Tom Lynch (Australian footballer, born 1990)

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Tom Lynch
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Lynch in June 2019
Personal information
Full name Thomas Telford Lynch
Nickname(s) Tig, The Chief
Date of birth (1990-09-15) 15 September 1990 (age 33)
Original team(s) Beaumaris
Haileybury College
Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 13, 2008 national draft
Debut Round 18, 2010, St Kilda  vs. Essendon, at Etihad Stadium
Height 191 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 87 kg (192 lb)
Position(s) Key forward
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2009–2011 St Kilda 6 (4)
2012–2021 Adelaide 158 (199)
2022 North Melbourne 0 (0)
Total164 (203)
Coaching career3
YearsClubGames (W–L–D)
2023– North Melbourne (VFL) 19 (10–9–0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2022 season.
3 Coaching statistics correct as of 2023.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Thomas Telford Lynch [1] (born 15 September 1990) is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for St Kilda Football Club, Adelaide Football Club and North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Contents

Lynch was recruited by St Kilda from Sandringham Dragons Under 18 TAC Cup team with pick 13 in the 2008 National Draft.

AFL career

St Kilda (2009–2011)

Although Lynch was St Kilda's first pick in the 2008 AFL draft, he did not play senior football in 2009. [2] He made his AFL debut in round 18 of the 2010 season against Essendon. [3] He had five disposals and was dropped for the following week's match. [4]

Lynch played five games in 2011 and kicked four goals, including two in a game against North Melbourne. [5] At the end of the season, Lynch was traded from St Kilda to Adelaide as part of a three-way deal with Richmond, who received ruckman Ivan Maric from Adelaide whilst trading pick 37 to St Kilda. [6]

Adelaide (2012–2021)

Lynch played his first game for the Crows in the first round of the 2012 season. [7] He went on to play six games in his first season at the Crows, but he became a regular member of the team in the 2013 season, playing 17 matches and leading Adelaide's goalkicking with 33 goals. [5] This included a 10-goal game against Greater Western Sydney, making Lynch only the third player to score ten or more goals in a game for Adelaide. [8] In 2014, however, Lynch suffered a wretched run of injuries, including a dislocated shoulder in a pre-season trial game; [9] a broken jaw in a collision with Melbourne's Jack Viney in round 7, [10] and, after a late-season return, a season-ending fractured neck in a collision against the Brisbane Lions in Round 20. [11] In total, he played eight games, and only one where he was available and uninjured for the whole game: a 25-disposal, two-goal effort against the Western Bulldogs in Round 6. [5]

Lynch established himself in Adelaide's forward line in 2015, playing all 23 games, kicking 32 goals and having 30 goal assists, the most for the season by any player. [5] Late in the season he signed a new three-year contract with the Crows. [12]

In Round 7 of 2017, he was tackled to the ground heavily by North Melbourne player Jarrad Waite in the second quarter, getting concussed and not being able to return to the ground for the rest of the match. [13] Later in the season, Lynch was hospitalized with viral meningitis, but he bounced back from it in Round 17 against Melbourne, managing 27 possessions, 11 marks and three goals for the match. [14]

He was not offered a contract by Adelaide for the 2022 season and was delisted at the conclusion of the 2021 season.

North Melbourne (2022)

After being delisted by Adelaide, Lynch joined North Melbourne as a development coach in November 2021. He was later signed to the club's list ahead of the 2022 AFL season as part of the supplemental selection period (SSP). Lynch officially retired from playing on 31 May 2022, to make space for the mid-season draft.[ citation needed ]

In October 2022 Lynch was awarded the full time VFL senior coaching position of the North Melbourne Football Club. [15]

Personal life

Lynch has served as an ambassador for the RSPCA greyhound adoption plan. [16]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to end of season 2022 [17]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2010 St Kilda 29101325300.01.03.02.05.03.00.0
2011 St Kilda 2954128265416130.80.25.65.210.83.22.6
2012 Adelaide 27675509593181.20.88.31.59.85.21.3
2013 Adelaide 2717332019995294125311.91.211.75.617.37.41.8
2014 Adelaide 27877684110935130.90.98.55.113.64.41.6
2015 Adelaide 27233216292143435158431.40.712.76.218.96.91.9
2016 Adelaide 27234221277171448150451.80.912.07.419.46.52.0
2017 Adelaide 27233123297175472163501.41.012.97.620.57.12.2
2018 Adelaide 271716820113133297280.90.511.87.719.55.71.6
2019 Adelaide 27161713213113326116291.10.813.37.120.47.31.8
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Adelaide 2713651447822253130.50.211.16.017.14.11.0
2021 Adelaide 27161713213113326116291.10.813.37.120.47.31.8
2022 North Melbourne –0––––––––––––––
Career16420312919011070297110112811.20.811.66.518.16.21.7

Notes

  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  2. ↑ Blake, Martin (30 September 2009). "St Kilda looks to grow from within". The Age.
  3. ↑ Williams, Rebecca (30 July 2010). "Jimmy Bartel out as Cats spring surprises". Herald Sun.
  4. ↑ "Collingwood and Geelong strengthen teams ahead of clash". foxsports.com.au. Fox Sports. 5 August 2010. Retrieved 12 January 2011.
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  6. ↑ "Trade week updates – day five". Herald Sun. 14 October 2011.
  7. ↑ Rucci, Michelangelo (30 March 2012). "Adelaide Crows AFL trading pays off with Tom Lynch". The Advertiser.
  8. ↑ "Dismal crowd sees Crows humiliate GWS Giants by 135 points". The Australian. 12 May 2013.
  9. ↑ Capel, Andrew (7 March 2014). "Crows forward Tom Lynch injures shoulder against GWS in trial match and could miss first half of season". The Advertiser.
  10. ↑ Thring, Harry (3 May 2014). "Broken jaw set to sideline Crow Tom Lynch for six weeks". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  11. ↑ "Adelaide Crows' Tom Lynch has neck fracture, expected to make full recovery". ABC.net.au. Australian Broadcasting Corporation. 15 August 2014. Retrieved 22 June 2016.
  12. ↑ Walsh, Scott (1 September 2015). "Tom Lynch signs three-year contract extension with Adelaide Crows". The Advertiser.
  13. ↑ Drummond, Andrew (6 May 2017). "Match report: Rampaging Roos thump League leaders". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Archived from the original on 16 March 2017. Retrieved 5 September 2017.
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  15. ↑ "Tom Lynch–North Melbourne Football Club". nmfc.com.au. North Melbourne Football Club. Retrieved 21 December 2023.
  16. ↑ "RSPCA: Adopt a Greyhound". RSPCA.com.au. RSPCA. 24 May 2017. Retrieved 30 April 2018.
  17. ↑ "AFL Tables – Tom Lynch statistics". AFL Tables.
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