Season in short

After playing the majority of his football in key posts down back, Jordan Roughead assumed the mantle of the Club’s number one ruckman in 2016, forming a formidable tandem with Tom Boyd.

Roughead played 25 games this year, his highest total in a season yet, and recorded career highs in disposals, contested possessions, contested marks, goals, goal assists, inside 50s and tackles.  

An eye injury suffered against GWS in the preliminary final was the talk of Grand Final week but not only did he play, the 25-year-old was a key figure in the Dogs’ premiership triumph.

Played his 100^th game in round 12 against Port Adelaide.

The stat that mattered

According to Champion Data, Roughead spent 32.1% of his time in the ruck in 2015.  That figure rose to 69.4 in 2016.

What they said

“I loved playing footy this year, and that’s been a bit different to the last couple of years. 

“I’ve been dealing with injury and I just haven’t had any consistency in my footy and it was great to get out there and play 25 games in a season.  It’s not often you get to do that, so to get out there on the park with the boys every week.

“I just felt like I grew my influence in games over the course of the year.  Hopefully I can go away in the offseason and get a bit fitter and a bit stronger and hopefully do that from the get-go and have more impact again.”

Gram of the year

100 game milestone and winning banner to boot.

It's been a bloody big privilege to pull on the red, white and blue 100 times. A great win to remember it by. Thanks for all the support these past few days, much appreciated. Unsure about the accuracy of the banner though...

A photo posted by Jordan (@jtroughead) on Jun 11, 2016 at 1:41am PDT