Jack Bowes
Jack Bowes | |||
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Personal information | |||
Date of birth | 26 January 1998 | ||
Place of birth |
Cairns, Queensland | ||
Original team(s) |
Cairns Saints ( QAFL)/Gold Coast Suns (NEAFL ) | ||
Draft | No. 10, 2016 national draft | ||
Height | 187 cm (6 ft 2 in) | ||
Weight | 85 kg (187 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Geelong | ||
Number | 12 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2017–2022 | Gold Coast | 83 (14) | |
2023– | Geelong | 17 (4) | |
Total | 100 (18) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Jack Bowes (born 26 January 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously played for the Gold Coast Suns.
Early life
Bowes was born and raised in
He made the decision to relocate to the Gold Coast at the beginning of 2015 to increase his chances of being drafted.[8] There he continued playing football for the Surfers Paradise Australian Football Club in the Queensland Australian Football League (QAFL) as well as Gold Coast's reserves team in the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL). His 2015 NEAFL debut for the Gold Coast reserves included twenty-two disposals and one goal. He was selected to represent the under 17 AFL academy team in the 2015 AFL Grand Final curtain raiser and shone in a sixteen possession performance.[9] He also completed his schooling in 2015 at All Saints Anglican School.[10]
Bowes entered the final year of his junior football in 2016 and was predicted by many analysts to be selected with the first pick in the
Bowes was then selected to captain the Allies in the division one championships and was named in the 2016 under 18 All-Australian team as a result of his performances for the Allies.[16] He was also chosen to represent team Judd in the 2016 all stars under-18 clash at Punt Road Oval, where he amassed twenty-three disposals.[17]
AFL career
Bowes was recruited by the
In 2019, Bowes started with a run with role player. He put down players like Fyfe and Cripps. Bowes had a quad injury in the middle of the season, but recovered from it. Jack Bowes averaged 18.3 disposals and 3.7 tackles. Jack Bowes bringing big midfielders down.
In April 2019 Bowes famously kicked a goal in the final seconds of a match to snatch the lead from Carlton and ensure victory for the Suns. Carlton at that time had traded away their first round pick to the
Bowes was traded to Geelong as part of a salary dump at the end of the 2022 AFL season.[20]
Statistics
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[21]
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Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | ||||
2017 | Gold Coast | 29 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 76 | 61 | 137 | 32 | 25 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 6.9 | 5.5 | 12.5 | 2.9 | 2.3 |
2018 | Gold Coast | 29 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 174 | 85 | 259 | 67 | 37 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 10.9 | 5.3 | 16.2 | 4.2 | 2.3 |
2019 | Gold Coast | 3 | 15 | 6 | 3 | 139 | 137 | 276 | 53 | 55 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 9.3 | 9.1 | 18.4 | 3.5 | 3.7 |
2020[a] | Gold Coast | 3 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 195 | 95 | 290 | 69 | 30 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.5 | 5.6 | 17.1 | 4.1 | 1.8 |
2021 | Gold Coast | 3 | 19 | 1 | 2 | 307 | 97 | 404 | 97 | 38 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 16.2 | 5.1 | 21.3 | 5.1 | 2.0 |
2022 | Gold Coast | 3 | 5 | – | – | 58 | 20 | 78 | 18 | 7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.6 | 4.0 | 15.6 | 3.6 | 1.4 |
Career | 83 | 14 | 12 | 949 | 495 | 1444 | 336 | 192 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.4 | 6.0 | 17.4 | 4.0 | 2.3 |
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
- ^ Five talking points: Gold Coast v Brisbane
- ^ Bowes ready for what the Draft holds
- ^ AFL draft 2016: Gold Coast Suns academy prospect Jack Bowes 'ticking every box'
- ^ Gold Coast's Jack Bowes bowled over by his famous bloodlines
- Bigpond. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Walsh, Courtney (3 July 2020). "Homegrown Sun Jack Bowes ready to take on mentor Gary Ablett". The Australian. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ Gerrans, Jordan (24 November 2016). "Cairns product Jack Bowes seen as captain material". The Cairns Post. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 25 November 2016.
- ^ "The sacrifice pays off for Jack Bowes". foundation.goldcoastfc.com.au. Gold Coast Suns Foundation. 29 November 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2019.
- Bigpond. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Blucher, Peter (7 July 2021). "Jack Bowes notches up a career high at Marvel". aflq.com.au. AFL Queensland. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Quayle, Emma (1 June 2016). "AFL draft: Who wants to be the No. 1 draft pick?". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Landsberger, Sam (29 June 2016). "Essendon could drop draft bomb by bidding for academy player with No.1 draft pick". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- ^ Doerre, Christopher (2 June 2016). "Knightmare's AFL Draft Wrap: Jack Bowes firms as possible No.1 pick". ESPN. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- Bigpond. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- Bigpond. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- ^ Waterworth, Ben (30 June 2016). "Under 18s All-Australian team announced: Including Jack Graham, Hugh McCluggage, Jack Bowes". Fox Sports (Australia). News Corp Australia. Retrieved 6 August 2016.
- Bigpond. Retrieved 6 October 2016.
- ^ Hamilton, Andrew (25 November 2016). "Jack Bowes is the first Queensland junior in a decade to be selected in the top 10 of the national draft". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 27 November 2016.
- AFL.com.au. Retrieved 15 April 2019.
- ^ @AFL_House (11 October 2022). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
- ^ "Jack Bowes". AFL Tables. Retrieved 2 April 2022.
External links
- Jack Bowes's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
- Jack Bowes at AustralianFootball.com
- Jack Bowes's playing statistics from AFL Tables