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Batley accomplished one of their best league positions in years, finishing 3rd in the championship table and went on to compete in the middle 8’s. Harrison featured against both Huddersfield Giants and Salford in the middle 8 format.

In total, Harrison made 28 appearances in 2019 scoring 7 tries.

Harrison spent two seasons under head coach Diskin and featured heavily in that period mostly as a back row forward. During the two seasons Harrison made 48 appearances and scored 15 tries. At the 2018 end of season players awards night, Harrison was awarded the coaches player of the year award.

In September 2018 it was announced that Harrison had a signed a one year deal at Featherstone Rovers. Following in his father’s footsteps who also played for the club, Harrison stated “I’m looking forward to the challenge of stepping up to a big club like Featherstone, who play in front of big crowds.”

Harrison came through the youth academy at Bradford Bulls before signing for the Batley Bulldogs in 2016. During his first season at Batley he had a short spell on loan at Oxford.

In October 2016 it was announced Matt Diskin was to take over at Batley Bulldogs from 2017 after John Kear announced he would be joining Wakefield Trinity as director of rugby in 2017.

In November of 2015, at the age of 19 Harrison signed for championship side Batley Bulldogs. Batley’s head coach was the experienced John Kear who gave James his debut in March of 2016, coming off the bench away at Dewsbury Rams to claim victory in the Heavy Woollen Derby.

James Harrison (born 15 June 1996) is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays as a second row or prop for Featherstone Rovers in the Betfred Championship.

Featherstone went on to finish 5th in Championship table following the conclusion of 27 fixtures winning 17 games. Featherstone qualified for the playoffs to compete for a place in Super League. In the first playoff game, Harrison scored a try in the 34-18 victory over Leigh Centurions. Harrison scored tries in each of the following playoff victories away at York City Knights (30-4) and away at Toulouse Olympique (36-12) meaning qualification to the million pound game against Toronto Wolfpack in Canada. Harrison started in the final, Featherstone lost 24-6 to a strong Toronto side in a close game after leading at half time. The game was played in front of a record crowd of 9,974 and peaked at 246,000 viewers on live TV.