Brodie Smith (footballer)

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Brodie Smith
Brodie Smith 2019.1.jpg
Smith in June 2019
Personal information
Full name Brodie Smith
Nickname(s) Smithers
Date of birth (1992-01-14) 14 January 1992 (age 32)
Original team(s) Henley (SAAFL)
Woodville-West Torrens (SANFL)
Draft No. 14, 2010 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2011, Adelaide  vs. Hawthorn, at AAMI Stadium
Height 189 cm (6 ft 2 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Defender
Club information
Current club Adelaide
Number 33
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2011– Adelaide 262 (71)
Representative team honours
YearsTeamGames (Goals)
2020 All Stars 1 (0)
International team honours
2014 Australia 1 (0)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
2 State and international statistics correct as of 2014.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brodie Smith (born 14 January 1992) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). [1]

Contents

Early life

Smith participated in the Auskick program at West Lakes, South Australia. [2] He played senior football for the Henley Football Club in the SAAFL and Woodville West Torrens Football Club in the South Australia National Football League.

Smith was Adelaide's first selection in the 2010 National Draft at pick 14 overall. [3]

AFL career

Smith made his debut in round 1 of his very first season, 2011, against Hawthorn. He played 14 games in his first season and showed plenty of maturity for a first-year player, averaging 13 disposals per game. He played 22 games including three finals in 2012 as a running defender, shutting down opposition forwards such as Steve Johnson and providing run off half-back, also becoming noted for kicking goals from long range. [4] Despite fracturing his collarbone in the 2013 pre-season, [5] Smith played the final 18 games of the season, continuing to play mainly at half-back. He played his 50th game in round 19 against Port Adelaide and gathered a personal-best 29 possessions in the last game against West Coast. [4]

Smith signed a new contract with the Crows early in the 2014 season, keeping him at the club until 2016. [6] He went on to have a career-best year at the club, averaging 23 disposals and ranking first in the competition for long kicks and second for rebound 50s and metres gained. This earned him selection in the All-Australian team and in the Australian international rules football team for the 2014 International Rules Test. [4] [7] Smith remained one of the AFL's most damaging half-backs in 2015, recovering from two concussions early in the season to lead the club in rebound 50s and finish fifth in the AFL for metres gained. [4]

In the First Qualifying Final against Greater Western Sydney in 2017, Smith tore his ACL in the first quarter after kicking the Crows' first goal for the match. The injury unfortunately ended his season and his chances to play in a grand final, but Adelaide went on to win the match by 36 points. [8] Due to the nature of his injury, he missed the majority of the 2018 season. [9]

An underrated player in his later years, Smith achieved a new career-best 37 disposals in a Round 20 clash with Carlton in 2022. Only a few months later, he kicked the first goal in the history of the AFL's Gather Round in 2023. After the 2023 season, Smith took up a temporary role as assistant coach of Adelaide's AFLW team, becoming the defensive coach in the absence of Marijana Rajčić during her maternity leave. [10]

Statistics

Statistics are correct to Round 23 2021 [11]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game)
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2011 Adelaide 3314211077618338380.10.17.65.413.12.72.7
2012 Adelaide 33225523014137182450.20.210.56.416.93.72.1
2013 Adelaide 33183322312134469250.20.212.46.719.13.81.4
2014 Adelaide 3322118287209496108350.50.413.19.522.64.91.6
2015 Adelaide 33217626611638282390.30.312.75.518.23.91.9
2016 Adelaide 3323712305170475100520.30.513.27.320.64.32.2
2017 Adelaide 3323129289180469107460.50.312.57.820.34.62.0
2018 Adelaide 332001726431070.00.08.513.021.55.03.5
2019 Adelaide 33221012326178504109550.40.514.88.022.94.92.5
2020 Adelaide 3316562037227558380.30.312.64.517.13.62.3
2021 Adelaide 332124332101433107380.00.115.84.820.65.01.8
Career20464662585139039758704170.30.312.66.819.44.22.0

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References

  1. ↑ "118 players with multicultural background on AFL lists". World Footy News. 25 June 2012.
  2. ↑ AFL Record. Round 3, 2022. pg 53
  3. ↑ "Brodie Smith of the Adelaide Crows Player Profile and AFL Stats". Footywire.com. Retrieved 29 May 2011.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Brodie Smith - AFC.com.au". AFC.com.au. Adelaide Football Club. Archived from the original on 15 April 2015. Retrieved 27 April 2015.
  5. ↑ "Brodie Breaks Collarbone". TripleM.com.au. Triple M. 18 February 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  6. ↑ Thring, Harry (31 March 2014). "Crow Brodie Smith earns new two-year deal". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  7. ↑ "Star Crow Brodie Smith slowly comes to grips with place among game's elite". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. 7 November 2014. Retrieved 25 June 2016.
  8. ↑ Phelan, Jennifer (7 September 2017). "Crow's year looks over after knee injury" . Retrieved 10 September 2017.
  9. ↑ King, Travis (8 September 2017). "Scans confirm worst news for gun Crow". AFL.com.au. Australian Football League. Retrieved 10 September 2017.
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