Season in short:
After playing all 22 matches in 2013, in which he established his place in the Bulldogs line-up as a key defender, Jordan Roughead was looking to build on that consistency in 2014.
Roughead dislocated his AC joint in the round three win over Richmond, and although playing out the game, required surgery and missed the following five rounds.
PLAYER PROFILE: View Jordan Roughead's player profile and 2014 season statistics.
Returning from injury in round 10, Roughead only missed two games for the remainder of the season and was able to provide much needed support in defense.
The 200-centimetre defender averaged over 11 disposals in 2014 and highlighted his skill with both hand and foot, finishing with a disposal efficiency of 82.5% for the year.
The stat that mattered:
Roughead was ranked ninth in the league for one percenters per game.
What they said:
“I think we (defenders) did our job pretty well – let them off the chain a couple of times and they got a couple of easy goals.
“But defensively we’ve been pretty solid as a group for the last six weeks and we are doing a lot of things right.
“I think it was another step in the right direction tonight and now we look to back it up again against the Dons next week.” – Jordan Roughead following the Bulldogs round 17 win against Gold Coast.
