A 15-year-old key forward who has already kicked bags of goals at senior level will make his NAB League debut on Sunday.
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Penshurst's Josh Rentsch will run out for Greater Western Victoria Rebels against Geelong Falcons at GMHBA Stadium after impressing selectors.
He will join fellow under 16 player Ben Hobbs (Horsham Demons) in the team.
Rebels talent manager Phil Partington said Rentsch was a 196-centimetre well-built forward.
"He's an athletic tall who can certainly take a mark down forward and he presents well as well," he said.
"He has a high work ethic."
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Rentsch has played four senior games for Mininera and District league club Penshurst in 2019, kicking 19 goals.
He kicked eight against Moyston-Willaura, six against Caramut and five against Glenthompson-Dunkeld.
"He has a brother who was in the Rebels' (under 16 program) a long time ago and his family are good football people and respected people in the Penshurst area," Partington said.
The Rebels will be without Hamilton Kangaroos' James Cleaver who will play in the final AFL Young Guns match in Werribee on Sunday.
But Vic Country duo Jay Rantall and Liam Herbert, both South Warrnambool, will return to face the Falcons.
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