I was just trying to get up for games.“I will be right for Round 1,” Lynch said.Rested from Rounds 7-11, Lynch came back for a month after the club’s bye but was below his best and was eventually sent in for surgery.What is unquestionable is that Lynch could not train during the week for the next six games and he struggled as a result, aside from an eight-goal haul against Carlton.Lynch did not entertain any offers while he was still playing for the Suns.“It (running) probably won’t be for another six weeks. We did a lot of training over the isolation period so we are wrapt to be playing games,” he said. Gold Coast co-captain Tom Lynch has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a PCL injury.
Injured forward Tom Lynch at Richmond training at their Gold Coast hub. "I'd be hoping to play every game. AFL player, Adelaide Crows forward Tom Lynch has suffered a neck fracture, which was detected four days after he suffered the injury during last weekend's clash with Brisbane Lions. If you are right to go, you’re right to go.“It was a day off and we were all woken at 7 o’clock in the morning. All things going well, I think I am probably six weeks away from fully running.”Subscribe to our Fox Sports newslettersLynch has not played since Round 14 and was sent in for surgery on his posterior cruciate ligament in early July. “Tom injured the intramuscular tendon of his left calf 30 days ago. I don’t think we’ll be managing too many players. The injury crunch is coming for AFL clubs facing a series of four-day breaks. Richmond forward Tom Lynch has allayed injury concerns and will line up in Thursday night’s clash against Hawthorn. We did a lot of training over the isolation period so we are wrapt to be playing games,” he said. It’s coming along but I haven’t started running or anything like that.He also said he “could have done things better” this season, a point his manager Paul Connors shared but refused to elaborate on in any detail.The knee injury which saw Lynch play just 10 games this season became a problem after Round 1, when the Suns defeated North Melbourne by 16 points in torrential rain at Cazaly’s Stadium in Cairns.Hocking kept a close eye on the abhorrent conditions up in Cairns on his iPhone while standing on the bench at the ’G, although it’s unclear if the wet directly contributed to Lynch’s knee problems.Lynch was constantly quizzed on where he will play next season. Tom Lynch. I'm keen to play. Richmond forward Tom Lynch concedes hes out of touch but dismissed any suggestion recent surgery to repair a broken hand was playing any part in his lack of goalscoring. Picture: Michael Klein Source:News Corp Australia We did a lot of training over the isolation period so we are rapt to be playing games," Lynch said.Lynch noted that several other factors were contributing to lower scoring across the board in 2020."The hand is fine. But he played the next week and hasn’t missed a game.AFL great Wayne Carey last week said the current crop of key forwards was “just no good”.“Personally I just think I am out of touch at the moment. It’s feeling a lot better than it was a couple of weeks ago. I don’t think it’s massive change this year, I just think key forwards aren’t playing that well.”Lynch said shorter quarters may be impacting their output.“We’d rather be playing than training all the time. In the end the doctors sent me in for surgery.“The problem is I couldn’t train which restricted me a bit.”“I’ve got full confidence that Gold Coast will become a good club,” he said.“If anyone remembers that game it was under a lot of water,” Lynch said.There is little doubt the star forward will be wearing yellow and black in 2018, although both he and his manager were unyielding in their belief they would not have met with any clubs had Gold Coast not pushed them for an answer mid-season.“I think I played six more games and could not do any more training.