Quinten Lynch

Collingwood At the end of the 2012 season, Lynch announced his intention to quit West Coast and become an unrestricted free agent, taking advantage of newly introduced rules allowing players over a certain games threshold to bypass the AFL's draft and trade week. He had previously been offered a one-year contract by West Coast, which he turned down. A number of clubs were considered chances to sign Lynch, with , and each having expressed interest in signing him. He eventually chose to sign a two-year contract with Collingwood.

Retirement On 25 August 2014, Lynch announced that he will retire at the end of Collingwood's 2014 AFL and VFL campaigns.

Personal life Lynch married Daneka O'Brien in December 2008 at a ceremony in Margaret River, after dating for seven years. The couple have three children. The couple took over a clothing business, O'Brien's Clothing Co., from O'Brien's parents in May 2011, and own two properties in Western Australia: a house in Waterford and a farming property near Narembeen.

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