Mike Lynch is an Irish former rugby union player.
| Date of birth | 22 July 1970 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Place of birth | Limerick, Ireland | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 91 kg (14.3 st; 201 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Career edit
Lynch played club rugby for Young Munster in the All-Ireland League, and was part of the team that lost finals of the Munster Senior Cup to Shannon in 2001 and 2002.[1] He went on the win 21 caps for Munster between 1996 and 1999, scoring 53 points for the province.[2] He was also called up to the senior Ireland squad for the 1998 Five Nations Championship, and despite being on the bench for the game against France he was ultimately never capped by Ireland at senior level.[3] After his playing career, Lynch was a PE teacher at St Clement's Redemptorist College in Limerick, and he was also an assistant coach at Young Munster.[4]
References edit
- ^ "Munster Senior Cup for Shannon". Irish Rugby. 18 May 2002. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "Mike Lynch Munster Rugby Profile". Munster Rugby. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
- ^ "France vs Ireland 1998". ESPN. Retrieved 27 September 2019.
- ^ "Dirty war's collateral damage". Irish Independent. 30 March 2014. Retrieved 5 July 2019.
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