Brodie Grundy

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Brodie Grundy
Brodie Grundy 2017.2.jpg
Grundy playing for Collingwood in March 2017
Personal information
Full name Brodie Grundy
Date of birth (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 27)
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) Sturt (SANFL)
Draft No. 18, 2012 AFL Draft, Collingwood
Height 203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 108 kg (238 lb)
Position(s) Ruck
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 4
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013– Collingwood 171 (58)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2021 season.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Brodie Grundy (born 15 April 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Early life and junior football[]

Grundy was born in Adelaide, South Australia and attended Cabra Dominican College, a private Catholic high school in the southern suburbs of the city, graduating in 2011.[1] A former basketball player, Grundy switched to Australian rules football in 2010.[2] Brodie has a younger brother, Riley, who was drafted to Port Adelaide with pick 73 in the 2018 draft.[3]

AFL career[]

Following a successful season playing as a ruckman with South Australian National Football League (SANFL) club Sturt's junior teams, Grundy was recruited by Collingwood with draft pick #18 in the 2012 AFL Draft.

Grundy was the Round 22 nomination for the 2013 AFL Rising Star award.[4]

In March 2014, Grundy signed a three-year contract extension lasting until the end of the 2017 AFL season.[5]

In 2018 he won the Herald Sun Player of the Year award with 27 votes, one clear of Melbourne ruck Max Gawn and Hawthorn midfielder Tom Mitchell. Grundy also won the Copeland medal for Collingwood's best and fairest in 2018, drawing with Steele Sidebottom. [6]

Playing style[]

Despite playing as ruckman, Grundy is able to follow up his ruckwork and win the ball himself and apply tackles. He has been labelled as a ‘fourth midfielder’ by his teammates.[citation needed] In the 2018 season, he averaged 20.2 disposals per match; 525 for the season (48th in the AFL), easily the highest amongst ruckmen.[citation needed]

Personal life[]

In December 2020, Grundy graduated from La Trobe University with a Bachelor of Health Sciences.[7]

Statistics[]

Statistics are correct to the end of the 2021 season[8]
Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles  H/O  Hit-outs
Significant statistics
‡ Led the league after finals only
§ Led the league for the home-and-away season and after finals
AFL playing statistics
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T H/O G B K H D M T H/O
2013 Collingwood 35 7 1 3 35 53 88 18 22 151 0.1 0.4 5.0 7.6 12.6 2.6 3.1 21.6 0
2014 Collingwood 4 15 3 8 73 79 152 36 51 272 0.2 0.5 4.9 5.3 10.1 2.4 3.4 18.1 0
2015 Collingwood 4 19 8 3 156 137 293 66 85 462 0.4 0.2 8.2 7.2 15.4 3.5 4.5 24.3 0
2016 Collingwood 4 21 11 8 190 197 387 81 92 548 0.5 0.4 9.0 9.4 18.4 3.9 4.4 26.1 7
2017 Collingwood 4 20 4 5 166 202 368 73 78 714 0.2 0.3 8.3 10.1 18.4 3.7 3.9 35.7 2
2018 Collingwood 4 26 9 8 206 319 525 92 134 1038 0.4 0.3 7.9 12.3 20.2 3.5 5.2 39.9 17
2019 Collingwood 4 24 7 11 237 274 511 105 104 1022‡ 0.3 0.5 9.9 11.4 21.3 4.4 4.3 42.6 23
2020 Collingwood 4 19 3 3 105 168 273 57 68 595§ 0.2 0.2 5.5 8.8 14.4 3.0 3.6 31.3§ 6
2021 Collingwood 4 20 12 6 185 197 382 72 84 647 0.6 0.3 9.3 9.9 19.1 3.6 4.2 32.4
Career 171 58 55 1353 1626 2979 600 718 5447 0.3 0.3 7.9 9.5 17.4 3.5 4.2 31.9 55

References[]

  1. ^ "Numbers add up for Brodie Grundy", Adelaide Now, 10 November 2014, retrieved 28 March 2014
  2. ^ Walsh, Courtney (8 August 2013). "Experience counts for little as Brodie Grundy eyes September". The Australian. Retrieved 20 August 2013.
  3. ^ "Tag: riley grundy". AFL Draft Central.
  4. ^ Guthrie, Ben (27 August 2013). "Young Pie Grundy a rising star nominee". AFL.com.au. BigPond.
  5. ^ Chiarelli, Simon (19 March 2014). "Grundy recommits until 2017". collingwoodfc.com.au. BigPond.
  6. ^ Herald Sun Sport [@heraldsunsport] (27 August 2018). "Collingwood ruckman Brodie Grundy has stormed home to win this year's @theheraldsun player of the year award" (Tweet). Retrieved 27 August 2018 – via Twitter.
  7. ^ "Grundy graduates from La Trobe". La Trobe University. 10 December 2020.
  8. ^ "Brodie Grundy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 11 October 2020.

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