, Franklin’s smashed his cheekbone on Rohan’s head in the 10th minute of the match. | In what is his side’s last NAB Challenge match before the AFL season kicks off, Franklin’s smashed his cheekbone on Rohan’s head in the 10th minute of the match. |
| He lay motionless for a short period on Manuka Oval before waking, and doctors tending to him had to insist he not get back up. | He lay motionless for a short period on Manuka Oval before waking, and doctors tending to him had to insist he not get back up. |
| He was then put in a neck brace, secured on a stretcher and carried off the field. He was later filmed walking into the back of the ambulance. | He was then put in a neck brace, secured on a stretcher and carried off the field. He was later filmed walking into the back of the ambulance. |
| Rohan went to the bench unassisted and then ran back out onto the field midway through the second quarter. | Rohan went to the bench unassisted and then ran back out onto the field midway through the second quarter. |
| Franklin’s Swans team-mates went into half-time leading the Giants 44-40. | Franklin’s Swans team-mates went into half-time leading the Giants 44-40. |