Brayden Maynard (born 20 September 1996) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er who currently plays for the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

in the

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(AFL).

State football

Maynard played junior football with the Hampton Rovers in the

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(VAFA). Maynard represented

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 ...

in the

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. He played 13 games for them in the

2013 TAC Cup season The 2013 TAC Cup season was the 22nd season of the TAC Cup competition. Eastern Ranges have won there 2nd premiership title after defeating the Dandenong Stingrays in the grand final by 112 points (This is the biggest margin win in a NAB grand fin ...

and 17 games in the 2014 TAC Cup season. During the 2014 season, he averaged 22 disposals and 6

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per game, winning the club's season

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award. Sandringham Dragons' talent manager,

Ryan O'Connor Ryan O'Connor (born 27 June 1974) is a former Australian rules football player. He is best known for playing for the Essendon Bombers and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League. He then continued his career in the SANFL with the Po ...

, compared Maynard to

Luke Hodge Luke Hodge (born 15 June 1984) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2002 to 2017, c ...

, saying "he's a really exciting player because he’s quite explosive and powerful and has got a beautiful left foot kick and a real feel for the game." Maynard represented Vic Metro at the 2014 AFL Under 18 Championships, averaging 15 disposals and 5

per game. He was named among the best players in both matches against Vic Country, and scored a goal in the second game against Vic Country as well as in both games against Western Australia.

AFL career

Maynard was drafted by Collingwood with their third selection and 30th pick overall in the

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. After being drafted to the club, he was glad that he knew his fellow draftees, having played with

Jordan De Goey Jordan De Goey (born 15 March 1996) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). State football De Goey played his junior football with the Ashburton Unit ...

Darcy Moore Darcy Moore (born 25 January 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Collingwood Football Club. The son of former Collingwood captain Peter Moore, he played for the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup before he was dr ...

, and

Matthew Goodyear Matthew Goodyear (born 20 July 1996) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who last played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Matthew is now a current committed American Football Punter ...

at the

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. He made his debut against

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in round 14 of the 2015 season. After the 2017 season, Maynard signed a contract extension until the end of the 2020 season. Maynard played in Collingwood's losing team in the 2018 Grand Final against

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. He was involved in the controversial goal at the end, with some fans and analysts claiming he should've been awarded a

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after being blocked by

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, which allowed

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and kick the winning goal. In April 2019, despite having more than a year left on his contract, Collingwood signed Maynard on another two year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2022 season. In the 2019 season, Maynard came in fifth in the

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count, giving a humorous speech, which included a light dig at Justin Longmuir, Collingwood's assistant coach who left to take up the head coaching role at

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. In the third round of the 2020 season, Maynard played his 100th game for Collingwood.

Coaching

In 2019, Maynard took on an assistant coaching role, under

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, at De La Salle College where he studied.

Personal life

Maynard was born in

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, but grew up in

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barracking for

. He is the son of Peter Maynard, who played for Melbourne in the AFL and for Glenelg in the

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(SANFL) and the grandson of

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, who played and coached

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, as well as coaching West Perth and Glenelg. His brother,

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, played football for Melbourne in the AFL as a category B rookie after a career playing

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professionally. He attended De La Salle College in

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, an inner suburb of

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual *

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References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maynard, Brayden Living people 1996 births Collingwood Football Club players Sandringham Dragons players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)