Jordan Roughead’s season was interrupted from the outset when he pulled a hamstring in the opening JLT Series match against Melbourne at VU Whitten Oval in February.

The 26-year-old missed Rounds 1-7 with the injury returning to the VFL in Round 8. Roughead was recalled to the senior team in Round 10 as a late inclusion for Clay Smith and went on to play for the remainder of the season.

One of his better games came in Round 13 against Melbourne (19 disposals, 24 hit outs, a career high 9 tackles and a goal) and Essendon in Round 19 (19 disposals, 22 hit outs and a goal).

Stat that mattered:

Collected a career-high 31 hitouts against Port Adelaide in Round 22.

What they said:

“My season probably mirrored the team a bit in terms of form. I played some decent footy at times and it was disappointing at times as well.

‘I’m looking forward to getting into pre-season now. Last year I had a slip up and missed a big chunk of footy. I’m looking forward to getting some miles in the legs over summer.

“I’d like to work on a bit of everything as soon as you rate yourself at a skill you tend to drop away from it. I’ll focus on some foot skills over pre-season, getting back to taking pack marks would be good. I didn’t take as many of those as I would’ve liked this year. Getting in front of the big sticks and putting a couple through would be nice as well.”