Playmate Ciara Price ditches Mitchell Pearce for AFL star Buddy Franklin

Melbourne, Oct 7 (ANI): Playboy playmate Ciara Price has reportedly split up with State of Origin star Mitchell Pearce for AFL hero Buddy Franklin.

The couple met earlier this year when the 22-year-old model was in Australia for some celebrity DJ appearances, the Daily Telegraph reported.

The couple have been in touch ever since and they reunited when Price arrived in Melbourne last week for laser surgery with leading Australian eye doctor Rick Wolfe, according to reports.

The couple was spotted hugging outside the Sebel Pier One hotel in Sydney.

Both were wearing dark glasses and emerged from the hotel lobby at about 10 am before going their separate ways.

However Price's local rep, Amanda Archer denied they are seeing each other and claimed "they're just good friends."

"Ciara loves coming to Australia. She is here for a holiday for a couple of weeks after laser surgery in Melbourne on Friday," the Daily Telegraph quoted Archer as saying.

Price was previously linked to Pearce, when the Roosters halfback was spotted with her at Coogee's Crowne Plaza.

And Franklin was in a relationship with model Kasia Z. (ANI)