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Brodie Grundy
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Grundy playing for Collingwood in March 2017
Personal information
Full name Brodie Grundy
Date of birth (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994 (age 29)
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team Sturt (SANFL)
Draft No. 18, 2012 AFL Draft, Collingwood
Position(s) Ruck
Club information
Current club Melbourne
Career highlights
  • 2× All-Australian team: 2018, 2019
  • 2× Copeland Trophy: 2018, 2019
  • Herald Sun Player of the Year: 2018
  • 2× 22under22 team: 2015, 2016
  • 2013 AFL Rising Star nominee

Brodie Grundy (born 15 April 1994) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was previously an All-Australian and best-and-fairest winner with Collingwood, having been selected with the 18th draft pick in the 2012 AFL draft.

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. A former basketball player, Grundy switched to Australian rules football in 2010. Brodie has a younger brother, Riley, who was drafted to Port Adelaide with pick 73 in the 2018 draft.

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.

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

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.

After another All-Australian season in 2019, Grundy signed a seven-year, $1 million per-year deal with Collingwood. However, Grundy struggled to recapture his All-Australian form in subsequent years, with his salary criticised by some media figures. At the end of the 2022 AFL season, Collingwood traded Grundy to Melbourne for salary cap relief.

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. In the 2018 season, he averaged 20.2 disposals per match; 525 for the season (48th in the AFL), easily the highest amongst ruckmen.

Personal life

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

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.

Legend
 G  Goals  B  Behinds  K  Kicks  H  Handballs  D  Disposals  M  Marks  T  Tackles  H/O  Hit-outs
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 68 593 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 9
2022 Collingwood 4 6 2 0 53 48 101 15 23 182 0.3 0.0 8.8 8.0 16.8 2.5 3.8 30.3 1
Career 177 60 55 1406 1674 3080 615 741 5629 0.3 0.3 7.9 9.5 17.4 3.5 4.2 31.8 65

Notes

Honours and achievements

Individual

  • Herald Sun Player of the Year: 2018
  • 2× Copeland Trophy: 2018, 2019
  • 2× All-Australian team: 2018, 2019
  • All Stars Representative Honours in Bushfire Relief Match: 2020
  • AFL Rising Star nominee: 2013 (round 22)
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