Rowell shuns big offers to re-sign with Suns
Highly prized Gold Coast Suns midfielder Matt Rowell has turned down big offers from Victorian clubs and re-signed with the Suns for two years.
The former number No.1 draft pick told the Suns on Friday he had decided to remain on the Gold Coast and would commit to a new two-year deal the details of which are still being finalised.
So impressed was Rowell with the approaches by the Western Bulldogs and Collingwood that he personally rang coaches Craig McRae and Luke Beveridge to tell them of his decision to stay on the Coast.
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