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News.com.au
16-07-2025
- Sport
- News.com.au
The ‘bulls*** excuses' behind Buddy Franklin's GSW Giants betrayal
It was the trade bombshell that rocked the AFL to its core. At the end of the 2013 season, the football world expected Lance Franklin to take his talents to New South Wales and join AFL expansion side GWS on a monster deal that would put the expansion club on the map. But they were only half right. Buddy did head north but in a move still seen as one of the wildest in AFL history, he had secretly agreed to sign with Sydney on a massive nine-year deal worth $10m. The beauty of the deal was that only a handful of people knew what was really happening – and they all ensured the secret never slipped out. But through the Code Sports Dealmaker series, it can now be revealed that a series of 'bullsh** excuses' did tip one rival player manager off and he ensured his client cashed in. Prominent player manager Anthony McConville cracked the case through a process of elimination. He had been working away on what should have been a regular contract for Sydney's reigning premiership ruckman Shane Mumford. But every time McConville tried to sit down with the Swans' general manager of football Dean Moore, all he received was the player manager's version of a 'don't argue' rebuff. 'I knew Dean (Moore) wasn't keen to do a deal,' McConville told Code Sports as part of its Dealmakers Series. 'I was ringing him every second week and he would make up every bulls*** excuse under the sun. He was giving me the stiff arm. 'I knew mid-season something was going on. I was doing the numbers. I knew exactly what Mummy was earning. I knew there was nearly $2m (the Swans) were banking. 'I said to a couple of close confidants, 'Don't be surprised if there is a backflip here … don't be surprised if he (Franklin) ends up in Sydney.' McConville was right and Buddy's move meant the Giants now had a wheelbarrow full of cash to splash and Mumford got his slice. He joined the Giants on a three-year-deal and went on to play 116 games with the club.
BBC News
14-04-2025
- BBC News
Banbury mechanic attacked 'because of false anonymous review'
A popular mechanic was assaulted as a result of a negative review posted on social media anonymously, his mother has told the anonymous post criticising Dean Moore, and his work at Deano's Garage in Banbury, was seen by thousands of people on Facebook when it was shared to a local group on 1 later, Mr Moore was assaulted in a local pub, with the attacker allegedly directly referencing the negative review before repeatedly striking the mechanic - leaving him Valley Police confirmed it was investigating the incident, but said it had not yet made any arrests. Julie Moore, who is Mr Moore's mother and is responsible for the garage's bookkeeping, said her son had "worked really, really hard" to get the business up and also said he had previously been recognised with a regional award for young business person of the a post made anonymously to a local Banbury Facebook group at the start of April slammed Mr Moore's garage, and recent work he done on a customer's post was deleted within hours of being shared, but had already been seen by thousands."My first thoughts were that it was absolutely disgusting to put in an anonymous post to try and ruin his business," Ms Moore said what had been posted was "all false", adding: "Anyone can put anything, and that has got to be stopped." Later that day, Mr Moore was in his local pub with his sister when he was attacked by another Moore said the man had told her son that he "shouldn't rip women off" - in direct reference to the post from earlier that day – before assaulting attack left Mr Moore temporarily unconscious, and requiring hospital confirmed it attended The Chatsworth Pub, in Banbury, on the evening of 1 April, where a man in his 20s had been assaulted."My son could've died just because of a stupid anonymous post," Ms Moore said."There should be rules in place to stop people doing it [anonymously posting] - all of these [social media] sites have got to take responsibility."The BBC has contacted Facebook's parent company, Meta, for a response to criticism of its anonymous posting than a week on, Mr Moore has recovered from his injuries, and has received an outpouring of support from the local community.A post Ms Moore made, to the same group as the original anonymous post, to share her son's situation received more than 1,100 comments of said the public response had been "absolutely amazing", adding that people her son "doesn't even know" had been dropping "sweets, lager and food" to him since he had returned to work. You can follow BBC Oxfordshire on Facebook, X (Twitter), or Instagram.
