Player Watch #8 James Rowbottom

[Kennedy Parker]

James Rowbottom

The Sydney Swans recruited James Rowbottom

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James Rowbottom

Age

24

Ht

186cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.0

4star

K

8.1

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

4.3

5star

CL

2.0

4star

D

14.6

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.6

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

3.4

4star

CL

2.5

4star

D

14.4

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.6

5star

CL

1.2

4star

with their second selection at the 2018 AFL Draft and the midfield bull impacted from the get-go. The Oakleigh Chargers product made his AFL debut against Richmond at Marvel Stadium in Round 5, 2019 and finished the season with 12 senior games beside his name. Rowbottom also led the NEAFL MVP voting when it was hidden from the public after Round 12. The young Swan is a ball magnet, explosive at the stoppages, an outstanding tackler and a clean user of the footy.

James Rowbottom

8

James Rowbottom

Age

24

Ht

186cm

Wt

82kg

Pos.

Mid

Career

Season

Last 5

D

14.0

4star

K

8.1

3star

HB

5.9

4star

M

2.2

2star

T

4.3

5star

CL

2.0

4star

D

14.6

4star

K

9.0

4star

HB

5.6

3star

M

1.5

2star

T

3.4

4star

CL

2.5

4star

D

14.4

4star

K

7.8

3star

HB

6.6

4star

M

3.0

3star

T

3.6

5star

CL

1.2

4star

DOB: 19 September 2000
DEBUT: 2019
DRAFT: #25, 2018 National Draft
RECRUITED FROM: Camberwell (Vic)/St Kevin's College (Vic)/Oakleigh U18

James Rowbottom | AFL

Follow James Rowbottom's progress through AFL

www.sydneyswans.com.au

 

[The Gong]

That highlights reel is about as good as you'd want from a young inside mid. Makes him look like a superstar. No pressure or anything.

 

[RUNVS]

caesar88 with the good oil

I see a bit of Jude Bolton too

Except faster. Bolton was never blessed with a quick burst of speed.

 

[Dan87]

Except faster. Bolton was never blessed with a quick burst of speed.

Jude had some moments

 

[The Gong]

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-23/sydney-draft-news

More on the BT connection.

His official nickname for the call will be Schoolboy Jimmy

"Kennedy to Mills who gives a neat handball to Schoolboy Jimmy"

 

[V9x18]

Cant learn much from highlights but the type of player he seems to be from reports is one that I hoped we would target after Blakey. Good luck to him.

 

[6yearsold]

Not sure why his kicking is seen as a weakness. At least on the highlights his kicking seemed to be better than most inside midfielders.

They are highlights. His poor kicks are not highlighted. You can watch some whole games on youtube.

 

[6yearsold]

do we have to labour the bt connection. the guy is a massive fw.

 

[Ticky009]

do we have to labour the bt connection. the guy is a massive fw.

It’s the first day, after that we’ll be more interested in how the kid trains and plays, like all our other shiny new draft toys.

 

[caesar88]

Robo!!!! Didn’t think he’d be taken in the second and few others did as well. This tells me the club rated him very highly to use that pick on him above more fancied types like Valente etc. But that’s reassuring more than anything, because it means the club went into this draft knowing what they wanted and they got it.

Well done to the kid and hope he can carve out a career at our club!

 

[RUNVS]

Looks like the type of player that could play a reasonable chunk of games in 2019 as well.

 

[LukeParkerno1]

Looks like the type of player that could play a reasonable chunk of games in 2019 as well.

Yep pretty ready made

 

[caesar88]

RoBo gets it out to OFlo.. hope we'll be hearing plenty of that in the future!

 

[Ticky009]

Christ, we’re never going to be able to keep BT out of the rooms now!

Stop stealing my lines AFL! Looks at title of article
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-23/sydney-draft-news

 

[caesar88]

Stop stealing my lines AFL! Looks at title of article
http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-11-23/sydney-draft-news

You're officially an internet celebrity now Ticky. Don't forget about us mortals in the future

 

[Citrus22]

Got a good mix of highlights in there - fend off, accurate handballs, good tackling and quick decision making. An optimistic start!

 

[dosser]

What has impressed me is how clean he is with his hands.

 

[caesar88]

This our first pure inside mid drafted since Mills in 2015 no?

 

[Dan87]

I like the don't argue on him

 

[Kennedy Parker]

Liking what I'm seeing so far. His kicking technique looks a bit awkward from the highlights, but very clean with his hands in close and has a bit speed along with evasive ability in traffic. More contested ball-winners are a major need for us at present, expect he'll get a debut in at some point next year.

 

[CD__]

I know it's only highlights, but he really does look impressive and perhaps even an immediate inclusion in our side. Would be hard to see anything other than a 200+ gamer.

Calm.

 

[eDPS]

Picked him at 39 for you guys earlier in the Bigfooty Phantom Draft

I think he is a great pick for you guys and criminally underrated on bigfooty

 

[RUNVS]

Also very quickly checking but here Rowbottom got into Vic Metro's best list twice in four games

Round 1
BEST
Western Australia: Sharp, Foley, Oldfield, Stack, Hill, O'Reilly
Vic Metro: King, Anderson, West, Smith, Rowbottom, Quaynor

Round 3
BEST
Vic Metro: Smith, West, Taylor, McKenzie, Answerth, Rowbottom
Vic Country: Walsh, Duursma, McHenry, Flanders, Bowman

 

[TheMase]

This fella has a later year birthday as well. 19 Sep 00

 

[Jewelsbon]

This fella has a later year birthday as well. 19 Sep 00

Oh my God reading that date makes me feel soooooooo old

 

[RUNVS]

Oh my God reading that date makes me feel soooooooo old

I was preparing for my year 6 school formal. I was shite at line dancing.