Matt Flynn (Australian rules footballer)

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Matt Flynn
Personal information
Full name Matthew Flynn
Date of birth (1997-09-13) 13 September 1997 (age 26)
Original team(s) NSW-ACT U18
Draft No. 41, 2015 national draft
Height 202 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 107 kg (236 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Club information
Current club West Coast
Number 25
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2016–2023 Greater Western Sydney 33 (10)
2024– West Coast 00 0(0)
Total33 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Matthew Flynn is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Flynn debuted at the age of 23 in Round 1 of the 2021 AFL season. [1]

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Early life and AFL career

Growing up in Narrandera in southern NSW, Matthew Flynn joined the GIANTS Academy at the age of 12. He was selected with pick 41 in the 2015 AFL Draft as a developing ruckman Flynn didn't manage to make an AFL appearance in his first few years at the club, missing a season with an ACL injury.

At the end of the 2023 AFL season, Flynn joined West Coast as a free agent. [2]

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References

  1. "In Like Flynn". gwsgiants.com.au. Retrieved 28 June 2021.
  2. @AFL_House (6 October 2023). "The AFL has received and approved paperwork for Unrestricted Free Agent Matthew Flynn to sign with the West Coast Eagles" (Tweet) via Twitter.