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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
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
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
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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]

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]

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.[10]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2022 season.[11]

Legend

G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks	H/O	Hit-outs
†	Led the league for  the season

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[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

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)

References

External links

• Brodie Grundy's profile on the official website of the Collingwood Football Club
• Brodie Grundy's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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