Dan Weymouth notches 100th senior football game with Warrnambool

But Warrnambool, where it all began as a teenager, has been the 33-year-old's home base.

The ruckman plays his 100^th Hampden league senior game against Terang Mortlake on Saturday.

He made his senior debut in 2006 and then had stints at Ballarat league club Lake Wendouree, winning a premiership in 2010, a three-year stint with NEAFL club Southport and a two-year adventure in the United Kingdom where he played socially.

Home came calling and Weymouth returned to the Blues in 2016 and has been their number one ruckman ever since.

The Emmanuel College teacher also taken on the responsibility of nurturing Warrnambool's next generation.

"I was asked at the end of my first year back in 2016 by Simon Perry if I wanted to coach the under 16s," Weymouth said.

"Initially I was a bit hesitant because giving up a whole weekend to footy (as under 16s play on Sundays) was going to be a pretty big commitment.

"I said I'd do it if I could do it with someone else so Jed Turland and I we were joint coaches in 2017 and then Simon asked me if I wanted to carry on to the under 18s the following year and do it by myself.

"It became all day Saturday but that was pretty challenging as well because you'd get there early on a Saturday coaching the under 18s and have the emotional roller-coaster of a game in the morning.

"Then there's a break where the 12 o'clock game happens and you have to wind back and mentally prepare for the afternoon game."

But Weymouth, who is engaged to fiancé Maggie and plans to get married in December, wouldn't have it any other way.

"The transition is pretty easy with teaching to coaching, there's so many similarities between the two," he said.

"There's a lot of kids out here who I have taught or am currently teaching. It is good to develop those relationships. You see them at school and say g'day and it makes it easier in class.

"It is nice to change it up rather than just being a player too." Weymouth hopes his legacy at the Blues extends beyond the playing field.

"Getting old in the tooth means you get to hopefully share some wisdom but whether it's actually working I don't know," he laughed.

Weymouth fell into football later than many of his peers, first joining Warrnambool when he was 16.

Tennis and cricket had played havoc on his back.

"A couple of guys I played cricket with twisted my arm to come and play and my first game I played full-forward and I didn't know what I was doing," he said.

The ruck soon became his ideal spot and he now enjoys battles with Hamilton Kangaroos' Levi Dare, Koroit's Jeremy Hausler and Portland's Ben Malcolm.

"I enjoy it. A lot of people think it's a tough position to play which it is because you get bashed around a bit but there's a lot of freedom," Weymouth said.

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