Debuting in 1997, Franchina became a regular first-team midfielder at the Carlton Football Club.
In 2003 he found himself dropped from the team on a few occasions, and in 2004 the final straw came for him, when he was delisted without playing a game for the year.
In 2005, he played in the Victorian Football League for the North Ballarat Roosters.
In 2006, he returned to the Northern Bullants, Carlton's VFL-affiliate, as a VFL-listed player, where he regularly played in the seniors.
[4] This Australian rules football biography of a person born in the 1970s is a stub.