Levi Ashcroft spent the first year or so of his career at the Brisbane Lions as third wingman or coming off a half forward flank, as often happens to highly-rated juniors whose bodies are not yet up to the rough and bustle of a year of playing on the inside, despite their talents clearly trending that way over time. He has recently started to get more centre bounce attendances, partly due to injury to some key teammates but also because he is more capable of handling it. He is years away from hitting the heights of brother Will, but he could be just as good.
Levi Ashcroft spent the first year or so of his career at the Brisbane Lions as third wingman or coming off a half forward flank, as often happens to highly-rated juniors whose bodies are not yet up to the rough and bustle of a year of playing on the inside, despite their talents clearly trending that way over time. He has recently started to get more centre bounce attendances, partly due to injury to some key teammates but also because he is more capable of handling it. He is years away from hitting the heights of brother Will, but he could be just as good.
Levi Ashcroft is one of the stronger contenders for the Rising Star award, always a hot topic of conversation among footy fans at this time of year. He is not on the top line, as Daniel Curtin and Murphy Reid arguably have stronger claims based on their body of work., The award is supposed to go to the player who has the highest ceiling of potential, and the younger Ashcroft certainly has a lot of scope left to improve, even if he only becomes as good as his brother. The wraps on him as a junior is that he was better than Will, though we haven't seen that quite yet.
