Rowan Marshall


Rowan Marshall is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League. He was drafted by St Kilda with their first selection and tenth overall in the 2017 rookie draft.

AFL career

Marshall made his debut in the forty-two point loss to at the Sydney Cricket Ground in round eighteen of the 2017 season. At the end of the 2017 season, Marshall signed a two year contract extension.
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.
Marshall played 20 senior games in the 2019 season, averaging 29 hitouts and 18 disposals. He finished second in the club's best & fairest award, behind midfielder Seb Ross, as well as receiving the club's Lenny Hayes Players' Player Award, as voted by his teammates. Marshall also collected 7 Brownlow Medal votes in 2019, as well as being acknowledged by Champion Data as the most improved player in the AFL based on statistics.

Personal life

Marshall was born in New Zealand to Kiwi parents but moved to Portland, Victoria at a young age. His father Don played rugby in the Taranaki region and Marshall's cousins, Rhys Marshall and Callum Gibbins, are both professional rugby union players.

Statistics

! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2017
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2018
! scope="row" style="text-align:center" | 2019
! colspan=3| Career
! 33
! 14
! 15
! 288
! 241
! 529
! 83
! 99
! 687
! 0.42
! 0.45
! 8.73
! 7.3
! 16.03
! 4.67
! 3.00
! 20.82