1. He was born on October 31, 1992 and shares the same birthday as new Tiger teammate Jack Riewoldt, but is four years younger.
2. He grew up in the small Mornington Peninsula town of Blairgowrie and played his junior football with Sorrento in the Nepean League.
3. He played TAC Cup football with the Dandenong Stingrays.
4. He represented Vic Country in the 2010 under-18 championships.
5. In his draft profile, he was described as a Nick Riewoldt clone.
6. He was Gold Coast’s seventh pick (No. 11 overall) in the 2010 AFL National Draft, behind Dion Prestia (pick 9) and Josh Caddy (pick 7), who he has now been reunited with at Richmond.
7. He made his AFL debut in Round 7, 2011 against Brisbane at the Gabba and finished with 17 disposals, nine marks, four hit-outs and two goals.
8. He has a total of 254 goals in his 131 AFL games at an average of 1.94 per match.
9. The most goals he’s kicked in an AFL match is eight against Carlton, Round 2, 2018, Etihad Stadium.
10. The most goals he’s scored in an AFL season is 66 in 2016.
11. He’s booted four goals or more 23 times during his league football career.
12. He has played just 10 games at the MCG and kicked 18 goals there.
13. The most marks he’s taken in an AFL match is 14 v St Kilda, Round 15, 2016, Metricon Stadium.
14. He was a two-time winner of Gold Coast’s Best and Fairest award, in 2015 and 2016, and gained All Australian selection in 2016.
15. He was ranked first competition-wide for total contested marks in 2015 and 2016.
16. He was co-captain of the Suns in 2017 and 2018.
17. He has never played in a winning team against Adelaide (nine losses from nine games).
18. He has a winning strike-rate in his 131-game AFL career of 28.6% (37 wins, one draw, 93 losses).
19. He will become the fourth Lynch to play senior football for Richmond, joining Bill Lynch (one game, 1912), Dave Lynch (20 games, 1922-23, 1926-27 and 1929) and Alan Lynch (two games, 1976).
