Stephen Thynne to retain Palm Beach Currumbin QAFL captaincy

Palm Beach Currumbin’s leadership group won’t be finalised until mid-March but QAFL coach Jess Sinclair says there will be one thing that doesn’t change.

PALM Beach Currumbin’s leadership group won’t be finalised until mid-March but QAFL coach Jess Sinclair says there will be one thing that doesn’t change.

Stephen Thynne will remain as the Lions skipper in 2020 as they attempt to reach a fifth-straight QAFL grand final and reclaim the premiership they gave up to Surfers Paradise in 2019.

Thynne is working his way back from a knee reconstruction after injuring it during the second quarter of Palm Beach Currumbin’s grand final loss last September.

The 26-year-old has started straight-line running but isn’t expected to be back playing until around July after having the surgery in October.

Even though the classy midfielder won’t be back for the club’s first game of the season against Surfers Paradise on April 18, Sinclair confirmed Thynne would lead the QAFL side as skipper again in 2020.

“Stephen will remain captain,” Sinclair said.

Palm Beach Currumbin’s Stephen Thynne. Picture: Glenn Hampson

“He is slowly getting there with his recovery but his work rate and determination will get him back.”

Sinclair said it was likely that Tyler Cornish and Tom Thynne would share the captaincy until Stephen Thynne returns but confirmed the leadership group wouldn’t be completed until after their training camp in mid-March.

Palm Beach Currumbin will play an intraclub game on March 21 before practice games against Mt Gravatt on March 28 and Labrador on April 4 are held.

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