Griffith Blacks forward Connor Lynch has been selected to head off on his second tour with the Indigenous Australian Invitational Rugby (IAIR) side when the side heads to Eastern Europe next year.
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Lynch was apart 2018 side who travelled across to North America and is looking forward to the next adventure.
This time the young prop will head to Romania, Croatia, Hungry, Austria and the Czech Republic.
"It is pretty much the same guys from this tour as the last one as well," he said.
"It will be a different adventure this time going to Eastern Europe. We will be playing five games and a couple of national sides."
The IAIR looks to empower young Indigenous men by assisting them with their educational, employment and social goals. They aim to develop future indigenous leaders and take into account efforts made by applicants on and off the field when offering an invitation to tour.
Within that two year period, the IAIR will aim to assist selected players with their rugby development, studies, housing and employment options.
Lynch played in the Lloyd McDermott Rugby Development Team under manager Darrell Morris - who now manages the invitational team - at the national schoolboy's carnival in 2014.
That connection saw Lynch receive a call-up into the invitational side for the 2018 tour and he jumped at the opportunity to come on board again.
"He just gave me a message saying he was looking for a prop and I jumped at the opportunity," he said.
"Then, when this tour rolled around, I applied again and was fortunate enough to be picked again."
The Griffith Blacks forward said he was looking forward to taking his culture to a different region of the world.
"Just to be able to show our culture off around the world is pretty amazing," he said.
"It is a proud sense of community when you are talking about your heritage. When you are on that field, and you do the pre-game dance, and you start thinking about it sends chills down your back.
"Playing with a different bunch of blokes who are all characters. The bus trips were long, but they were entertaining and the nights were pretty entertaining as well.
"It will be good to have that experience again, and you make mates for life out of it, and we are all still in contact."
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Liam Warren
As someone with an underlying passion about sport it is a privilege to report on the sporting landscape around the MIA
As someone with an underlying passion about sport it is a privilege to report on the sporting landscape around the MIA
