AFL says sorry to superstar Lance Franklin
The AFL has apologised to Sydney superstar Lance Franklin after the 退役軍人 今後 was labelled a "coward" during a heated 法廷 審理，公聴会.
The Swans boldly took Franklin's striking 事例／患者 to the 法廷 in an 試みる／企てる to have the talismanic goalkicker 利用できる for Saturday night's blockbuster game against 統治するing 首相s Melbourne.
But in a fiery 事実上の 審理，公聴会, the AFL's 合法的な counsel Andrew 支持を得ようと努めるd 配達するd a stinging 査定／評価 of Franklin's 行為／行う against Richmond 退役軍人 Trent Cotchin during last Friday night's thriller at the SCG.
"It's a strike and not 押し進める," 支持を得ようと努めるd told the 法廷 on Wednesday night.
"Did Franklin 攻撃する，衝突する Cotchin? Of course he did as Cotchin had got under his 肌.
"There's kids watching, there's families watching, it's 臆病な／卑劣な behaviour."
In an 前例のない move, the AFL 正式に apologised to Franklin for the 発言／述べるs made by 支持を得ようと努めるd after the Swans were left ガス／煙ing.
"There are no 臆病な／卑劣な players in the AFL, let alone Lance Franklin," an AFL 声明 read.
"Lance Franklin is a 支持する／優勝者 of our game.
"合法的な counsel 補助装置ing the 法廷 used his own words to 述べる the circumstances of the strike on Trent Cotchin, すなわち that Mr Cotchin was reasonably not 推定する／予想するing to be struck by Mr Franklin.
"Trent Cotchin is a 首相の職 captain and one of the most 尊敬（する）・点d leaders in the 競争.
"It is the AFL's 見解（をとる） that rhetorical 繁栄するs of the nature used by both counsel last night should not be part of the AFL 法廷 過程 and they do not 反映する the 見解（をとる）s of the AFL.
"The AFL has today (Thursday) 接触するd Lance Franklin and the Sydney Swans to apologise for the comment and 繰り返し言うd our 尊敬（する）・点 for Lance and his standing in the game."
Cotchin's 評判 also took a 乱打するing during the 審理，公聴会 as the Swans' lawyer Duncan Miller （人命などを）奪う，主張するd the three-time Tigers 首相の職 captain 誇張するd the 接触する against him from Franklin.
"I 示唆する Cotchin might get an 招待する to the Logies instead of the Brownlow this year," Miller told the 法廷.
"The 誇張するd 長，率いる movement gave it away, then there's a wry smile on Cotchin's 直面する."
Franklin, who in March became just the sixth player in VFL/AFL history to kick 1000 career goals, was supported by チーム仲間 Tom Papley.
The small 今後 was on Thursday asked about the 法廷's comments regarding Franklin.
"What (Franklin's) done over his career speaks for itself," Papley said.
"He made a mistake and everyone makes mistakes but those comments probably aren't needed."
The AFL's 陳謝 （機の）カム 10 years to the day since Franklin bagged a career-best 13 goals in a famous 遠出 for Hawthorn against North Melbourne.
