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Jeff Lynch Personal Narrative

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This time last year, Jeff Lynch was recovering from his second major re-construction in two years instead doing what he loves best – playing Rugby League. Now, the 21-year-old helped his Mounties teammates advance into the VB NSW Cup preliminary finals with an explosive two-try effort against the New Zealand Warriors while coming off the bench. Lynch is excited at the prospect of a Grand Final playoff, but is even more satisfied at the fact he is just playing the sport he loves rather than sitting on the sideline. “Getting back on the park with these bunch of blokes has been absolutely unreal,” said Lynch. “That’s what footy is all about. When I had that two years off with injury, I worked hard [to get back on the field] and I’m starting …show more content…

“It was a long road but definitely worth the hard work and we’re starting to see the rewards now.” A 43-10 victory over the Warriors last week gave Mounties the week off into the preliminary finals, and that was largely thanks to a two-try effort from Lynch. Starting off the bench, he played for 44 minutes, ran 87 metres, made 17 tackles without missing one, and embarrassed the Warriors defense with two incredibly powerful tries. “[Scoring two tries is] still pretty surreal at the moment. I just want to do my job out there for the boys and try to get us over the line and was lucky enough to get two tries as well - so that’s a bit of a bonus for a personal level.” His last full season was for the Canberra Raiders Toyota Cup side in 2012, where they went down in the Grand Final against the Wests Tigers 46-6. Although Lynch suffered some minor injuries in 2015, he says it truly satisfying to be part of a team that has a realistic chance to win the competition in what has been his comeback season, particularly due to the fact that Mounties earned themselves a week

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