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Sydney AFL star Dan Hannebery says Swans teammate Lance Franklin doesn’t want to take the alleged Shane Mumford mental heath sledge of him any further.
Greater Western Sydney ruckman and former Swan Mumford allegedly told Franklin “good to see you’re not on holidays this year” during Saturday’s qualifying final.
It was believed to be a reference to Franklin missing the 2015 finals series because of a serious mental health issue.
“I’ve spoken to Buddy briefly. He doesn’t want to take it any further. He sort of wants it to be done with, ” Hannebery said.
“You encourage people to come out and speak of mental health. It’s a serious issue and is something as a footy club, and that the AFL, want to encourage people (to) get help.
“It hasn’t really been spoken too much amongst the playing group, but personally I wouldn’t go there.”
Asked if his old teammate Mumford had crossed a line with his alleged sledge of Franklin, Hannebery said: “I wouldn’t do it, I’m not going to say whether he crossed the line.
“It’s not something I believe is the right thing to do especially when someone shows the courage to speak up about an issue, something that is very serious so therefore I wouldn’t go there.”
Hannebery’s teammate and midfield colleague Josh Kennedy was recently reported as saying sledging the Giants’ Lachie Whitfield, over an AFL investigation into an allegation he evaded a drug test, wasn’t off limits.
“There’s too much stuff going on to worry about sledging Lachie,” Hannebery said.
He was able to shed some humorous light on sledging, a practice he doesn’t find time to indulge in during a game.
“There’s so much going on around you, you’ve got so many other things to focus on in terms of the way we’re playing, the way the opposition are playing,” Hannebery said.
“Me personally, I haven’t got any time. I haven’t got the IQ to start sledging blokes but certainly there’s a lot of guys out there, (doing it)” he said.
“(Giants back) Heath Shaw is actually one of the best. He’s actually quite amusing to listen to out there.
“He said a few funny things on the weekend, but everyone is different.
“My thing is to worry about what we’re doing.”
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