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Tiger Hardworkin­gtips Suns to Broncosris­e on back deserveof concession­ssuccess

- CHRIS HONNERY

They are mums, sisters, daughters and hardworkin­g employees but for the past eight weeks, they’ve not wanted to be anything other than be footy players.

This year’s grand-finalbound Broncos have put their lives on hold for the past two months in the hope of claiming back-to-back NRLW trophies.

And on Sunday, they stand to do so.

The squad of 22 women are preparing for the biggest game of their season at ANZ Stadium on Sunday, with none more so epitomisin­g the desire of the group thanrichmo­nddummy-premiershi­phalflavin­staria Gould.tomlynchth­ehas36-backedyear-theold Afl’smother-goldof-twocoastco­ntinuescon­cessions,to sayingwork­12-hehourisco­nfidentshi­ftsastheac­ranesuns willdriver­becomeatas­teelworksa­competitiv­ecompany teaminbris­baneinthe future.–while also trainingth­efull-timeafl withthisth­eweekbronc­osannounce­dandtaking­a careraft ofof draftherki­ds.and recruitmen­tthedynami­cconcessio­nsno.9 haswhichal­soit hopeshadto­willfillsa­vethetheda­lly-ailingm-clubfeinma­le-theshort-player-to-mediumof-the-term.yearshaped­lynch,bootswho playedofbr­ittanyeigh­t seasonbrea­ley with–whothe signedsuns­beforewith switchingg­randfinalt­o rivalsrich­mondstgeor­geatthe endearlier­of thislast year.season, backed the club’sgouldhier­archysaidt­heto sacrifices­turnthe club’swere nothingfor­tunes around.whenit meant she“thecouldgo­ldachievec­oastherhav­edream.got a great“if Ceoyou inwantmark­to Evansbethe­re,and ayou’llgreatbec­oachthere,”ingouldstu­artsaid.dew,” Lynch“there’ssaid. a“fairitwasf­ewtoughofu­swholast year have made(in 2018, sacrifices Lynch’s in our final life yearfortha­tattheeigh­tclub),weeksbut Ibutreally it’s believenot­hingtheywe­don’tarebuildi­ng.wantto do.they are“i’mgoingstil­lto workingget­there.full-ittimemay takeshiftw­ork.abitofi’vetime,hadbuttoth­eymanageha­ve gotwhata greatidoth­erefoundat­ion.” and how much I can While do theat work Tigers’ and celebrathe­n tions make meantmysel­f Lynch availablew­asn’t for awareevery­training.ofthefull nature of the Suns’“it’s concession­s been a bit of across a juggling the nextactbut­threenothi­ngdrafts,i haven’tplusin acaddone emybeforea­ndand Darwinnoth­ing access, I wouldn’t he wasdoinple­asedthefut­ure.to hear the AFL had“it’sgivenjust­hisanoldho­noursidea leg-toup be athere.atimeyouth­eydoneedan­ythingit. to be here.” Asked if the concession­s would She admittedhe­lp, Lynch some days said: she “I thinkhadto­sostart… obviouslyw­orkat2.30ami’vegot to somebefini­shedgreat matesintim­eupforther­etraininga­nd wantatredt­o Hillseethe­mat3.30pm,dowell.”before rushing“davehomesw­allowtofee­disaherfan­tastickids. leader“(myandgirls)youhavewan­tbeento verysee themunders­tandingdow­ell.that’sofeveryth­ing,greatthey havehaving­gottothose­besomewhat­concession­s.”onthe backburner­meanwhile,waitinghaw­thornformu­mare settogetto homelurean­otherandco­okno.dinner,”1draft pickshesai­d.away from GWS with key forward“my timejonath­oninthepat­tongamede-is claringver­ylimitedhe­wantsso toi behavetrad­edto beto theveryhaw­ks.respectful for that.”

Patton,broncosthe coachfirst­playerkelv­inselected­wrightatsa­idthe 2011the draft,sacrifices­will joinhis anotherpla­yersmadefo­rmerthemgw­shungriers­tarandto topmakedra­ftthepickm­ostin oftomthesc­ullyoppor-if thetunity.clubs can do a deal at the trade“idon’tperiodthi­nkwhicheve­ryonestart­smon-fully day.understand­s what players give up to be Glenn here to Mcfarlane have this and opportunit­y,” Wright Jason said. Phelan

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 ?? Picture: Getty ?? ON THE BALL: Christian Lealiifano offloads during a training session ahead of the Wallabies’ clash against Uruguay.
Picture: Getty ON THE BALL: Christian Lealiifano offloads during a training session ahead of the Wallabies’ clash against Uruguay.
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Picture: Getty GOOD ONE: Tom Lynch gives the thumbs up.

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