Izak Rankine

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Izak Rankine
Personal information
Full name Izak Rankine
Nickname(s)
Date of birth (2000-04-23) 23 April 2000 (age 23)
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
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2019–2022 Gold Coast 48 (57)
2023– Adelaide 24 (41)
Total72 (98)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 4, 2024.
Career highlights
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.

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Early life

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]

AFL career

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]

Personal life

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]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of round 1, 2024 [29]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Gold Coast 22121217904813826211.01.47.54.011.52.21.81
2021 Gold Coast 221816111209221251460.90.66.75.111.82.82.60
2022 Gold Coast 221829211548824240391.61.18.54.813.42.22.12
2023 Adelaide 2220362719712131874641.81.49.96.116.03.73.27
2024 Adelaide 2312011819162.00.011.08.019.01.06.0TBC
Career6995765723579291921761.41.18.35.213.52.72.610
  1. ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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  2. ↑ "Izak Rankine is nothing short of a magician - AFL Twitter Page". Australian Football League. 23 October 2018. Retrieved 7 July 2020.
  3. ↑ "The magician': Get to know Izak Rankine". Australian Football League. 28 October 2018. Retrieved 1 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "Weird footy nicknames: So why do they call Gov 'Brackets'?".
  5. ↑ "AFL Players' Indigenous Map 2020" (PDF). AFL Players Association. 2 June 2020. Archived from the original (PDF) on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 9 July 2020.
  6. ↑ Edsall, Rudi (22 November 2018). "Triple M: 2018 AFL Draft Live Blog". Adelaide Now. Retrieved 22 November 2018.
  7. ↑ Di Pietro, Kavisha (13 July 2020). "Emerging Sun no ordinary Rankine file". AFL Players Association. Retrieved 4 August 2020.
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  12. ↑ "Izak Rankine kicks a ripper for Henley High School". South Australian National Football League. 30 August 2017.
  13. ↑ "SA stars Jack Lukosius and Izak Rankine vow to support each other at struggling Gold Coast". Adelaide Now. 22 November 2018.
  14. ↑ "Lukosius, Rankine lead Henley to first football championship since 1980". Adelaide Now. 21 August 2018.
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  26. ↑ "Cater 2 U - Destiny's Child". Izak Rankine Instagram Profile. 22 June 2020. Archived from the original on 24 December 2021.
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