Alex Rance

Alex Rance
File:Alex Rance Tigers 2015 vs Brisbane.jpg Rance at a game for the Tigers against Brisbane in April 2015
Personal information
Date of birth	(1989-10-09) 9 October 1989
Place of birth	Perth, Western Australia
Original team(s)	Swan Districts (WAFL)
Draft	#18, 2007 National Draft
Height/Weight	194 cm / 96 kg
Position(s)	Defender
Club information
Current club	Richmond
Number	18
Playing career1
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2008–	Richmond	131 (8)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of Round 1, 2016 season.
Career highlights
Jack Dyer Medal: 2015 2× All-Australian team: 2014, 2015 22under22 team: 2012

Alex Rance (born 9 October 1989) is a professional Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.

Rance is the son of former Footscray and West Coast player Murray Rance, he is also a Jehovah's Witness.He attended Guildford Grammar School in Perth, Western Australia.

AFL career

Rance was drafted with the 18th pick in the 2007 National Draft. He made his AFL debut in 2009 but was involved in a head clash with Brisbane Lions player Troy Selwood in round seven, suffering three small cheekbone fractures.

He built form after a slow start in 2013 and produced the best of his six seasons, playing every game and pushing for the All Australian Team. Ranked ninth in the AFL for overall marks, he was third at Richmond for contested grabs and top 10 for kicks and handballs. Playing on and often beating the League’s best tall forwards, Rance also offered good rebound from the back half. Courageous and vital to the Tigers’ climb up the ladder.

In the early parts of the 2015 season, Rance was strongly linked to free agency move to other AFL clubs, specifically Fremantle and Brisbane Lions. Rance's playing future was under speculation with reports emerging that he was considering retiring, however, in June, he ended the speculation by signing a four year contract extension that will keep him at Richmond until at least the end of the 2019 season, on a reported $750,000 a season. His season was rewarded with the Jack Dyer Medal as the club's best and fairest player. In 2016 he voted into the leadership group.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2015 season

Season	Team	#	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T
			Totals								Averages (per game)
2009	Richmond	18	15	1	2	69	135	204	47	43	0.1	0.1	4.6	9.0	13.6	3.1	2.9
2010	Richmond	18	10	6	3	55	66	121	36	23	0.6	0.3	5.5	6.6	12.1	3.6	2.3
2011	Richmond	18	19	0	0	190	155	345	113	49	0.0	0.0	10.0	8.2	18.2	5.9	2.6
2012	Richmond	18	22	0	0	236	159	395	136	48	0.0	0.0	10.7	7.2	18.0	6.2	2.2
2013	Richmond	18	23	1	0	226	156	382	153	50	0.0	0.0	9.8	6.8	16.6	6.7	2.2
2014	Richmond	18	18	0	0	154	158	312	104	49	0.0	0.0	8.6	8.8	17.3	5.8	2.7
2015	Richmond	18	23	0	0	203	196	399	135	68	0.0	0.0	8.8	8.5	17.4	5.9	3.0
Career			130	8	5	1133	1025	2158	724	330	0.1	0.0	8.7	7.9	16.6	5.6	2.5

External links

• Alex Rance's profile on the official website of the Richmond Football Club
• Alex Rance's statistics from AFL Tables
• Alex Rance's statistics from Footy Wire