Former Magpies player Jolly on new season of The Block

July 20, 2014, 9:30 p.m.

FORMER North Ballarat Football Club player Darren Jolly will make his reality television debut on Sunday night.

FORMER North Ballarat Football Club player Darren Jolly will make his reality television debut on Sunday night.

The AFL premiership player, who hails from Lexton, will join four couples as they tackle an abandoned 1980s office building for the next series of The Block.

With a passion for building and renovation, Jolly decided to begin studies in building and construction after his departure from the Collingwood Football Club at the end of the 2013 season.

Having just completed renovating their Victorian property in Melbourne, Jolly and his wife Deanne couldnt resist applying for the next series of The Block.

After footy finished there were wild thoughts of what to do next, he said.

We love The Block, so we thought lets just give it a go and apply.

The Blockheads are set to renovate the most complex block yet, a 3540 square metre glasshouse building in Prahran.

We were under no illusion it was going to be easy, he said.

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Former Magpies player Jolly on new season of The Block