After featuring in just five of the opening 12 matches of the season, Rohan played his fifth consecutive game in the Swans’ 26-point win over Port Adelaide on Saturday night, and now looks well-placed to push for a role in the club’s finals campaign.
The 23-year-old, who picked up 13 possessions, two inside-50s and two one per-centers in Saturday night’s win, told SwansTV he was doing his best to absorb as much guidance as he could from the Swans’ experienced back six.
“The defence really help me out with them talking to me, so it’s going well,” Rohan said after the Swans’ win over the Power.
“They are just getting me in the right positions and just on the right match-ups.
“With Rampes (Dane Rampe) and his great voice, he helps me with where to go.”
With just three regular season matches remaining, Rohan said his form in recent weeks has filled him with confidence, which he felt he lacked earlier this year.
The young Swan, who missed over a year of football recovering from a fractured tibia, said he was starting to feel more comfortable playing senior football and had his sights set on playing finals footy this September.
“It’s really good (to be playing senior football),” he said.
“It gets my confidence up and it’s just better around the club playing seniors, so hopefully I can stay in there and hopefully play some finals footy.
“We’ve got to take it week by week before we go into finals, so in every game we want to do our best and I’ve always got plenty of stuff to learn.”
While Rohan is working hard to establish himself as a defender, the pacey Swan is also still having an impact up forward, which was demonstrated when the game was on the line on Saturday night.
In the last quarter, Rohan streamed down into the forward 50 and slotted an important goal from 40 metres out on a tight angle.
“I’ve just got to use my pace to out-run them and push down forward,” Rohan said.
“I back myself pretty well in having a set shot, as well as on the run.
“(The kick) came of my shin, but it went through, so it was all good!”
Rohan’s goal helped silence the 50,000-plus Port Adelaide crowd that packed out Adelaide Oval, who played a big role in the Power gaining momentum throughout the match.
Rohan said blocking out the big home crowd was critical to the Swans’ win on Saturday night.
“It was a really tough game,” he said.
“The Port crowd over here is really big.
“As soon as they got a bit of a run on, the crowd started and they sort of lifted, so we tried to cut out the crowd, which was good.”
