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

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[Nool Carpenna]

Happy 100th
Together we have had 66 tackles this year..You've had 60 and I've had 6.
One of the great pre-game speeches from Lizard!!

Even puts his heart into hugging it out with Lizard. Love it!

 

[The King!]

He played a great milestone game

One of our best when it was won

 

[caesar88]

 

[The King!]

Is one of our keys now and works so well with Grundy, won't ever get the praise others get , but just deserves to be on the front page after an epic effort tonight.

 

[MF]

Best game I've seen him play tonight

 

[SM]

Fantastic game from him.

 

[hairy biker]

The "underrated" Sydney midfielder that deserves more plaudits

The Swans sit six points clear on top of the AFL ladder for multiple reasons, but there's one that's flown under the radar.

www.zerohanger.com

Another article about the 'underrated' Rowy.
His current average of 9.3 (tackles) per game is on track to become an AFL record.

“It's kind of cool that I've almost played 100 games and haven't got a Brownlow vote,” Rowbottom said in April, via NewsCorp.

“It doesn't really bother me, I don't play to get votes every week. To have the trust and confidence of the players and coaches inside the four walls is all I really care about.”

Article also contains a nice vid compilation from @Zanerednwhite

 

[Ticky009]

I consider Nick Smith to be one the Swans great backmen, and he never garnered a single Brownlow vote. Yet his name would have been the fixed on the whiteboard. Rowie is the same position. Valued highly by the club and fans but seemingly invisible to the umps when it comes to votes.

 

[Crust]

Watched a replay of the cats game yesterday. 10 to go in the third and Mitch Duncan attacks the ball and collects it at speed. Rowbottom lines him up and it was like Duncan, a tough player IMO, hit a brick wall and indeed Rowbottom knocked him backwards. Rowbottom doesn’t look that big but jeez he is tough and strong.
Good piece of footy from both players and I saw it took them both a bit to get up again.

 

[Millky95]

Watched a replay of the cats game yesterday. 10 to go in the third and Mitch Duncan attacks the ball and collects it at speed. Rowbottom lines him up and it was like Duncan, a tough player IMO, hit a brick wall and indeed Rowbottom knocked him backwards. Rowbottom doesn’t look that big but jeez he is tough and strong.
Good piece of footy from both players and I saw it took them both a bit to get up again.

Knew Rowbottom was in for a big year when they showed him benching 40kg dumbbells in each hand during the pre-season gym videos

 

[Kiama Chris]

Watched a replay of the cats game yesterday. 10 to go in the third and Mitch Duncan attacks the ball and collects it at speed. Rowbottom lines him up and it was like Duncan, a tough player IMO, hit a brick wall and indeed Rowbottom knocked him backwards. Rowbottom doesn’t look that big but jeez he is tough and strong.
Good piece of footy from both players and I saw it took them both a bit to get up again.

According to Wiki James is just 76kg (185cm). Duncan is 88kg (188cm). We know both are hard as . Magic.

 

[Adnico26Parker]

 

[mcs095]

I consider Nick Smith to be one the Swans great backmen, and he never garnered a single Brownlow vote. Yet his name would have been the fixed on the whiteboard. Rowie is the same position. Valued highly by the club and fans but seemingly invisible to the umps when it comes to votes.

The amount of fans of other clubs who go 'who' or 'over rated' whenever he is mentioned is right up there - it is bizarre, but reflects the total lack of understanding they have of his role and importance to the team.

Would be just about the first name on the team sheet each week. He isn't flashy, he isn't an all time great. But he is a superstar in his role, and in my opinion the 'glue' that makes our midfield group tick. Very rare that if he plays his role well, we don't win. And he very rarely doesn't play his role well for the team.

Watched a replay of the cats game yesterday. 10 to go in the third and Mitch Duncan attacks the ball and collects it at speed. Rowbottom lines him up and it was like Duncan, a tough player IMO, hit a brick wall and indeed Rowbottom knocked him backwards. Rowbottom doesn’t look that big but jeez he is tough and strong.
Good piece of footy from both players and I saw it took them both a bit to get up again.

Great example of why I don't hold fear that the ambush that happened in 2022 could happen again. Its not just Rowy that is now 'tough and strong' - our other mids in that younger group are much stronger and tougher. They stick more tackles, break more tackles, are harder to tackle. They have arrived collectively - but led in the tough/strong stakes by Paddlebutt!

 

[the hypnotoad]

Watched a replay of the cats game yesterday. 10 to go in the third and Mitch Duncan attacks the ball and collects it at speed. Rowbottom lines him up and it was like Duncan, a tough player IMO, hit a brick wall and indeed Rowbottom knocked him backwards. Rowbottom doesn’t look that big but jeez he is tough and strong.
Good piece of footy from both players and I saw it took them both a bit to get up again.

he has an ability to launch into a tackle and either stick it or force an offload, and he then hits the next bloke
he's like a funnel web, he can strike repeatedly

 

[Arrr]

I find it so frustrating that when the experts are lauding the elite players in the swans midfield they completely ignore the fact that this bloke just matched the all time swans tackle record and looks on track to break it this season.
As great as Heeney, Gulden, and Warner have been I think we could cover for any one of those players coming out easier than losing Rowy.

 

[Crust]

According to Wiki James is just 76kg (185cm). Duncan is 88kg (188cm). We know both are hard as . Magic.

Watched the Carlton game yesterday because... why not?
At one stage Rowbottom went through Pittonet.
Pittonet is 202cm and 104kg.

Rowbottom gave away 28 kilos and sat him on his arse.

 

[caesar88]

We'd be ****ed without him

 

[Punts]

We'd be ****ed without him

Your wanted him traded

 

[The King!]

We'd be ****ed without him

Now to th Grundy thread?

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Got the silver service today and turned in an error strewn performance. Not interested in tackling. Injury?

 

[MF]

Got the silver service today and turned in an error strewn performance. Not interested in tackling. Injury?

Wasn't his best game for sure. Adelaide seemed to be putting a bit of work into him at stoppages (along with Chad).

Also probably hampered by the fact that we absolutely murdered them in the clearances and contested ball, he simply didn't have a lot of tackling to do.

 

[The King!]

Nicks and the Crows clearly rate him, they held him at every single ****en stoppage.

 

[Grand Uncle Horace]

Nicks and the Crows clearly rate him, they held him at every single ****en stoppage.

Nearly all our guys were.

 

[The King!]

Nearly all our guys were.

They really dragged at Rowbottoms guernsey a lot though

 

[Citrus22]

He is the epitome of the bloods culture in the present day team. His ability to stand up in tackles and break free or dispose of the ball cleanly is starting to remind me of the best years of Josh Kennedy.