Season highlights, their statistics and quotes from the player from the course of the year will be included.
Season statistics
Games: 18
Disposals: 395
Contested disposals: 206
Disposals efficiency: 70.4%
Clearances: 125
Tackles: 107
More statistics in the player profile
Season highlight
Round 22 v Adelaide
- 24 disposals, 11 clearances
With the game in the balance and less than three minutes to go, there was a series of stoppages in Adelaide’s forward half. The North Melbourne captain managed to get first hands on almost all of them, clearing the danger and willing his side over the line in a thrilling finish.
Season in review
Returning from a torn Achilles suffered late in 2013, not many people would have predicted how smoothly Andrew Swallow fit back in to the North line-up.
After two scratchy outings to begin with, the captain picked up 21 disposals and 9 tackles against West Coast in Round 11 to get the ball rolling.
Swallow averaged almost seven clearances a game in his 18 appearances, a number good for third in the entire AFL. It was behind only Gary Ablett and Tom Liberatore.
To close the regular season, the captain had a three week stretch of 10, 11 and 10 clearances against Western Bulldogs, Adelaide and Melbourne respectively, showing just how valuable he is at the bottom of packs.
Swallow passed the 150 game milestone during 2014, and will prepare for his fourth season as captain in 2015.
In the news
September 6 – Swallow’s predictions spot on – The Australian
“That day on the Adelaide hill, when 18 captains or their proxies — all equals before a game was played — took a group selfie beneath the old scoreboard, Swallow predicted the younger Roo midfielders would take more responsibility this year.”
September 15 – North set on upset – NMFC.com.au
"We believe that our best footy has always been able to beat all the good sides, and we've shown that.”
