Brave Stynes shows his battling qualities

JIM STYNES’ appearance at last Friday’s International Rules Test in Melbourne came just days after his wife feared his battle against cancer had taken a dramatic setback.

Speaking on Melbourne radio yesterday to promote a muesli blended by the Stynes family during his illness, the Dublin-born AFL legend and his wife Samantha spoke about his two-and-a-half year fight with the disease.

A frail Stynes tossed the coin between Ireland and Australia captains Stephen Cluxton and Brad Green before the throw-up.