Scott Welsh

Scott Welsh
Personal information
Full name Scott Nathan Welsh
Nickname(s) Welshy
Date of birth (1978-12-07) 7 December 1978
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) West Adelaide
Draft 19th overall, 1995 AFL Draft
19th overall, 2007 Pre-Season Draft
Height / weight 188 cm / 89 kg
Position(s) Forward
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
1996 – 1999
2000 – 2007
2008 – 2009
Total		 North Melbourne
Adelaide
Western Bulldogs		 036 0(30)
129 (270)
040 0(63)
205 (363)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2009.
Career highlights
  • Premiership player: 1999
  • Adelaide leading goalkicker: 2000, 2004, 2005, 2007

Scott Nathan Welsh (born 7 December 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer 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 North Melbourne 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, Welsh played with North Melbourne as a forward and was a part of North Melbourne's premiership side in 1999 before, citing homesicknese, returning to Adelaide in 2000 to play for Adelaide Football Club.

Welsh played up forward for the Crows and is known for his occasional devastating displays in front of goals, twice scoring eight 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, Welsh booted 58 goals; his best season in terms of goals scored. 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.

Statistics

[1]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles
Season Team # Games G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
Totals Averages (per game)
1996 North Melbourne 30 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1997 North Melbourne 30 1 0 0 1 0 1 0 0 0.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0
1998 North Melbourne 30 12 6 7 49 26 75 24 9 0.5 0.6 4.1 2.2 6.3 2.0 0.8
1999 Kangaroos 30 22 24 6 119 44 163 57 16 1.1 0.3 5.4 2.0 7.4 2.6 0.7
2000 Adelaide 17 22 47 31 172 54 226 88 25 2.1 1.4 7.8 2.5 10.3 4.0 1.1
2001 Adelaide 17 18 22 12 140 48 188 49 29 1.2 0.7 7.8 2.7 10.4 2.7 1.6
2002 Adelaide 17 13 29 8 101 51 152 38 23 2.2 0.6 7.8 3.9 11.7 2.9 1.8
2003 Adelaide 17 10 17 11 68 19 87 34 17 1.7 1.1 6.8 1.9 8.7 3.4 1.7
2004 Adelaide 17 16 36 25 121 37 158 66 40 2.3 1.6 7.6 2.3 9.9 4.1 2.5
2005 Adelaide 17 23 58 27 159 47 206 97 35 2.5 1.2 6.9 2.0 9.0 4.2 1.5
2006 Adelaide 17 6 12 7 49 10 59 37 14 2.0 1.2 8.2 1.7 9.8 6.2 2.3
2007 Adelaide 17 21 49 19 140 68 208 91 42 2.3 0.9 6.7 3.2 9.9 4.3 2.0
2008 Western Bulldogs 28 24 43 25 180 86 266 124 22 1.8 1.0 7.5 3.6 11.1 5.2 0.9
2009 Western Bulldogs 28 16 20 14 120 63 183 78 25 1.3 0.9 7.5 3.9 11.4 4.9 1.6
Career 205 363 192 1419 553 1972 783 297 1.8 0.9 6.9 2.7 9.6 3.8 1.4

References

  1. ↑ Scott Welsh's player profile at AFL Tables
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