Will Brodie (born 23 August 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Gold Coast Suns.
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 Brodie playing for Gold Coast in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Will Brodie | ||
| Nickname(s) | Wiz | ||
| Date of birth | 23 August 1998 | ||
| Original team(s) | Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)/Shepparton Football Club | ||
| Draft | No. 9, 2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 10, 2017, Gold Coast vs. Melbourne, at TIO Traeger Park | ||
| Height | 190 cm (6 ft 3 in) | ||
| Weight | 88 kg (194 lb) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Fremantle | ||
| Number | 17 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017–2021 | Gold Coast | 25 (3) | |
| 2022– | Fremantle | 29 (7) | |
| Total | 54 (10) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com | |||
Early career
editHe grew up in Shepparton before accepting a scholarship to attend Scotch College in Melbourne.[1] He was drafted by Gold Coast with their third selection and ninth overall in the 2016 national draft.[2]
AFL career
editHe made his debut in the thirty-five point loss against Melbourne at TIO Traeger Park in round ten of the 2017 season.[3]
Brodie started to find some consistency with his football early in the 2019 AFL season, however, a hamstring injury caused him to miss the remainder of the year. Brodie played the first round of the 2020 AFL season but the Covid-19 related shutdown of the competition saw him out of the side and unable to break back in that season.[4]
Brodie played five games for Gold Coast in 2021. Following the 2021 AFL season, Brodie was traded to Fremantle.[5] Brodie made his debut for Fremantle during their one point win over Adelaide at Adelaide Oval in round one of the 2022 AFL season.[6] Brodie played every game of the 2022 season a career best and established himself as an important part of Fremantle's midfield.[7] He finished the season eleventh in the league for total disposals tallying 607 across 22 games.[8]
Brodie played only five games for Fremantle in 2023. He was omitted after round 2.[9] In his first round in the West Australian Football League he racked up 37 disposals for Peel Thunder, leading to their comeback 4 point win over East Fremantle.[10] Following this performance, he returned to Fremantle's AFL team for their round 5 gather round win against Gold Coast, where he started as SUB and replaced Switkowski, who sustained a Calf injury, in the second quarter.[11] With only 48% Time On Ground, he was still able to get 16 disposals. He was omitted for round 8, and played no more AFL games in 2023. 2023 was a disappointing year for Brodie after he played every game in 2022.
Despite being named in Fremantle's extended squad several times throughout the 2024 AFL season, Brodie failed to make a senior appearance and spent the entirety of 2024 playing for Peel Thunder.
Statistics
edit- Statistics are correct to the end of 2024[12]
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Behinds | H
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2017 | Gold Coast | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 7 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 13.7 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Gold Coast | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 89 | 151 | 18 | 34 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 11.1 | 18.9 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2019 | Gold Coast | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 97 | 174 | 34 | 44 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 12.1 | 21.8 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2020[a] | Gold Coast | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Gold Coast | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 7 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 12.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2022 | Fremantle | 17 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 273 | 370 | 643 | 63 | 127 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 11.4 | 15.4 | 26.8 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 11 |
| 2023 | Fremantle | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 66 | 103 | 5 | 19 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 13.2 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2024 | Fremantle | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Career | 54 | 10 | 12 | 498 | 692 | 1190 | 137 | 251 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 9.2 | 12.8 | 22.0 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 11 | ||
Notes
- ^ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
References
edit- ^ "I want to be the best player in the draft: Brodie". 2 June 2016.
- ^ Hamilton, Andrew (25 November 2016). "Jack Bowes is the first Queensland junior in a decade to be selected in the top 10 of the national draft". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ Boswell, Tom (25 May 2017). "Draftee Will Brodie to debut for Gold Coast Suns against Melbourne". Gold Coast Bulletin. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
- ^ "PLAYER BIO". Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ @AFL_House (7 October 2021). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via Twitter.
- ^ "TABTouch Squad: Freo name line-up, update on Fyfe, Darcy". Retrieved 13 May 2022.
- ^ "Brodie itching for finals intensity". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
- ^ "Most Disposals 2022 AFL Statistics". zerohanger.
- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results".
- ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". 14 April 2023.
- ^ "Will Brodie". AFL Tables.
External links
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- Will Brodie's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
- Will Brodie's playing statistics from AFL Tables
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