Andrew Brayshaw

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Andrew Brayshaw
Personal information
Date of birth (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 24)
Place of birth Melbourne, Victoria
Original team(s) Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 2, 2017 national draft
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Fremantle
Number 8
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2018– Fremantle 134 (46)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 11, 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Andrew Brayshaw (born 8 November 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer and the co vice-captain of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

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Early career

After an impressive junior career for his school, Haileybury, TAC Cup side Sandringham Dragons and the Victorian Metropolitan representative side, [1] he was recruited by Fremantle with the second overall selection in the 2017 AFL draft. [2]

AFL career

He made his AFL debut for Fremantle in the opening round of the 2018 AFL season after a series of impressive pre-season games. [3] His debut season was cut short when, in Round 20, he was struck by West Coast Eagles player Andrew Gaff in an off-the-ball incident. [4] [5] Gaff was subsequently suspended for eight AFL matches, while Brayshaw suffered a fractured jaw and three dislodged teeth. [6]

Brayshaw played every game in 2020, averaging 20 disposals per game. He signed a four-year contract extension at the end of the season tying him to Fremantle until 2025. [7]

Brayshaw had a stand out game during round 20 of the 2021 AFL season in which he gathered a career-high 39 disposals during Fremantle's four point win over Richmond. [8]

Celebratory games
YearTally
2018 1st Game - Round 1
versus Port Adelaide
2020 50th Game - Round 12
versus Carlton
2022 100th Game - Semi Finals
versus Collingwood

In Round 21, 2021 he was found guilty of making unreasonable eye contact to Jarrod Berry of the Brisbane Lions and was given a one game suspension. [9] Brayshaw challenged the ban at the AFL tribunal but was unsuccessful in getting it downgraded. [10]

Round one of the 2022 AFL season saw Brayshaw gather a career-high 40 disposals. [11] The 2022 season would prove to be a break out season for Brayshaw, in which he played every game and won Fremantle's Best and Fairest award, the Doig Medal. [12] Brayshaw also earnt his first All Australian selection, named on the interchange bench of the 2022 All-Australian team. [13] Brayshaw's career best form throughout the season saw him as a front runner for the Brownlow Medal, and arguably the best two-way midfielder in the competition. [14] He finished the 2022 Brownlow Medal count polling equal-fourth with 25 votes. [15] Following the 2022 season Brayshaw was named co vice-captain of Fremantle alongside Caleb Serong. [16]

Brayshaw was among Fremantle's best in round 20 of the 2023 AFL season, during their 7 point win over Geelong at Kardinia Park, collecting 28 disposals. [17] He finished the year as runner-up in Fremantle's Best and Fairest award, as well as having played every game for the second consecutive season. Brayshaw was also second in the league for total disposals with 671 across 23 games, and finishing just four disposals shy of league leader and teammate Caleb Serong. [18]

Brayshaw was impressive in Fremantle's opening game of the 2024 AFL season against the Brisbane Lions at Optus Stadium collecting 32 disposals. [19] He again made a significant impact the next week against North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, collecting 27 disposals, four clearances and kicking a crucial goal in the third quarter. [20] Brayshaw collected a game-high 38 disposals and seven tackles against Carlton during the round four Gather Round in Adelaide. [21]

Personal life

Brayshaw's older brother Angus also played in the AFL for the Melbourne Demons and his other older brother Hamish previously played for the West Coast Eagles. His father, Mark Brayshaw, played for North Melbourne, his uncle, James, is a radio and television broadcaster and former cricketer and his grandfather Ian Brayshaw is a former state cricketer. [22]

In January 2024, Brayshaw got engaged to long-time partner Lizzie Stock. [23]

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2023. [24]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2018 Fremantle 8175512714427149750.30.37.58.515.92.94.40
2019 Fremantle 82277167205372461130.30.37.69.316.92.15.11
2020 [lower-alpha 1] Fremantle 8170314719133849830.00.28.611.219.92.94.99
2021 Fremantle 82085265303568101930.40.313.315.228.45.14.710
2022 Fremantle 82412123543507041121490.50.514.814.629.34.76.225
2023 Fremantle 823114322349671871430.50.214.015.229.23.86.210
Career12343361382154229244446560.30.311.212.523.83.65.355

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.

Honours and achievements

Individual

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