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.
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 28) | ||
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 | Melbourne | ||
Playing career1 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2013–2022 | Collingwood | 177 (60) | |
2023– | Melbourne | 000 0(0) | |
Total | 177 (60) | ||
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2022 season. | |||
Career highlights | |||
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Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com |
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]
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]
After another All-Australian season in 2019, Grundy signed a seven-year, $1 million per-year deal with Collingwood.[7] However, Grundy struggled to recapture his All-Australian form in subsequent years, with his salary criticised by some media figures.[8] At the end of the 2022 AFL season, Collingwood traded Grundy to Melbourne for salary cap relief.[9]
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]
In December 2020, Grundy graduated from La Trobe University with a Bachelor of Health Sciences.[10]
Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[11]
G |
Goals | K |
Kicks | D |
Disposals | T |
Tackles |
B |
Behinds | H |
Handballs | M |
Marks | H/O |
Hit-outs |
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Led the league for the season |
Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||||
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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[lower-alpha 1] | 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
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Melbourne Football Club – current squad | |
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Copeland Trophy • Collingwood Football Club best and fairest winners | |
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2018 All-Australian team | |
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← 2017 The position of coach in the All-Australian team has been awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team since 1999. 2019 → |
2019 All-Australian team | |
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← 2018 The position of coach in the All-Australian team has been awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team since 1999. 2020 → |
All Stars – State of Origin for Bushfire Relief Match | |
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All Stars 15.18 (108) def. by Victoria 24.10 (154), at Marvel Stadium | |
Western Australia | |
South Australia | |
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Queensland | |
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2013 AFL Rising Star nominees | |
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Italics denote winner |
Herald Sun · Player of the Year | |
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