Izak Rankine | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Izak Rankine | ||
Nickname(s) | |||
Date of birth | 23 April 2000 | ||
Original team(s) | West Adelaide (SANFL)/Edwardstown/Flinders Park | ||
Draft | No. 3, 2018 AFL draft, Gold Coast | ||
Height | 179 cm (5 ft 10 in) | ||
Weight | 81 kg (179 lb) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Club information | |||
Current club | Adelaide | ||
Number | 23 | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2019–2022 | Gold Coast | 48 (57) | |
2023– | Adelaide | 24 (41) | |
Total | 72 (98) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 4, 2024. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
Izak Rankine (born 23 April 2000) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having previously been drafted to the Gold Coast Suns with pick 3 in the 2018 AFL draft.
Rankine was born in Adelaide into a family of Indigenous Australian descent (Kokatha and Ngarrindjeri). [5] He shares a relation to Australian Football Hall of Fame inductee and 1993 Brownlow Medalist Gavin Wanganeen [6] as well as being the first cousin of former AFL player Danyle Pearce. [7] As a child, Rankine played an array of sports which included basketball, rugby and tennis but eventually chose to focus on Australian rules football. [8] He grew up playing junior football for Edwardstown and Flinders Park before being given the opportunity to rise through the junior ranks at SANFL club West Adelaide.[ citation needed ]
In 2016, he played his first senior SANFL game for West Adelaide at the age of 16 and kicked two goals on debut. [9] [10] He was later selected to represent South Australia in the 2017 and 2018 AFL Under 18 Championships where he was named in the All-Australian team both years and played a crucial role in South Australia's 2018 national championship. [11] Rankine attended Henley High School throughout his teenage years, where he played school football [12] alongside future Gold Coast teammate Jack Lukosius [13] and the pair were very influential in winning the 2018 SA Schools Championship. [14]
Rankine was drafted by the Gold Coast Suns with the third pick in the 2018 AFL draft. [15] Persistent hamstring and hip injuries prevented him from making his AFL debut in 2019 [16] but the Suns showed faith in Rankine by agreeing to a two-year contract extension which tied him to the club until the end of 2022. [17]
Rankine made his AFL debut against the Melbourne Demons in round 6 of the 2020 AFL season and impressed with a three-goal performance, [18] which earned him the round 6 AFL Rising Star nomination. [19]
At the conclusion of the 2022 AFL season Rankine requested a trade to Adelaide, [20] and was traded on 10 October. [21] In April 2023 he was subjected to racial abuse on social media, [22] [23] which was being investigated by AFL's integrity unit. [24]
In his spare time, Rankine enjoys making music. [25] [26] His cousin is in a relationship with Gold Coast player Sean Lemmens [27] and the couple's daughter is Rankine's second cousin. [28]
G | Goals | K | Kicks | D | Disposals | T | Tackles |
B | Behinds | H | Handballs | M | Marks |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
2020 [lower-alpha 1] | Gold Coast | 22 | 12 | 12 | 17 | 90 | 48 | 138 | 26 | 21 | 1.0 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 4.0 | 11.5 | 2.2 | 1.8 | 1 |
2021 | Gold Coast | 22 | 18 | 16 | 11 | 120 | 92 | 212 | 51 | 46 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 6.7 | 5.1 | 11.8 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 0 |
2022 | Gold Coast | 22 | 18 | 29 | 21 | 154 | 88 | 242 | 40 | 39 | 1.6 | 1.1 | 8.5 | 4.8 | 13.4 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 2 |
2023 | Adelaide | 22 | 20 | 36 | 27 | 197 | 121 | 318 | 74 | 64 | 1.8 | 1.4 | 9.9 | 6.1 | 16.0 | 3.7 | 3.2 | 7 |
2024 | Adelaide | 23 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 1 | 6 | 2.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 8.0 | 19.0 | 1.0 | 6.0 | TBC |
Career | 69 | 95 | 76 | 572 | 357 | 929 | 192 | 176 | 1.4 | 1.1 | 8.3 | 5.2 | 13.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 | 10 |
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