Rowan slotted his 100th goal of the Hampden league season after his Warrnambool teammate Damien McCorkell spotted him in the Blues’ forward line on Saturday.

The Blues skipper brought up the feat — the third time he’d reached the milestone in a home-and-away campaign and fourth overall — with his 10th goal of the game, sparking jubilant celebrations at Reid Oval.

“It was the 18-minute mark of the fourth quarter, a mark and set shot,” Rowan said.

“Damien McCorkell has (set it up) twice to me now to bring up my 100.”

Rowan finished with 11 goals as minor premier Warrnambool cruised to a 17.15 (117) to 7.5 (47) win against Hamilton Kangaroos.

Warrnambool will now have a week off before its second semi-final battle.

Rowan said reaching triple figures was an accomplishment he was proud of but emphasised personal glories paled in comparison to team success.

“Nothing was said about it (before the game), we just went about our normal business and if it happened, it happened,” he said.

“I must admit once the game was under control, to the boys’ credit, they did look after me in the second half.” Rowan, 28, credited a strong fitness base for his consistency this year.

He worked with personal trainer Mick Lilley and boxing coach Courtney Thompson in the pre-season in a bid to get an extra edge.

“This has to be the best season in (terms of) how my body is feeling,” he said.

“She (Courtney) did a lot of one-on-one boxing sessions to help me have a real crack, knuckle down and lose a few kilos.”

Rowan, who was full of praise for the developing Kangaroos, thanked the Blues, their trainers, chiropractor Tim Free and his partner Bec Irving for their help throughout the season.

The Blues kicked nine unanswered goals in the second half to shake off the Kangaroos after the margin was just 10 points at half-time. 

“I rate them as a good side,” Rowan said. “They had a crack and dished it up to us to half-time and then I think a bit more experience prevailed.”

Hamilton Kangaroos finished their second Hampden league season in seventh spot with seven wins and 11 losses. Kangaroos coach Jarrod Holt said his side’s second half against the Blues was a disappointing way to finish an otherwise positive campaign.

“I thought we played some good footy at times and I thought the boys were up for it at half-time,” he said. “There were a few areas of the game we didn’t do well but we still managed to stay in the contest.

“We lacked a bit of intensity and run in the last half and Warrnambool is too good a side and won the contested footy time after time.”

Holt said work on the Kangaroos’ 2015 season would start straight away.

The former Portland forward said the Kangaroos wanted to retain the bulk of their promising list and top it up with some handy recruits.

“We showed our best is really good and our worst is not up to scratch,” he said of this season. “We have to bridge the gap between our best and worst.

“The second half of the year I thought we got better and better but we still had a few down times in between.”

Holt said he “loved” his first season at Melville Oval and was thrilled with the support he’d received.