OF all the superbly skilled players in the AFL, including two or three all-time greats, only one is capable of consistently turning a game on his exploits alone.
The special one is the Hawthorn superstar Lance "Buddy" Franklin, who plays key forward like a svelte midfielder in a ruckman's frame.
We saw it all in 2008 when he kicked 113 goals and won the club's best and fairest in a premiership year, a rare feat by a forward in an era in which the midfielder is gold.
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