Brodie Grundy

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

Brodie Grundy
Grundy playing for Collingwood in March 2017
Personal information
Full name Brodie Grundy
Date of birth (1994-04-15) 15 April 1994
Place of birth South Australia
Original team(s) Sturt (SANFL)
Draft No. 18, 2012 AFL Draft, Collingwood
Height 203 cm (6 ft 8 in)
Weight 100 kg (220 lb)
Position(s) Ruckman
Club information
Current club Collingwood
Number 4
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2013– Collingwood 151 (46)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2020 season.
Career highlights
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]

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.

Statistics
Statistics are correct to the end of the 2020 season[7]
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 Collingwood3571335538818221510.10.45.07.612.62.63.121.60
2014 Collingwood41538737915236512720.20.54.95.310.12.43.418.10
2015 Collingwood4198315613729366854620.40.28.27.215.43.54.524.30
2016 Collingwood42111819019738781925480.50.49.09.418.43.94.426.17
2017 Collingwood4204516620236873787140.20.38.310.118.43.73.935.72
2018 Collingwood426982063195259213410380.40.37.912.320.23.55.239.917
2019 Collingwood42471123727451110510410220.30.59.911.421.34.44.342.623
2020 Collingwood4193310516827357685950.20.25.58.814.43.03.631.3
Career 151 46 49 1168 1429 2597 528 634 4802 0.3 0.3 7.7 9.5 17.2 3.5 4.2 31.8 49

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. "Brodie Grundy statistics". AFL Tables. Retrieved 11 October 2020.
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