One of Tapscott's Prince Alfred friends was Jack Trengove, who later became his teammate at Melbourne.
[1] He excelled through the ranks as a tough, built, young forward/midfielder with an exceptional penetrating kick, on both the left and right foot.
At the time he was compared to 2009 AFL Rising Star winner Daniel Rich.
[1] After an impressive 2011 pre-season, Tapscott made his AFL debut in Round One that year.
[4] Playing in a draw against Sydney, Tapscott played a "tremendous" match, gathering 19 disposals and narrowly missing out on being the AFL Rising Star nominee for round one to Essendon's Dyson Heppell, who would eventually claim the award at the end of the season.