Michael Rix

Michael Rix

Personal information
Birth	8 January 1981 (1981-01-08) (age 30)
Recruited from	Box Hill / Coburg
Height and weight	198cm / 100kg
Playing career¹
Debut	Round 11, 10 June 2006, St. Kilda v. Sydney Swans, at S.C.G.
Team(s)	St. Kilda (2006-2008) 29 games, 3 goals
¹ Statistics to end of 2008 season

Michael Rix (born 8 January 1981) is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.

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 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 1 game in 2008, he was one of the better performed players with St Kilda's affiliate team Casey Scorpions and has passed 100 games at VFL level.

External links

• Michael Rix's profile on the Official AFL Website of the St Kilda Football Club
• Michael Rix's statistics from AFL Tables

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Name	Rix, Michael
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Date of birth	8 January 1981
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