Rowan Marshall
Rowan Marshall | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Rowan Marshall | ||
Date of birth | 24 November 1995 | ||
Place of birth | Taranaki, New Zealand | ||
Original team(s) | North Ballarat (VFL) | ||
Draft | No. 10, 2017 rookie draft | ||
Debut | Round 18, 2017, St Kilda vs. Sydney, at Sydney Cricket Ground | ||
Height | 201 cm (6 ft 7 in) | ||
Weight | 105 kg (231 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Ruck | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | St Kilda | ||
Number | 19 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2017– | St Kilda | 117 (54) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 7, 2024. | |||
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Rowan Marshall (born 24 November 1995) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by St Kilda with their first selection and tenth overall in the 2017 rookie draft.[1]
AFL career
Rowan Marshall was born in 1995 to mother Jan and father Don (a Taranaki rugby union player), the eldest of three brothers.[2] Rowan moved with his parents to Queensland at the age of 18 months.[2] At the age of 3, the family relocated to Victoria settling on a farm at Bolwarra.[2]
Marshall participated in the
Early St Kilda Career 2017-2020
Marshall made his St Kilda debut in the forty-two point loss to Sydney at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round eighteen of the 2017 season.[6] At the end of the 2017 season, Marshall signed a two-year contract extension.[7]
In the 2018 season, Marshall played 12 senior games for St Kilda and was elevated to the senior playing list following the season, having spent 2 seasons on the rookie list.[8]
Marshall played 20 senior games in the 2019 season, averaging 29 hitouts and 18 disposals. He finished second in the club's
Marshall was partnered in the ruck with Paddy Ryder for the 2020 season, after playing predominantly as a sole ruckman the previous season. In a Covid-limited season, Marshall played a key role in the Saints' reaching finals for the first time since 2011, playing all 19 possible games which included two finals.
2021 Season
Marshall suffered a stress injury in his foot ahead of the 2021 season, and missed the first three matches of the year. Marshall returned to the side in the Round Four win over West Coast, but missed the Saints' Round Five loss to Richmond due to a five-day break with the Saints' medical staff recommending a cautious approach following a plantar fascia injury in the West Coast game. Marshall returned in Round 6 and played four games before further injuring his plantar fascia and undergoing surgery. Marhsall made his return from injury in Round 15. Marshall and teammate Darragh Joyce were forced into isolation after they attended a Wallabies game which turned out to be a COVID-19 hotspot.[10] As a result, Marshall, who had flown to Perth, missed the Saints' Round 19 clash with West Coast which St Kilda lost by eight points.Marshall returned the following week, after completing isolation, and played in the Saints' final four games of the season. In his return against Carlton in Round 20, Marshall had 46 hitouts, five tackles, one goal and 22 disposals. Marshall also impressed with 22 disposals and two goals against Fremantle in Round 23.
Personal life
Marshall was born in New Zealand to Kiwi parents but moved to a 40-hectare property in Portland, Victoria at a young age. His father Don played rugby in the Taranaki region, and worked at the Portland wharf as well as on the family farm. Marshall's cousins, Rhys Marshall and Callum Gibbins, are both professional rugby union players.[4] During the COVID-19 hiatus of the AFL season in 2020, Marshall assisted his family run their 320 head of cattle farm.[11]
Statistics
- Statistics are correct to the end of Round 23 2022[12]
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Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | ||||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | H/O | ||||
2017 | St Kilda | 43 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 5 |
2018 | St Kilda | 43 | 12 | 6 | 12 | 85 | 75 | 160 | 67 | 28 | 113 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 7.0 | 6.2 | 13.3 | 5.5 | 2.3 | 9.4 |
2019 | St Kilda | 19 | 20 | 8 | 2 | 198 | 157 | 355 | 83 | 69 | 569 | 0.9 | 0.4 | 9.9 | 7.8 | 17.7 | 4.1 | 3.4 | 28.4 |
2020[a] | St Kilda | 19 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 192 | 83 | 266 | 83 | 41 | 277 | 0.6 | 0.5 | 10.1 | 3.8 | 14.0 | 4.3 | 2.1 | 14.5 |
2021 | St Kilda | 19 | 13 | 9 | 5 | 137 | 66 | 203 | 63 | 39 | 241 | 0.6 | 0.3 | 10.5 | 5.0 | 15.6 | 4.8 | 3.0 | 18.5 |
2022 | St Kilda | 19 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 218 | 118 | 336 | 97 | 66 | 484 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 10.3 | 5.6 | 16.0 | 4.6 | 3.1 | 23.0 |
Career | 86 | 45 | 38 | 835 | 499 | 1334 | 397 | 245 | 1689 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 9.7 | 5.8 | 15.5 | 4.6 | 2.8 | 19.6 |
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
- Bigpond. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ a b c Rowan Marshall takes giant strides towards AFL JUSTINE McCULLAGH-BEASY for The Standard. NOVEMBER 19 2014
- ^ AFL Record. Round 9, 2022. pg 60
- ^ a b Ryan, Peter (8 May 2020). "Saints' next big thing comes from rugby roots". The Age. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- ^ McCULLAGH-BEASY, JUSTINE (19 November 2014). "Rowan Marshall takes giant strides towards AFL". The Standard. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ Cherny, Daniel (20 July 2017). "Rowan Marshall to debut for St Kilda v Sydney on Saturday night". The Age. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 23 July 2017.
- ^ Gabelich, Josh (5 September 2017). "Late season reward driving Marshall forward". saints.com.au. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Ryan, Michael (26 October 2018). "Marshall's reward". saints.com.au. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ Nice, Chris (4 December 2019). "Marshall bolts up rankings". saints.com.au. Retrieved 12 December 2019.
- ^ "Saints star forced into isolation after Melbourne pub exposed to COVID case". 7NEWS. 20 July 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.
- ^ Ryan, Peter (8 May 2020). "Saints' next big thing comes from rugby roots". The Age. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
- ^ "Rowan Marshall". AFL Tables. Retrieved 17 April 2021.
External links
- Rowan Marshall's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club
- Rowan Marshall's playing statistics from AFL Tables