K Rock Football | An invite from a former housemate to make up the numbers in Geelong Amateur’s reserves has led to an unlikely appearance at senior level for St Mary’s premiership captain Jacob Welsh.

Welsh, who last played with Wimmera league club Stawell in 2024 while living on the Gold Coast, was coaxed into playing against Drysdale at the end of June by Ammos’ vice-president Jaxsyn Scholes with the lure of playing alongside former Saints teammate Ben Lavars.

Welsh then appeared against Newcomb following the AFL Barwon bye before earning a surprise senior call-up for last week’s loss to Queenscliff.

“They were severely short on players,” Welsh told K rock Football’s Beyond the Boundary.

“He (Scholes) dangled Ben Lavars in front of me and said, ‘Oh, Benny’s going to come down and play’.

“I played footy with Benny in 2010, so I was like, ‘Happy days’.

“I needed an outlet anyway, so I started running around, and it’s been good fun. It’s been a great club to be a part of so far.

“And then, (the) competitive juices get flowing where you want to push for the senior team.”

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