Sarah Rowe (born 25 July 1995) is a triple code sportswoman. She is a former Republic of Ireland women's association football international. In addition to association football, Rowe has also played two other football codes at a senior level. She has played

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for and

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for Collingwood in the

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. At club level, Rowe has played association football for Castlebar Celtic, Raheny United, Shelbourne,

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in the Women's National League and for

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in the

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. Rowe was a member of the Republic of Ireland U19 team that won their group at the

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and qualified for the semi-finals. In 2016, she was also a member of the Shelbourne Ladies team that won a Women's National League/

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double. In 2023, she returned to association football briefly playing for Melbourne Victory and then for Bohemians.

Early years, family and education

Rowe is from

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. She is the daughter of Alan and Grainne Rowe. She has two older sisters, Lorna and Fiona. Her grandfather, Paddy Jordan, was a member of the

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squad that won the

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. Her father is involved with Ballina R.F.C., serving as club chairman and club president. He also works for the family business, Rowear, a clothing company specialising in

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. Rowe was educated at The Quay National School and St. Mary's Secondary School. She began playing

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aged seven and

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aged eight. She credits Hugh Lynn, her school principal at The Quay National School, for encouraging her to develop her sporting potential. Between 2013 and 2018 Rowe attended

Dublin City University Dublin City University (abbreviated as DCU) ( ga, Ollscoil Chathair Bhaile Átha Cliath) is a university based on the Northside of Dublin, Ireland. Created as the ''National Institute for Higher Education, Dublin'' in 1975, it enrolled its f ...

on a sports scholarship and trained to be a PE and Biology teacher.

Association football

Clubs

St. Mary's Secondary School

In 2010 Rowe was a member of the St. Mary's Secondary School team that won the FAI Under-16 Schoolsgirls Cup. Rowe scored twice in the semi-final as St. Mary's defeated St. Caimin's Community School, Shannon 2–0. In the final Rowe scored the winner as St. Mary's defeated

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2–1.

Castlebar Celtic

Rowe played for Castlebar Celtic during the 2012–13 and 2013–14 Women's National League seasons. She was a member of the Celtic team that played in three cup finals, the 2013 and 2014

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finals and the 2013

final. On each occasion Celtic finished as runners up. While playing for Celtic, Rowe was also named in the 2012–13 WNL Team of the Year.

Ballina Town

In 2014 Rowe was a member of the Ballina Town team that won the

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. Rowe provided an assist and scored Ballina's third goal as they defeated Douglas Hall 3–1 in the final at Turners Cross.

Raheny United

Rowe played for Raheny United during the 2014–15 Women's National League season and helped the team win the 2015

Shelbourne Ladies

Rowe played for Shelbourne Ladies during the 2015–16 and 2016 Women's National League seasons. She played in the 2015

final but again finished as a runner up. In 2016 she was a member of the Shelbourne Ladies team that won a Women's National League/FAI Women's Cup double.

Melbourne Victory

In January 2023, Rowe signed with

club

, initially on a three-week injury replacement contract for in place of Melina Ayres.

Bohemians

In February 2023, Rowe returned to her homeland and signed for

, in the hope of impressing and being selected by

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for the national team.

Republic of Ireland

Rowe represented the

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at under-15, under-17 and under-19 levels. Together with Megan Connolly, Savannah McCarthy,

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and

Katie McCabe Katie Alison McCabe (born 21 September 1995) is an Irish footballer who plays for FA WSL club Arsenal and serves as captain of the Republic of Ireland national team. As a teenager, she won the Irish Women's National League title twice and t ...

, Rowe was a member of the Republic of Ireland U19 team that won their group at the

and qualified for the semi-finals. In the qualification campaign she scored the goal against

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that secured their place in the finals. On 4 March 2015, Rowe made her senior debut for the Republic of Ireland at the 2015 Istria Cup. She came on as a substitute against

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and subsequently provided an assist for

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who scored to earn the Republic of Ireland a 1–1 draw. Rowe was also a member of the Ireland squad at the

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Gaelic football

Clubs

At club level, Rowe has played for Kilmoremoy and

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. She has played in two O'Connor Cup finals for DCU, both against the

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. In 2015 she finished as a runners up. In 2018 she scored 1–3 as DCU won by 2–12 to 0–17.

Inter-county

Rowe played for at under-12, under-14, under-16, under-18 and under-21 levels before making her senior debut in 2012, aged 16, against . Rowe has played for Mayo in three

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finals, losing in 2013 and

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to and in

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to . She also played for Mayo in the

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, losing again to Dublin.

Australian rules football

In August

it was announced that Rowe had signed a five-month, one season contract with Collingwood in the

. On 2 February 2019 Rowe made her AFLW debut for Collingwood in a 24–23 defeat against at

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in round 1 of the 2019 season. At the end of the season, Rowe was named Collingwood's Best First Year Player. She signed a contract to play for Collingwood in

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, though declined a two-season contract so to ensure she could remain available to play for

. Rowe improved her output in most statistical areas and was part of the Magpies team that was narrowly eliminated by

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in the

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, shortly before the rest of the season was cancelled outright due to the

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. She re-signed with Collingwood again for the 2021 season. ;AFLW stats :''Statistics are correct at the end of the S7 (2022) season''. , - ! scope="row" style="text-align:center" ,

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Personal life

From 2018 until 2019, Rowe was in a relationship with Seán O'Brien, the retired Ireland rugby union international. This relationship ended because of long distance. She has previously been in a relationship with Aidan O'Shea, who is also a

Gaelic footballer.

Honours

Association football

; Shelbourne Ladies *

**''Winners'': 2016: 1 **''Runners-up'': 2015: 1 * Women's National League **''Winners'':

**''Runners-up'': 2015–16 ; Raheny United *

**''Winners'':

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; Ballina Town *

**''Winners'': 2014 ; Castlebar Celtic *

** ''Runners-up'': 2013: 1 *

** ''Runners-up'':

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: 2

Gaelic football

;

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**''Runner up'':

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**''Runner up'': 2012,

: 3 ;

* O'Connor Cup **''Winners'': 2018: 1 **''Runner up'': 2015: 1

References

External links

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