{"id":38802,"date":"2019-12-18T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-12-18T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/uncategorized\/alex-rance-announces-shock-afl-retirement\/"},"modified":"2019-12-18T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"2019-12-18T00:00:00","slug":"alex-rance-announces-shock-afl-retirement","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/alex-rance-announces-shock-afl-retirement\/","title":{"rendered":"Alex Rance Announces Shock AFL Retirement"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>All-Australian Richmond defender Alex Rance has announced his immediate retirement from the AFL.<\/h3>\n<p>In a statement from the club, Rance said:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\u201cI am someone who will always give their best to what they commit to, and I\u2019m proud of the time, energy and dedication that I\u2019ve put towards my football career,\u201d Rance said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRight now, I feel I have served my purpose in terms of my on-field performance and cultural impact, and I\u2019m so grateful to the football club for their support and care in allowing me to do that in my own unique way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNow I feel is the right time for me to put the same time and energy into other areas of my life that need it, and to prioritise the more important things to me, such as my spiritual growth, my family and friends.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">A generational defender. A true Richmond Man.<br><br>Five-time All-Australian, and 2017 premiership player, Alex Rance has called time on his decorated playing career to focus on his family and faith.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/h7DlTkw9Xy\">https:\/\/t.co\/h7DlTkw9Xy<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Richmond FC  (@Richmond_FC) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Richmond_FC\/status\/1207423640569929729?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">December 18, 2019<\/a><\/blockquote> <script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>All-Australian Richmond defender Alex Rance has announced his immediate retirement from the AFL. In a statement from the club, Rance said: \u201cI am someone who will always give their best to what they commit to, and I\u2019m proud of the time, energy and dedication that I\u2019ve put towards my football career,\u201d Rance said. \u201cRight now, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":5327,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[143],"tags":[246,248],"geo_market":[],"class_list":["post-38802","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-sport","tag-fiveaa-app","tag-sport"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.3 (Yoast SEO v27.3) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Alex Rance Announces Shock AFL Retirement - FIVEAA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cms.fiveaa.com.au\/sport\/alex-rance-announces-shock-afl-retirement\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Alex Rance Announces Shock AFL Retirement\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"All-Australian Richmond defender Alex Rance has announced his immediate retirement from the AFL. 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