 Rowe playing withCollingwood in February2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Sarah Linda Rowe[1] | ||
| Date of birth | (1995-07-25)25 July 1995 (age 29)[2][3] | ||
| Place of birth | Ballina, County Mayo, Ireland[4] | ||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[3] | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Team information | |||
Current team | Central Coast Mariners | ||
| Number | 13 | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 200x–2013 | St. Mary's Secondary School | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2012–2014 | Castlebar Celtic | ||
| 2014 | Ballina Town | ||
| 2014–2015 | Raheny United | ||
| 2015–2016 | Shelbourne | ||
| 2021 | Shelbourne | ||
| 2023 | Melbourne Victory | 3 | (0) |
| 2023 | Bohemians | 13 | (5) |
| 2024– | Central Coast Mariners | 7 | (0) |
| International career | |||
| 2012 | Republic of Ireland U17 | ||
| 2012–2014 | Republic of Ireland U19 | ||
| 2015 | Republic of Ireland | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals, correct as of 8 January 2025 | |||
Sarah Linda Rowe (born 25 July 1995) is a triple code sportswoman. She currently plays association football forCentral Coast Mariners andwomen's Australian rules football forCollingwood in theAFLW.
She is a formerRepublic 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 playedladies' Gaelic football forMayo and Australian rules football for Collingwood in the AFLW. At club level, Rowe has played association football forCastlebar Celtic,Raheny United,Shelbourne,Bohemians in theWomen's National League and forMelbourne Victory in theA-League Women. Rowe was a member of theRepublic of Ireland U19 team that won their group at the2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship 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/FAI Women's Cup double. In 2023, she returned to association football playing for Melbourne Victory and then for Bohemians.[5] She signed for Central Coast Mariners in 2024.
Rowe is fromBallina, County Mayo. 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 theMayo squad that won the1951 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship Final. Her father is involved withBallina R.F.C., serving as club chairman and club president. He also works for the family business, Rowear, a clothing company specialising inpyjamas.[4][6][7][8][9] Rowe was educated at The Quay National School[10] and St. Mary's Secondary School.[11][12] She began playingassociation football aged seven andGaelic football aged eight. She credits Hugh Lynn, her school principal at The Quay National School, for encouraging her to develop her sporting potential.[6][10] Between 2013 and 2018 Rowe attendedDublin City University on a sports scholarship and trained to be aPE and Biology teacher.[7][10][13][14]
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 defeatedMoville Community College 2–1.[15][16][17]
Rowe played forCastlebar Celtic during the2012–13 and2013–14 Women's National League seasons. She was a member of the Celtic team that played in three cup finals, the 2013 and 2014WNL Cup finals and the 2013FAI Women's Cup final. On each occasion Celtic finished as runners up.[18][19][20][21][22] While playing for Celtic, Rowe was also named in the 2012–13 WNL Team of the Year.[23][24]
In 2014 Rowe was a member of theBallina Town team that won theWFAI Intermediate Cup. Rowe provided an assist and scored Ballina's third goal as they defeated Douglas Hall 3–1 in the final atTurners Cross.[12][25][26][27]
Rowe played forRaheny United during the2014–15 Women's National League season and helped the team win the 2015WNL Cup.[19][28]
Rowe played forShelbourne Ladies during the2015–16 and2016 Women's National League seasons. She played in the 2015FAI Women's Cup final but again finished as a runner up. In 2016 she was a member of the Shelbourne Ladies team that won aWomen's National League/FAI Women's Cup double.[29][30][31][32]
In January 2023, Rowe signed withA-League Women clubMelbourne Victory, initially on a three-week injury replacement contract for in place ofMelina Ayres.[33]
In February 2023, Rowe returned to her homeland and signed forBohemians, in the hope of impressing and being selected byVera Pauw for the national team.[34]
In December 2024, Rowe returned to theA-League Women, signing withCentral Coast Mariners until the end of the season.[35] HerAFLW club,Collingwood, confirmed that she's still contracted to them too and will return in May 2025 for pre-season training.[36]
