Andrew Brayshaw (born 8 November 1999) is a professional

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er playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the

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(AFL).

Early career

After an impressive junior career for his school, Haileybury, TAC Cup side

Sandringham Dragons The Sandringham Dragons are an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based at the Trevor Barker Oval in Sandringham, Victoria, representing the southern ...

and the Victorian Metropolitan representative side, he was recruited by Fremantle with the second overall selection in the

2017 AFL draft The 2017 AFL draft consisted of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) traded and recruited players following the completion of the 2017 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed a ...

AFL career

He made his AFL debut for Fremantle in the opening round of the

2018 AFL season The 2018 AFL season was the 122nd season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season feature ...

after a series of impressive pre-season games. His debut season was cut short when, in Round 20, he was struck by West Coast Eagles player

Andrew Gaff Andrew Gaff (born 16 June 1992) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He plays predominantly as a midfielder. Gaff was recruited from the Oakleigh Chargers wi ...

in an off-the-ball incident. Gaff was subsequently suspended for eight AFL matches, while Brayshaw suffered a fractured jaw and three dislodged teeth. Brayshaw played every game in 2020, averaging 20 disposals per game. Brayshaw signed a four year contract extension at the end of the season tying him to Fremantle until 2025. Brayshaw had a stand out game during round 20 of the

2021 AFL season The 2021 AFL season was the 125th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featu ...

in which he gathered a career-high 39 disposals during Fremantle's four point win over . In Round 21, 2021 he was found guilty of making unreasonable eye contact to Jarrod Berry of the Brisbane Lions and was given a one game suspension. Brayshaw challenged the ban at the AFL tribunal but was unsuccessful in getting it downgraded. The

2022 AFL season The 2022 AFL season is the 126th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior men's Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season features ...

saw Brayshaw earn his first

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selection, named on the interchange bench of the 2022 All Australian team.

Personal life

Brayshaw's older brother

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also plays in the AFL for the

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and his other older brother

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previously played for the West Coast Eagles. His father,

Mark Brayshaw Mark Andrew Brayshaw (born 5 February 1966) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for North Melbourne Football Club in the AFL. He is the brother of James Brayshaw and the son of Ian Brayshaw. His sons Angus, Andrew and Hamish are ...

, played for

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, his uncle,

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, is a radio and television broadcaster and former cricketer and his grandfather

Ian Brayshaw Ian James Brayshaw (born 14 January 1942) is a former Australian sportsman. He played both Australian rules football and cricket. Both his sons, Mark Brayshaw and James Brayshaw, were noted athletes in their respective sports, and three of his ...

is a former State cricketer.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual *

Leigh Matthews Trophy The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was sti ...

: 2022 *

All-Australian team The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-perf ...

* 3× 22under22 team: 2020, 2021, 2022 (c) *

Geoff Christian Medal The Geoff Christian Medal, commonly referred to as the Christian Medal, is an Australian rules football award given to the best player in the Australian Football League (AFL) from one of the two teams based in Western Australia, the Fremantle F ...

: 2021

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Brayshaw, Andrew 1999 births Living people Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Sandringham Dragons players People educated at Haileybury (Melbourne) Fremantle Football Club players Leigh Matthews Trophy winners