Rowan James Brassey MNZM (born 18 January 1956) is a former New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowls player.

[1] An earth-moving contractor by trade, Brassey's first national success was the 1980 New Zealand Open Pairs.

[3] Brassey has competed at five World Bowls Championships, 1984, 1988, 1992, 1996 & 2000; winning gold in 1988 (pairs, with Peter Belliss), and in 2000 he won the gold medal with Andrew Curtain and Peter Belliss in the men's triples at the 2000 World Outdoor Bowls Championship in Johannesburg.

[7] In the 2001 New Year Honours, he was appointed a Member of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to bowls.

[9] In 2013, Brassey was an inaugural inductee into the Bowls New Zealand Hall of Fame.