# Will Brodie

Will Brodie (born 23 August 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL), having been initially drafted to the Gold Coast Suns.

## Early career

He grew up in Shepparton before accepting a scholarship to attend Scotch College in Melbourne. He was drafted by Gold Coast with their third selection and ninth overall in the 2016 national draft.

## AFL career

He made his debut in the thirty-five point loss against Melbourne at TIO Traeger Park in round ten of the 2017 season.
Brodie started to find some consistency with his football early in the 2019 AFL season, however, a hamstring injury caused him to miss the remainder of the year. Brodie played the first round of the 2020 AFL season but the Covid-19 related shutdown of the competition saw him out of the side and unable to break back in that season.
Brodie played five games for Gold Coast in 2021. Following the 2021 AFL season, Brodie was traded to Fremantle. Brodie made his debut for Fremantle during their one point win over Adelaide at Adelaide Oval in round one of the 2022 AFL season. Brodie played every game of the 2022 season a career best and established himself as an important part of Fremantle's midfield. He finished the season eleventh in the league for total disposals tallying 607 across 22 games.
Brodie played only five games for Fremantle in 2023. He was omitted after round 2. In his first round in the West Australian Football League he racked up 37 disposals for Peel Thunder, leading to their comeback 4 point win over East Fremantle. Following this performance, he returned to Fremantle's AFL team for their round 5 gather round win against Gold Coast, where he started as SUB and replaced Switkowski, who sustained a Calf injury, in the second quarter. With only 48% Time On Ground, he was still able to get 16 disposals. He was omitted for round 8, and played no more AFL games in 2023. 2023 was a disappointing year for Brodie after he played every game in 2022.
Despite being named in Fremantle's extended squad several times throughout the 2024 AFL season, Brodie failed to make a senior appearance and spent the entirety of 2024 playing for Peel Thunder.

## Statistics

    Statistics are correct to the end of 2024
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Totals | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Averages (per game) | Votes |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | Votes |
| 2017 | Gold Coast | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 21 | 41 | 7 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 6.7 | 7.0 | 13.7 | 2.3 | 6.0 | 0 |
| 2018 | Gold Coast | 7 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 62 | 89 | 151 | 18 | 34 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 7.8 | 11.1 | 18.9 | 2.3 | 4.3 | 0 |
| 2019 | Gold Coast | 7 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 77 | 97 | 174 | 34 | 44 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 9.6 | 12.1 | 21.8 | 4.3 | 5.5 | 0 |
| 2020 | Gold Coast | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 3 | 1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 | 10.0 | 14.0 | 3.0 | 1.0 | 0 |
| 2021 | Gold Coast | 7 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 25 | 39 | 64 | 7 | 8 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.0 | 7.8 | 12.8 | 1.4 | 1.6 | 0 |
| 2022 | Fremantle | 17 | 24 | 6 | 7 | 273 | 370 | 643 | 63 | 127 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 11.4 | 15.4 | 26.8 | 2.6 | 5.3 | 11 |
| 2023 | Fremantle | 17 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 37 | 66 | 103 | 5 | 19 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 7.4 | 13.2 | 20.6 | 1.0 | 3.8 | 0 |
| 2024 | Fremantle | 17 | 0 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 0 |
| Career | Career | Career | 54 | 10 | 12 | 498 | 692 | 1190 | 137 | 251 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 9.2 | 12.8 | 22.0 | 2.5 | 4.6 | 11 |
Notes
* ↑ The 2020 season was played with 17 home-and-away matches per team (down from 22) and 16-minute quarters with time on (down from 20-minute quarters with time on) due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.