In his fourth season, Lynch played his best game in Suns colours to help propel his side to a 43-point victory at Etihad Stadium on Sunday.
"You look at one of the hardest working centre half-forwards in the competition in Nick Riewoldt - he's (Lynch) down that path," Suns coach Guy McKenna said after the match.
"When he gets fit and fills out still, I pity the defender that has to mark him because he's in for a torrid time."
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The 21-year-old had interrupted pre-season campaigns in his first couple of years at the club and struggled to find the continuity and consistency in his footy.
But like his fellow young forwards Sam Day and Charlie Dixon, another year in the weights room and the benefits of an endurance-based pre-season has Lynch ready to impact games more often.
"Day one of pre-season, we said 'Look, boys, we're going into our fourth years, it's time we stand up and help Gaz'," Lynch told AFL.com.au.
The three-pronged forward attack of Day, Dixon and Lynch was too tall and too fast for the Kangaroos' defenders, causing problems all day.
Lynch's reach, in particular, was too tough to handle, with the Suns big man helping himself to 21 disposals and eight marks (five contested) to be clearly one of side's best.
For a player standing 199cm, his running ability and work rate is "exceptional", McKenna says.
The tall trio is also starting to make the most of the team's improvement in forward 50 entries.
This season the Suns sit in fourth position for inside 50s with an average of 54.9 per game, behind just Port Adelaide, Hawthorn and Geelong.
Compare that to their 2013 tally of 49.6 entries a game and 2012's effort of 42.3 entries a game and you begin to see why Lynch, Day and Dixon are causing all sorts of problems for opposition backmen.
"I'd like to pursue that three-pronged attack because I know one of them is going to get off the chain," McKenna said.
"Most sides have one good tall defender and maybe a second handy second defender, but the third or the fourth one will get spat out, I think.
"We're certainly starting to see those boys come of age, which is exciting."
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