Michael Rix

Michael Rix
Personal information
Date of birth	(1981-01-08) 8 January 1981
Original team(s)	Box Hill / Coburg
Debut	Round 11, 10 June 2006, St Kilda v. Sydney Swans, at SCG
Height/Weight	198 cm / 100 kg
Playing career¹
Years	Club	Games (Goals)
2006–2008	St Kilda	29 (3)
¹ Playing statistics correct to end of 2008 season.

Michael Rix (born 8 January 1981) is a retired Australian rules footballer.

Originally rookie listed with Hawthorn for the 2004 season, Rix did not play a game for the club but continued to be an important ruckman in the Victorian Football League (VFL) with the Box Hill Hawks. He then moved to the Coburg Tigers in 2005, showing continued form.

This form saw him recruited as the number 49 draft pick in the 2005 AFL Draft from Coburg to the St Kilda Football Club, a side that had problems in the ruck department with usual second-stringers Cain Ackland and Jason Blake shouldering huge responsibility.

A mature age recruit at 25, Rix was drafted in a bid to improve St Kilda's ruck stocks; however, it wasn't until Round 11 his first season in 2006 when he made his debut against the Sydney Swans. He played a tough game in wet conditions, considered not ideal for a ruckman (however, he kicked a goal with his first kick in the AFL).

Rix then went on to play 11 matches in his first season, being used occasionally at centre-half back when required. He played in the losing Elimination Final against Melbourne in 2006.

Rix started the 2007 season as a back-up ruckman to new recruits Matthew Clarke and Michael Gardiner. However, he ended up playing 17 games. Despite only one game in 2008, he was one of the better performed players with St Kilda's affiliate team Casey Scorpions and passed 100 games at VFL level.

Rix was delisted from St Kilda at the end of the 2008 season and played four seasons with Subiaco before retiring.

External links

Michael Rix's profile on the official website of the St Kilda Football Club
Michael Rix's statistics from AFL Tables

2004 AFL rookie draft

1. James Condos
2. Andrew Carrazzo
3. Aaron Davey
4. Nathan Foley
5. Luke Buckland
6. Dylan Pfitzner
8. Ben Clifton
9. Brett Jones
10. Paul Duffield
11. Ben Cosgriff
12. Tim Hazell
13. Adam Grocke
14. Aaron Rogers
15. Zane Leonard
16. Daniel Pratt
18. Murray Boyd
19. Paul Newman
20. Marc Dragicevic
21. James Allan
22. Nick Stone
24. Michael Rix
25. Michael Embley
26. Dylan Smith
27. Nathan Lovett-Murray
28. Rowan Andrews
29. Salim Hassan
30. Scott McGlone
31. David Fanning
32. Matthew Pardew
34. Adam Bentick
35. Luke Molan
39. Josh Thurgood
40. Jaymie Graham
41. Michael Warren
42. Andrew Lovett
43. Brad Dabrowski
44. Dale Ellis
45. Daniel Hunt
46. Dean Benson
47. Josh Drummond
49. Sam Pleming
50. Joel Campbell
53. Shaun Bergin
54. Clancy Rudeforth
55. Ben Colreavy
56. Peter Summers
57. Matthew Smith
59. Luke Taylor
60. Justin Crow
61. Jacob Furfaro
62. Setanta Ó hAilpín
64. Paul Shelton
65. James Davies
66. Nick Potter
67. Leigh Ryswyk
68. Adrian Wilson
70. Jeremy Stiller

2005 AFL national draft

First round	1. Marc Murphy (PP) 2. Dale Thomas (PP) 3. Xavier Ellis (PP) 4. Josh Kennedy 5. Scott Pendlebury 6. Beau Dowler 7. Paddy Ryder 8. Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls 9. Mitch Clark 10. Marcus Drum 11. Shaun Higgins 12. Nathan Jones 13. Shannon Hurn 14. Grant Birchall 15. Travis Varcoe 16. Richard Douglas 17. Darren Pfeiffer 18. Max Bailey 19. Courtenay Dempsey

Second round	20. Paul Bower 21. Danny Stanley 22. Beau Muston 23. Ryan Cook 24. Cleve Hughes 25. Wayde Mills 26. Garrick Ibbotson 27. Dylan Addison 28. Matt Riggio 29. Ben McKinley 30. Nick Lower 31. Trent West 32. Bernie Vince 33. Samuel Gilbert 34. Matthew Spangher 35. Stephen Owen

Third round	36. Jake Edwards 37. Jack Anthony 38. Travis Tuck (F/S) 39. Jay Neagle (F/S) 40. Travis Casserly 41. Rhan Hooper 42. Robert Warnock 43. Andrew Swallow 44. Alipate Carlile 45. Kasey Green 46. Travis Baird 47. Ryan Gamble 48. Alan Obst 49. Michael Rix 50. Sam Lonergan

Fourth round	51. Matthew Laidlaw 53. Simon Buckley 54. Kristin Thornton 55. Brett Montgomery 56. Joel Patfull 57. Michael West 58. Hugh Minson 59. Ryan Brabazon 60. Clint Bartram 61. Mathew Stokes 63. Phillip Raymond

Fifth round	66. Austin Lucy 68. Heath Neville 69. Tim Hutchison 70. Jonathan Giles 71. Justin Sweeney

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