2013 Home and Away Season (2012 in brackets)
Disposals per game: 26.5 – 1st – (24.5 – 1st)
Contested possessions per game: 12.7 – 22nd – (10.7 – 3rd)
Uncontested possessions per game: 13.5 – 3rd – (13.5 – 1st)
Disposal efficiency: 67.3% - 22nd – (63% - 28th)
Marks per game: 4 – 16th – (4.1- 14th)
Tackles per game: 5.9 – 2nd – (5 – 3rd)
2013 Brownlow Medal votes: 14
*rankings are at Freo and players must have played at least four games to qualify.
Highlight – It was such a consistent performance from Barlow this season that it’s hard to single out a particular highlight. Winning two Ross Glendinning Medals in the one season was a solid accomplishment.
Summary – A star in round one and right throughout the season. Barlow was back to his best, reaffirming his status as one of the elite ball-winners in the competition.
Finals
Qualifying Final – 32 disposals, 6 marks, 3 goals
Preliminary Final – 24 disposals, 6 marks, 8 tackles, 1 goal
Grand Final – 23 disposals, 8 tackles
Summary – Barlow was best-on-ground in the club’s rousing Qualifying Final win over Geelong at Simonds Stadium. He had 32 disposals and kicked three goals in arguably one of the best performances of his career. While he didn’t win as much of the ball in the Preliminary and Grand finals, he still laid 16 tackles over the two games.
Outlook: Barlow is cemented in Freo’s midfield and he’s around the age footballers hit their peak. With two full seasons behind him since his 2010 leg injury, expect a fit and fired up 2014 season from the ‘ball-magnet’.
