Will Brodie

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Will Brodie
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Brodie playing for Gold Coast in 2019
Personal information
Full name Will Brodie
Nickname(s) Wiz
Date of birth (1998-08-23) 23 August 1998 (age 25)
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
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017–2021 Gold Coast 25 (3)
2022– Fremantle 29 (7)
Total54 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 2, 2024.
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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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Early career

He 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

He 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]

Brodie played only five games for Fremantle in 2023. He was omitted after round 2. [8] 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. [9] 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. [10] With only 48% Time On Ground, he was still able to get 16 disposals. He was ommitted for round 8, and played no more AFL games in 2023. 2023 was a disappointing for Brodie after he played every game in 2022.

Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2023 [11]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Gold Coast 73012021417180.00.36.77.013.72.36.00
2018 Gold Coast 7811628915118340.10.17.811.118.92.34.30
2019 Gold Coast 7821779717434440.30.19.612.121.84.35.50
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Gold Coast 710041014310.00.04.010.014.03.01.00
2021 Gold Coast 7501253964780.00.25.07.812.81.41.60
2022 Fremantle 172467273370643631270.30.311.415.426.82.65.311
2023 Fremantle 1751137661035190.20.27.413.220.61.03.80
Career54101249869211901372510.20.29.212.822.02.54.611

Notes

  1. ↑ 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.

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References

  1. ↑ "I want to be the best player in the draft: Brodie".
  2. ↑ 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.
  3. ↑ 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.
  4. ↑ "PLAYER BIO" . Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ↑ @AFL_House (7 October 2021). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 October 2021– via Twitter.
  6. ↑ "TABTouch Squad: Freo name line-up, update on Fyfe, Darcy" . Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  7. ↑ "Brodie itching for finals intensity". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  8. ↑ https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4810#line-ups
  9. ↑ https://www.afl.com.au/wafl/matches/5086#player-stats
  10. ↑ https://www.afl.com.au/afl/matches/4821#match-report
  11. ↑ "Will Brodie". AFL Tables.
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