Leading sports doctor Peter Larkins has labelled Sydney's decision to play Lance Franklin just a day after he suffered an epileptic seizure as "extraordinary".
Franklin was taken to hospital after collapsing in a Bondi Beach cafe on Friday morning.
He then lined up for the Swans in their final round clash against Gold Coast on Saturday night at the SCG.
"I find that extraordinary that he played," Larkins told the Daily Telegraph.
"It's not impossible, because he did but I found it extraordinary.
"It would be very unsettling for any epileptic to have a seizure at school or at home or the workplace and then get straight up and go back into a normal situation in a 24-hour period."
Larkins said normally after a seizure people are fatigued and may have a headache.
"You don't have to have a lot of outcome from it (the seizure) the next day but one that ends up in a hospital and an ambulance you would expect to have an outcome," Larkins said.
"You would have thought he would have some follow up symptoms even if it was just feeling foggy, fatigued and out of energy."
Sydney chief executive Andrew Ireland said he was confident the club's doctors had made the right decision in allowing Franklin to play.
Franklin gathered 13 disposals and kicked one goal in the Swans' 63-point demolition of the Suns.
He will not play in Sydney's first finals appearance against the Dockers in Perth on Saturday due to an unrelated serious mental health issue.
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