James Rowbottom (born 19 September 2000) is a professional

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who plays for the

Sydney Swans The Sydney Swans are a professional Australian rules football club based in Sydney, New South Wales. The men's team competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), and the women's team in the AFL Women's (AFLW). The Swans also field a reser ...

in the

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(AFL). He was recruited by the

with the 25th draft pick in the

2018 AFL Draft The 2018 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) traded and recruited players following the completion of the 2018 AFL season. For the first time, the AFL draft featured live trading ...

Early life

Rowbottom participated in the

Auskick Auskick is a program designed to teach the basic skills of Australian rules football (AFL) to boys and girls aged between 5 and 12. Auskick is a non-contact variant of the sport. It began in Australia and is now a nationwide non-selective pro ...

program at Glenferrie in

Hawthorn, Victoria Hawthorn is an inner suburb of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, east of Melbourne's central business district, located within the City of Boroondara local government area. Hawthorn recorded a population of 22,322 at the 2021 census. Glenferrie ...

. he played his junior football

St Kevin's College, Melbourne , motto_translation = All for God , religious_affiliation = Catholicism , denomination = Congregation of Christian Brothers , oversight = Archdiocese of Melbourne , trust = Edmund Rice ...

and the

Oakleigh Chargers The Oakleigh Chargers is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh, Victoria, representing the southeastern suburban ar ...

in the

TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victo ...

. He was recruited by the Sydney Swans in

2018 AFL draft The 2018 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) traded and recruited players following the completion of the 2018 AFL season. For the first time, the AFL draft featured live trading ...

at Pick No. 25.

Statistics

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Personal life

He is the nephew of Channel 7 AFL commentator Brian Taylor and the brother of

Charlie Rowbottom Charlie Rowbottom (born 22 January 2003) is an Australian rules footballer playing for Gold Coast in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Early life Rowbottom grew up in Melbourne and first played Australian rules football in year eight at Loreto Mandevi ...

, who was drafted by with the number one draft pick in the

2021 AFL Women's draft The 2021 AFL Women's draft consists of the various periods when the 14 clubs in the AFL Women's competition can recruit players prior to the competition's 2022 season. Special assistance In May 2021, just before the draft period began, the AF ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rowbottom, James 2000 births Living people Sydney Swans players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) People educated at St Kevin's College, Melbourne Oakleigh Chargers players