Brodie Grundy (born 15 April 1994) is a professional

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er playing for the

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in the

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(AFL). He was previously an All-Australian and best-and-fairest winner with , having been selected with the 18th draft pick in the

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Early life and junior football

Grundy was born in

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and attended

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, a private Catholic high school in the southern suburbs of the city, graduating in 2011. A former

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player, Grundy switched to Australian rules football in 2010. Brodie has a younger brother, Riley, who was drafted to Port Adelaide with pick 73 in the 2018 draft.

AFL career

Following a successful season playing as a ruckman with

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(SANFL) club Sturt's junior teams, Grundy was recruited by Collingwood with draft pick #18 in the

2012 AFL Draft The 2012 AFL draft consisted of five opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2012/13 Australian Football League off-season. These were: *2012 AFL trade week, trade period; which was held between 1 October and 26 October, and for the fir ...

. Grundy was the Round 22 nomination for the

2013 AFL Rising Star The NAB AFL Rising Star The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 seas ...

award. In March 2014, Grundy signed a three-year contract extension lasting until the end of the

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. In 2018 he won the

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award with 27 votes, one clear of

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ruck

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and

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midfielder Tom Mitchell. Grundy also won the Copeland medal for Collingwood's best and fairest in 2018, drawing with Steele Sidebottom. After another All-Australian season in 2019, Grundy signed a seven-year, $1 million per-year deal with Collingwood. However, Grundy struggled to recapture his All-Australian form in subsequent years, with his salary criticised by some media figures. At the end of the

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, Collingwood traded Grundy to

for salary cap relief.

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.

Personal life

In December 2020, Grundy graduated from

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with a Bachelor of Health Sciences.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual *

: 2018 * 2×

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: 2018, 2019 * 2×

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* All Stars Representative Honours in Bushfire Relief Match: 2020 * AFL Rising Star nominee: 2013 (round 22)

References

External links

* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Grundy, Brodie 1994 births Living people Collingwood Football Club players Sturt Football Club players Australian rules footballers from South Australia Copeland Trophy winners All-Australians (AFL)