Scott Welsh
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Scott Nathan Welsh is a former Australian rules football
er who played in the Australian Football League
(AFL). He is the nephew of former Glenelg
and North Melbourne player Kym Hodgeman
, and cousin of former Glenelg and Richmond player Ben Moore.
Debuting with the Kangaroos in 1996 as a 17-year-old, Welsh was seen as a development player who started to get regular game time in 1998. Though he was drafted as a half-back flanker, he began playing with the Kangaroos up forward. He played at the premiership side for the Kangaroos in 1999 and shot a goal back then, before homesickness
and the desire to be closer to his family, after the death of his brother Shane in 1997, moved him back home to Adelaide to play with the Adelaide Football Club in 2000.
Welsh played up forward for the Crows and is known for his occasional devastating displays in front of goals – he has twice scored 8 goals in a match. He has sometimes been criticised for his lack of consistency but was nevertheless considered one of Adelaide's premier forwards.
In 2005 he booted 58 goals, which remains his best season in terms of goals scored to date. He also notched up his 100th game with Adelaide in 2004. Though injury problems has forced him to miss many games throughout his career (injuries mainly began from 2002 onwards) and he had to wait until Round 19 for his first game for the Crows in 2006.
In 2007 he played his 150th AFL game against Brisbane in round 7. Welsh finished with 49 goals and 20 behinds for the season, topping the Crows goalkicking list for the fourth time. His fourth goal against Hawthorn
on 8 September 2007 in the elimination final became his 300th goal in senior AFL football.
Welsh and his partner Nikki Higgins had their first child, Tyler Shane Welsh on 15 August 2006. Two years later, on 31 August 2008, Tyler became a big brother to Sonny Luke Welsh.
On 13 November 2007, Welsh, frustrated after Adelaide would only offer him a one year contract due to their age policy but more so his numerous disciplinary breaches, quit the Crows and was placed in the pre-season draft.
Welsh was drafted to the Western Bulldogs
on 11 December 2007, who used their pick number 4 in the Pre-Season Draft to claim him. Ironically, the Western Bulldogs played Adelaide in the first round of the 2008 season, with Welsh contributing in a big way to a Bulldogs win.
Welsh announced his retirement at the end of the 2009 season after missing out on the Grand Final with the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs were knocked out in the preliminary finals in two consecutive seasons and he had played in five losing preliminary finals after winning a premiership in 1999. In 2010, he will back home to Adelaide play in the SANFL for the Eagles.
Australian rules football
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er who played in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
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(AFL). He is the nephew of former Glenelg
Glenelg Tigers
Glenelg Football Club is an Australian rules football team, which plays in the South Australian National Football League. The club is known as the "Tigers" , and their home ground is Gliderol Stadium @ Glenelg , located in the southern coastal suburb of Glenelg East, South Australia.-Club...
and North Melbourne player Kym Hodgeman
Kym Hodgeman
Kym Hodgeman is a former Australian rules footballer best known for his playing career with North Melbourne, VFL and Glenelg, SANFL in the 1970s and 1980s.- SANFL career :...
, and cousin of former Glenelg and Richmond player Ben Moore.
Debuting with the Kangaroos in 1996 as a 17-year-old, Welsh was seen as a development player who started to get regular game time in 1998. Though he was drafted as a half-back flanker, he began playing with the Kangaroos up forward. He played at the premiership side for the Kangaroos in 1999 and shot a goal back then, before homesickness
Homesickness
Homesickness is the distress or impairment caused by an actual or anticipated separation from the specific home environment or attachment objects....
and the desire to be closer to his family, after the death of his brother Shane in 1997, moved him back home to Adelaide to play with the Adelaide Football Club in 2000.
Welsh played up forward for the Crows and is known for his occasional devastating displays in front of goals – he has twice scored 8 goals in a match. He has sometimes been criticised for his lack of consistency but was nevertheless considered one of Adelaide's premier forwards.
In 2005 he booted 58 goals, which remains his best season in terms of goals scored to date. He also notched up his 100th game with Adelaide in 2004. Though injury problems has forced him to miss many games throughout his career (injuries mainly began from 2002 onwards) and he had to wait until Round 19 for his first game for the Crows in 2006.
In 2007 he played his 150th AFL game against Brisbane in round 7. Welsh finished with 49 goals and 20 behinds for the season, topping the Crows goalkicking list for the fourth time. His fourth goal against Hawthorn
Hawthorn Football Club
The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League . The club, founded in 1902, is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL. The team play in Brown & Gold vertically striped guernseys...
on 8 September 2007 in the elimination final became his 300th goal in senior AFL football.
Welsh and his partner Nikki Higgins had their first child, Tyler Shane Welsh on 15 August 2006. Two years later, on 31 August 2008, Tyler became a big brother to Sonny Luke Welsh.
On 13 November 2007, Welsh, frustrated after Adelaide would only offer him a one year contract due to their age policy but more so his numerous disciplinary breaches, quit the Crows and was placed in the pre-season draft.
Welsh was drafted to the Western Bulldogs
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
on 11 December 2007, who used their pick number 4 in the Pre-Season Draft to claim him. Ironically, the Western Bulldogs played Adelaide in the first round of the 2008 season, with Welsh contributing in a big way to a Bulldogs win.
Welsh announced his retirement at the end of the 2009 season after missing out on the Grand Final with the Bulldogs. The Bulldogs were knocked out in the preliminary finals in two consecutive seasons and he had played in five losing preliminary finals after winning a premiership in 1999. In 2010, he will back home to Adelaide play in the SANFL for the Eagles.