| 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 30) | ||
| 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 | Sydney | ||
| Number | 4 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2013–2022 | Collingwood | 177 (60) | |
| 2023 | Melbourne | 17 (10) | |
| 2024– | Sydney | 22(2) | |
| Total | 216 (72) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2020 | All Stars | 1 (0) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of round 23, 2024. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Sources:AFL Tables,AustralianFootball.com | |||
Brodie Grundy (born 15 April 1994) is a professionalAustralian rules footballer playing for theSydney Swans in theAustralian Football League (AFL). He was previously an All-Australian and best-and-fairest winner withCollingwood, having been selected with the 18th draft pick in the2012 AFL draft, as well as a player forMelbourne.
Grundy was born inAdelaide, South Australia and attendedCabra Dominican College, a private Catholic high school in the southern suburbs of the city, graduating in 2011.[1] A formerbasketball player, Grundy switched to Australian rules football in 2010. A premiership player for the Unley Jets Football club in the Under 16.5's 2010 Grand Final win over Edwardstown.[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 aruckman withSouth Australian National Football League (SANFL) clubSturt's junior teams, Grundy was recruited by Collingwood with draft pick #18 in the2012 AFL Draft.
Grundy was the Round 22 nomination for the2013 AFL Rising Star award.[4]
In March 2014, Grundy signed a three-year contract extension lasting until the end of the2017 AFL season.[5]
In 2018 he won theHerald Sun Player of the Year award with 27 votes, one clear ofMelbourne ruckMax Gawn andHawthorn midfielderTom 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 the2022 AFL season, Collingwood traded Grundy toMelbourne for salary cap relief.[9]
During the 2023 season, Grundy was often used by Melbourne as a forward in efforts to be able to play him andMax Gawn in the same lineup, a role Grundy, as a ruck, was unfamiliar and dissatisfied with. In the latter half of the year he was dropped to the VFL to play with theCasey Demons and was not selected in either of Melbourne's finals games.
Grundy sought a trade to theSydney Swans at the conclusion of the season, despite only being in the first year of a five-year contract at the Demons. He was traded on 11 October.[10]
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 fromLa Trobe University with a Bachelor of Health Sciences.[11]
Updated to the end of 2023.[12]
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[a] | 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 |
| 2023 | Melbourne | 6 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 100 | 143 | 243 | 46 | 49 | 349 | 0.6 | 0.2 | 5.8 | 8.4 | 14.3 | 2.7 | 2.9 | 20.5 | 0 |
| Career | 194 | 70 | 59 | 1506 | 1817 | 3323 | 661 | 790 | 5978 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 7.8 | 9.3 | 17.1 | 3.4 | 4.1 | 30.8 | 65 | ||
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