Draft Profile James Rowbottom

[Lore]

After an impressive season at TAC Cup level with the Oakleigh Chargers, Rowbottom is ready to fulfil his lifelong ambition and earn an opportunity on an AFL list this November.

One of the draft crop's big bolters, the hard-working midfielder steadily improved his inside craft throughout the year to average 21.9 disposals and 6.5 tackles per game.

He was rewarded with four appearances for Vic Metro at the national under-18s championships, doing his draft prospects no harm with his reliable performances.

http://www.afl.com.au/news/2018-10-22/the-reason-bt-makes-draft-hopeful-nervous

Kid is a lifelong Collingwood supporter and the nephew of BT. According to the article, plays inside mid has started to rotate deep forward, struggles on flanks though as he hasn't learnt the craft for it yet.

 

[The Swans Blog]

Who is this kid most like? He sort of reminds me of James Harmes the way he moves, breaks tackles and holds off opponents, but looks like a really good user of the ball.