Full name Thomas Lynch Position(s) Forward Name Tom Lynch Career start 2011 | Height/Weight 199 cm / 91 kg Current club Gold Coast Height 1.99 m | |
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Date of birth (1992-10-31) 31 October 1992 (age 23) Draft 11th overall, 2010Gold Coast Profiles | ||
Thomas "Tom" Lynch (born 31 October 1992) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Lynch is a tall forward who has been likened to St. Kilda's Nick Riewoldt for his ability to take a strong contested mark. He has served as the co-captain of Gold Coast since the 2017 season.
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Early life
Lynch grew up in the small town of Blairgowrie on the Mornington Peninsula in Victoria, and played for the local Sorrento Football Club in the Nepean Football League in the junior levels.
Career
Lynch played for the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup in the 2010 season, having been unable to break into the side in 2009. Lynch also played five games for the Victorian Country side in 2010, kicking eight goals. As a result of his strong performance in 2010, Lynch was drafted to the Gold Coast Football Club with the 11th selection in the 2010 AFL Draft.
Lynch played his first AFL game for the Gold Coast in round 7, 2011 against the Brisbane Lions. Playing in the forward line as well as in the ruck, he amassed 17 possessions and kicked two goals as the Gold Coast went on to win the game by eight points. Lynch continued the first half of the season in strong form, averaging nearly two goals a game, kicking three goals twice.
In the 2015 season, Lynch won the Gold Coast leading goalkicker and also won the Gold Coast Suns Club Champion. In 2016, he backed up these achievements by winning his second successive Gold Coast Suns Club Championship and he was the Gold Coast leading goalkicker for the third time. He was also named in the All-Australian side in the forward pocket. On 8 December 2016, Lynch was appointed co-captain of the Suns, along with Steven May.