2007 AFL Draft Prospect: Alex Rance
Name: Alex Rance
Height: 194
Weight: 87
State: Western Australia
Club(s): Swan Districts FC
AFL Positions:
Rance is a big defender who can run and use the ball well. He should develop into the most important defender on his AFL team.
Perfect Fit For:
Firrito is sometimes undersized at full back so the addition of another tall defender could help the Kangaroos. Rance may not last to their pick.
AFLinsider.net prediction:
The Bulldogs could use their first round pick to take Rance. For more than a decade, they have needed height. Rance, Williams and Everitt would be a great trio of young defenders. A lot of the teams with early picks need someone like Rance, so he could be a possibility to go at pick 2, but when the Bulldogs are up at pick 5 and if Rance is still there it would be difficult for the Bulldogs to say no.
AFL Fantasy Outlook:
If he goes in the early picks, Rance will probably be on a team that needs help right away, so he should play a lot. He is strong in the air, with good anticipation of where the ball is going, so he can get plenty of marks from opposition kicks. When Rance uses the ball he kicks it long and accurately. Rance should be a player who starts the fantasy season on many teams as a defender on the bench.
Height: 194
Weight: 87
State: Western Australia
Club(s): Swan Districts FC
AFL Positions:
Rance is a big defender who can run and use the ball well. He should develop into the most important defender on his AFL team.
Perfect Fit For:
Firrito is sometimes undersized at full back so the addition of another tall defender could help the Kangaroos. Rance may not last to their pick.
AFLinsider.net prediction:
The Bulldogs could use their first round pick to take Rance. For more than a decade, they have needed height. Rance, Williams and Everitt would be a great trio of young defenders. A lot of the teams with early picks need someone like Rance, so he could be a possibility to go at pick 2, but when the Bulldogs are up at pick 5 and if Rance is still there it would be difficult for the Bulldogs to say no.
AFL Fantasy Outlook:
If he goes in the early picks, Rance will probably be on a team that needs help right away, so he should play a lot. He is strong in the air, with good anticipation of where the ball is going, so he can get plenty of marks from opposition kicks. When Rance uses the ball he kicks it long and accurately. Rance should be a player who starts the fantasy season on many teams as a defender on the bench.
It is going to be tough for Richmond to decide on who to select at pick 2, and Rance should be one they consider.
If they do go with a different type of player at pick 2, there should still be some other quality WA talls available when Richmond are up with their priority pick and second rounder.
Also wondering if you're going to do a mock draft of your own - with which players you think will be suspected where and by who?
As soon as the finals finish, a mock draft preview of the first 25 picks will be posted. So that will include 3 Richmond picks. Pick 2 will be very hard to predict as there are at least 5 players who make sense for the Tigers there.
A full mock draft will be posted on this site also.