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Jordan Roughead

Western Bulldogs and Collingwood · “Rough”

AFL career

201 games35 goals

Debut
R5 2010 v ADE23 Apr 2010
Most recent
R5 2022 v BRL14 Apr 2022

Stats

AFL

2022
COL
1
4.0
2.0
6.0
3.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
25
24
2021
COL
21
9.0
4.1
13.2
6.5
0.6
0.7
1.7
0.0
0.0
61
72
2020
COL
17
5.3
3.9
9.2
3.8
0.6
0.2
1.1
0.0
0.0
39
58
2019
COL
24
7.0
4.8
11.8
5.2
0.5
0.3
1.8
0.0
0.0
54
63
2018
WBD
12
6.5
5.3
11.8
4.2
1.0
1.2
2.9
0.5
0.5
67
70
2017
WBD
13
5.9
5.8
11.7
2.3
1.3
1.5
3.6
0.3
0.2
69
71
2016
WBD
25
5.9
5.0
11.0
3.4
0.8
1.0
3.5
0.3
0.4
68
70
2015
WBD
16
5.1
4.9
10.0
4.1
0.6
1.3
3.4
0.3
0.1
60
64
2014
WBD
15
6.1
5.3
11.4
4.4
0.3
1.5
2.1
0.0
0.1
47
61
2013
WBD
22
5.3
5.3
10.6
4.8
0.7
0.9
3.0
0.1
0.0
52
67
2012
WBD
18
5.6
5.4
10.9
4.2
0.8
0.8
2.7
0.2
0.4
57
66
2011
WBD
9
4.8
6.4
11.2
3.1
0.7
1.1
3.1
0.3
0.6
57
60
2010
WBD
8
4.6
6.6
11.3
4.0
1.5
0.8
2.4
0.4
0.9
60
52

VFL

2022
COL
1
5.0
1.0
6.0
6.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
0.0
35
2018
FTS
5
8.8
7.4
16.2
4.8
2.0
1.2
3.2
0.6
0.6
99
2017
FTS
2
6.5
6.5
13.0
2.0
1.5
1.5
4.0
0.5
0.0
85
2011
WIL
7
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-
-
-
-
-
-
0.6
-
-
League
Season
BRL
Gabba
R5
4
2
6
3
0
0
0
0
0.0
25
24
0
0

Profile

Born
03 Nov 1990 (age 35y 352d)
Height
200 cm
Weight
101 kg

Teams

Honours

  • Premiership2016

Family

Drafted by the Western Bulldogs with pick 31 in the 2008 National Draft, Jordan Roughead arrived at Whitten Oval as a raw athletic tall, notable as the cousin of Hawthorn star Jarryd Roughead. While he spent his early years oscillating between the ruck and the forward line, he established himself as a versatile key position player who could fill structural gaps wherever required. This selflessness defined his tenure at the Bulldogs, most famously when he shouldered the primary ruck duties during the club's historic 2016 finals series, helping deliver a premiership drought-breaking flag. Despite serving as vice-captain, he fell out of favour following the 2018 season and requested a trade to Collingwood, crossing to the Magpies in exchange for a late pick to secure a more defined role.

At Collingwood, Roughead enjoyed a career renaissance as a permanent full-back, instantly solving a defensive deficiency for his new side. His disciplined spoiling and ability to negate the competition's strongest key forwards made him an automatic selection, and he barely missed a match across his first three seasons in black and white. While he notched his 200th senior game early in 2022, persistent finger and shoulder injuries hampered his final campaign, leading him to announce his retirement mid-season. He left the game as a respected two-club servant who successfully transformed from a premiership ruckman into one of the league's most reliable lockdown defenders.