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Ed Barlow

Sydney, Richmond and Western Bulldogs

AFL career

34 games22 goals

Debut
R20 2007 v BRL18 Aug 2007
Most recent
R24 2011 v FRE3 Sept 2011

Stats

AFL

2011
WBD
8
9.3
7.9
17.1
4.1
0.1
0.3
2.3
0.5
0.5
68
73
2010
SYD
1
5.0
6.0
11.0
2.0
1.0
2.0
3.0
1.0
0.0
46
35
2009
SYD
14
10.4
5.4
15.8
4.0
0.3
0.9
1.9
0.7
0.9
65
64
2008
SYD
7
7.7
4.1
11.9
2.7
0.3
0.4
0.9
0.9
0.3
48
55
2007
SYD
4
7.5
5.0
12.5
4.3
0.0
2.0
4.0
0.3
0.3
57
50

VFL

2015
RCH
13
10.8
7.8
18.6
5.0
0.1
0.8
1.6
0.2
0.1
68
2014
RCH
11
11.5
5.0
16.5
3.5
0.5
1.0
1.9
0.2
0.0
61
2011
WIL
8
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1.0
-
-
League
Season
FRE
ES
R24
9
8
17
2
0
0
0
3
0.0
61
89
HAW
MCG
R23
3
9
12
1
0
0
0
1
0.0
34
44
PAD
AAMI
R22
14
9
23
3
1
0
0
2
0.0
78
87
WCE
ES
R19
8
8
16
3
0
0
0
1
1.0
59
58
MEL
ES
R15
7
5
12
4
0
0
1
3
0.1
57
49
GCS
MS
R14
15
7
22
9
0
0
0
3
2.0
110
122
ADE
ES
R13
11
6
17
7
0
0
0
4
1.3
91
91
STK
ES
R12
7
11
18
4
0
2
0
1
0.0
53
42

Profile

Born
27 Jan 1987 (age 39y 267d)
Height
195 cm
Weight
94 kg

Teams

Hailing from Tathra on the New South Wales south coast, Ed "Cheese" Barlow was a prototypically athletic modern utility who arrived at Sydney via the 2006 Rookie Draft after boarding at Scotch College. Standing 195cm with elite endurance—he famously held the Swans' 3km time trial record—Barlow possessed the physical attributes of a key position player but often operated as a tall wingman or running half-forward. Despite a promising debut in 2007 where he gathered 18 disposals, he often struggled to translate his training track dominance into consistent senior output, finding himself on the fringe of the starting 22 for much of his tenure in the Harbour City. After being delisted by Sydney following the 2010 season, Barlow was handed a lifeline by the Western Bulldogs as a rookie selection. He managed eight games in 2011, filling a gap as a forward-utility, before concluding his AFL career to pursue local football and eventually a career in sports psychology.