Pie gives finger to glove rule

Quinten Lynch at Collingwood's community camp yesterday. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

Lynch's broken little finger. Picture: Wayne Ludbey Source: Herald Sun

COLLINGWOOD forward Quinten Lynch is seeking AFL exemption to wear a glove, fearing the alternative would be further damage to the little finger on his right hand, possibly leading to amputation.

In recent seasons Lynch has worn one of the six types of gloves that will be banned by the AFL this year, but has applied for special consideration.

"I have to wear a glove of some description," the 30-year-old Pies recruit said. "I either wear a glove or get my finger chopped off."

Lynch played in West Coast's 2006 premiership alongside Daniel Chick, who had the ring finger on his left hand partially amputated a decade ago after it was badly injured playing football.

"I've put in a medical exemption at the moment, I'm trying to get that passed," Lynch said during a junior football clinic in Healesville on Tuesday as part of Collingwood's community camp in the region.

"I've got a pretty dodgy finger on my right hand, so that's a work in progress."

Lynch explained that he had fractured the finger "a few years ago", which was the reason he had abandoned the habit of removing the glove and flinging it to a trainer before kicking for goal.

He said playing without a glove would endanger the finger, and gloves acceptable to the AFL were actually more slippery than bare hands and therefore a disadvantage.

Lynch wore the glove in Friday night's opening NAB Cup round against Essendon and the Bulldogs, while fellow forward Travis Cloke conspicuously played without a glove.

Lynch said it had been "good to get out there and play my first game for Collingwood and get it under my belt".

"My wife reckons I looked all right in the stripes," he joked.

Lynch said he hoped he would jell with Cloke and the other Pie forwards over the coming weeks, starting with an outing against his former club when the Magpies travel to Perth for their next NAB Cup match on March 3.

"It will be good to get (a match against West Coast) out of the way, but I'm not too fussed about it to tell you the truth."

He expects the change back to the conventional format, with four on the bench, to mean he is given exposure to a part-time rucking role over the next month.

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