Izak Rankine vs Eddie Betts is an interesting comparison as they both share similar traits, both have freakish skills, and both have played for the Crows.
Eddie's career has finished and he has left a legacy of highlights for two teams, and I think it's interesting to compare the pair at their same age, and then guess who will have the more amazing career at the end of it.
Izak at 24 years
83 games
8.81 kicks
2.88 marks
5.4 handballs
14.22 disposals
1.47 goals
2.67 tackles
1.88 clearances
7.33.contested possessions
Eddie Betts Total Career
7.46 kicks
4.55 handballs
12.01 disposals
2.83 marks
1.83 goals
3.00 tackles
1.14 clearances
6.23 contested possessions
For me I see it this way.
Speed = Rankine
Ability to go into the midfield = Rankine
Freakish goals = Eddie
Forward Pressure = Eddie
Skills in open play = Rankine
Skills in a phone box = Eddie
They are very similar to each other stat wise, and the interesting thing is that Eddie played his best football after the age of 27 at Adelaide, while Rankine is still only 24 going on 25 at the start of the season.
izak was the far higher rated junior, taken at pick 5 in a strong draft, while Eddie was taken in the pre season draft. He was the youngest player to ever play senior SANFL football, and his U18 Nationals were a stand out, single-handedly destroying Vic metro. I remember the Vic Metro coach interviewed at half time and asked about him and he just shook his head in amazement.
Eddie wasted a bit of his early career at Carlton where he got involved with the knob brigade and could have achieved alot more there if he of put all in.
As a Jr Izak idolised Eddie.
Eddie's career has finished and he has left a legacy of highlights for two teams, and I think it's interesting to compare the pair at their same age, and then guess who will have the more amazing career at the end of it.
Izak at 24 years
83 games
8.81 kicks
2.88 marks
5.4 handballs
14.22 disposals
1.47 goals
2.67 tackles
1.88 clearances
7.33.contested possessions
Eddie Betts Total Career
7.46 kicks
4.55 handballs
12.01 disposals
2.83 marks
1.83 goals
3.00 tackles
1.14 clearances
6.23 contested possessions
For me I see it this way.
Speed = Rankine
Ability to go into the midfield = Rankine
Freakish goals = Eddie
Forward Pressure = Eddie
Skills in open play = Rankine
Skills in a phone box = Eddie
They are very similar to each other stat wise, and the interesting thing is that Eddie played his best football after the age of 27 at Adelaide, while Rankine is still only 24 going on 25 at the start of the season.
izak was the far higher rated junior, taken at pick 5 in a strong draft, while Eddie was taken in the pre season draft. He was the youngest player to ever play senior SANFL football, and his U18 Nationals were a stand out, single-handedly destroying Vic metro. I remember the Vic Metro coach interviewed at half time and asked about him and he just shook his head in amazement.
Eddie wasted a bit of his early career at Carlton where he got involved with the knob brigade and could have achieved alot more there if he of put all in.
As a Jr Izak idolised Eddie.