Rowe represented theRepublic of Ireland at under-15,[11]under-17 andunder-19 levels.[2] Together withMegan Connolly,Savannah McCarthy,Clare Shine andKatie McCabe, Rowe was a member of theRepublic of Ireland U19 team that won their group at the2014 UEFA Women's Under-19 Championship and qualified for the semi-finals. In thequalification campaign she scored the goal againstTurkey that secured their place in the finals.[12][37][38][39][40] On 4 March 2015, Rowe made her senior debut for the Republic of Ireland at the2015 Istria Cup. She came on as a substitute againstHungary and subsequently provided an assist forRuesha Littlejohn who scored to earn the Republic of Ireland a 1–1 draw.[41] Rowe was also a member of the Ireland squad at the2015 Summer Universiade.[42][43]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Sport | Ladies' Gaelic football | ||
| Position | Left Half Forward | ||
| Club(s) | |||
| Years | Club | ||
2013–2018 | Kilmoremoy DCU | ||
| Inter-county(ies) | |||
| Years | County | ||
2012–2018 | Mayo | ||
At club level, Rowe has played for Kilmoremoy andDCU GAA.[6][14][32][44] She has played in twoO'Connor Cup finals for DCU, both against theUniversity of Limerick. In 2015 she finished as a runners up. In 2018 she scored 1–3 as DCU won by 2–12 to 0–17.[45][46][47][48]
Rowe played forMayo at under-12, under-14, under-16, under-18 and under-21 levels before making her senior debut in 2012, aged 16, againstGalway.[6][10][44] Rowe has played for Mayo in threeLadies' National Football League finals, losing in 2013 and2016 toCork and in2018 toDublin.[49][50][51][52] She also played for Mayo in the2017 All-Ireland Senior Ladies' Football Championship final, losing again to Dublin.[13][53][54][55]
| Sarah Rowe | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Personal information | |||
| Draft | Rookie signing,2018 | ||
| Debut | 2 February2019,Collingwood vs.Geelong, atGMHBA Stadium | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2019– | Collingwood | 64 (13) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season. | |||
| Source:AustralianFootball.com | |||
In August2018 it was announced that Rowe had signed a five-month, one season contract withCollingwood in theAFLW.[56][57][58][59] On 2 February 2019 Rowe made her AFLW debut for Collingwood in a 24–23 defeat againstGeelong atGMHBA Stadium in round 1 of the2019 season.[60][61][62][63] At the end of the season, Rowe was named Collingwood's Best First Year Player.[64][65][66][67] She signed a contract to play for Collingwood in2020, though declined a two-season contract so to ensure she could remain available to play forMayo.[67][68][69] Rowe improved her output in most statistical areas and was part of the Magpies team that was narrowly eliminated byNorth Melbourne in thefinals series, shortly before the rest of the season was cancelled outright due to theCOVID-19 pandemic. She re-signed with Collingwood again for the2021 season.[70]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2019 | Collingwood | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 52 | 21 | 73 | 21 | 20 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 7.4 | 3.0 | 10.4 | 3.0 | 2.9 | 3 |
| 2020 | Collingwood | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 72 | 31 | 103 | 27 | 17 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 10.3 | 4.4 | 14.7 | 3.9 | 2.4 | 0 |
| 2021 | Collingwood | 7 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 57 | 37 | 94 | 14 | 6 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 8.1 | 5.3 | 13.4 | 2.0 | 0.9 | 0 |
| 2022 (S6) | Collingwood | 7 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 135 | 50 | 185 | 30 | 23 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 12.3 | 4.5 | 16.8 | 2.7 | 2.1 | 3 |
| 2022 (S7) | Collingwood | 7 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 82 | 27 | 109 | 18 | 20 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 7.5 | 2.5 | 9.9 | 1.6 | 1.8 | 0 |
| 2023 | Collingwood | 7 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 152 | 27 | 179 | 28 | 43 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 15.2 | 2.7 | 17.9 | 2.8 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2023 | Collingwood | 7 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 155 | 52 | 207 | 27 | 47 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 14.1 | 4.7 | 18.8 | 2.5 | 4.3 | 0 |
| Career | 64 | 13 | 17 | 705 | 245 | 950 | 165 | 176 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 11.0 | 3.8 | 14.8 | 2.6 | 2.8 | 6 | ||
From 2018 until 2019, Rowe was in a relationship withSeán O'Brien, the retiredIreland rugby union international. This relationship ended because of long distance.[7][71] She has previously been in a relationship withAidan O'Shea, who is also aMayo Gaelic footballer.[12][14][37][38]
