Date of birth: 6/7/90
Height: 191cm
Weight: 85kg
Club: Claremont (WA)
Bio: A possession-winning midfielder who can win the ball in a contested situation, Swift shows outstanding endurance. He is an AIS/AFL Academy graduate from Swanbourne JFC.
Jason McCartney says: Tommy will be a really interesting one come draft day because he was in our AIS/AFL Academy last year and Daniel Rich was in that side at the time. I believe there wasn't much difference between the two of them.
What happened with Tom was he did his knee in our first game in Perth on the way to South Africa and spent 12 months off in rehab. Coming back this year he had a setback with his opposite knee, not an ACL, but it saw him miss the under-18 championships.
He's a super intelligent kid and didn't miss a session in his rehab; he's very diligent in his preparation and has a high work ethic. So when he came to draft camp his speed was good and his beep test was good as well.
He didn't end up playing, not because of the knee, but he's 192cm now and he's had some growing pains with that. He's virtually missed nearly two years of footy, but I think he might surprise a few people with how high he gets taken.Tom sets really high standards for himself and he just wants to achieve.
Stats:
| WA Trial A | ||||||||
| Team | Mt | K | HB | D | M | HO | T | G |
| WA Trial A | 4 | 9.8 | 7.0 | 16.8 | 3.3 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.7 |
Draft Camp highlights: =3rd standing vertical jump 72cm
5th 20m sprint 2.89sec
=9th shuttle run/beep test 14.1
