17 Facts About Rowan Marshall

Rowan Marshall was born on 24 November 1995 and is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Rowan Marshall was drafted by St Kilda with their first selection and tenth overall in the 2017 rookie draft.

Rowan Marshall was born in 1995 to mother Jan and father Don, the eldest of three brothers.

Rowan Marshall participated in the Auskick program at Ballarat, Victoria As a junior, Rowan Marshall was attracted to the sport instead of his father's and cousins' preference of Rugby Union.

However, Rowan Marshall was not selected in the 2014 AFL Draft.

Rowan Marshall continued playing in Ballarat with the North Ballarat Roosters and Ballarat league side Sebastopol, and studied at Federation University.

Rowan Marshall finally met with St Kilda in 2016, who had been scouting him.

Rowan Marshall was ultimately drafted in the Rookie Draft on 28 November 2016.

Rowan 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.

Rowan Marshall played 20 senior games in the 2019 season, averaging 29 hitouts and 18 disposals.

Rowan Marshall 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.

Rowan Marshall was partnered in the ruck with Paddy Ryder for the 2020 season, after playing predominantly as a sole ruckman the previous season.

Rowan 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.

Rowan Marshall returned in Round 6 and played four games before further injuring his plantar fascia and undergoing surgery.

Rowan Marshall returned the following week, after completing isolation, and played in the Saints' final four games of the season.

Rowan Marshall impressed with 22 disposals and two goals against Fremantle in Round 23.

Rowan Marshall was born in New Zealand to Kiwi parents but moved to a 40-hectare property in Portland, Victoria at a young age.