Let's get physical: Lynagh muscles up in timely return

Reds flyhalf Tom Lynagh impressed in his 40 minutes against Western Force at Ballymore. (Dave Hunt/AAP PHOTOS)

A bulked-up Tom Lynagh has emerged unscathed from his timely return, the Wallabies playmaker confident in his body after a hair-pulling year had relegated him to just 17 minutes of rugby.

The Queensland Reds flyhalf played 40 minutes in Saturday's 29-28 Super Rugby AUS loss to the visiting Western Force at Ballymore.