Tristan Lynch (born 22 August 1973) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Geelong in the Australian Football League (AFL).
From Sale, he was initially recruited by Collingwood, with pick 85 in the 1992 AFL draft, before ending up at Richmond in 1994.
He played reserves football with Richmond for two seasons and when the club's senior coach John Northey resigned and went to the Brisbane Bears in 1996, Lynch joined him.
[2] Despite finally breaking into the AFL, Lynch was forced to change clubs again when the Bears merged with Fitzroy.
Along with Scott Bamford, Lynch was traded by Brisbane to Geelong after the 1998 season, in return for Martin McKinnon.