Will Brodie
FullnameWill Brodie
Birth date23 August 1998 (age 28)
OriginalteamMurray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)/Shepparton Football Club
DraftpickNo. 9, 2016 national draft
DebutdateRound 10, 2017
DebutstadiumTIO Traeger Park
Height190cm
Weight88kg
PositionMidfielder
Guernsey23
Years 12017–2021
Games goals 125 (3)
Years 22022–2025
Games goals 229 (7)
Years 32026–
Games goals 31 (0)
Games goalstotal55 (10)
Statsendround 12, 2026
Careerhighlights

Will Brodie (born 23 August 1998) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Brodie previously played for the Gold Coast Suns and Fremantle.

Early career

He grew up in Shepparton before accepting a scholarship to attend Scotch College in Melbourne.[1] He was drafted by Gold Coast with their third selection and ninth overall in the 2016 national draft.[2]

AFL career

Gold Coast: (2017–2021)

He made his debut in the thirty-five point loss against at TIO Traeger Park in round ten of the 2017 season.[3]

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.[4]

Brodie played five games for Gold Coast in 2021. Following the 2021 AFL season, Brodie was traded to .[5]

Fremantle: (2022–2025)

Brodie made his debut for Fremantle during their one-point win over at Adelaide Oval in Round 1 of the 2022 AFL season.[6] Brodie played every game in 2022, a career-best, and was an important part of Fremantle's midfield that season.[7] He finished eleventh in the league for total disposals with 607,[8] and ninth for clearances.[9]

Brodie only played five AFL games for Fremantle in 2023, being omitted after Round 2.[10] In his first WAFL game, he racked up 37 disposals for Peel Thunder in their 4-point win over East Fremantle.[11] Brodie returned to Fremantle's line-up in Round 5 against Gold Coast, starting as the substitute and replacing Sam Switkowski in the second quarter.[12] He was omitted for Round 8, and played no more AFL games in 2023.

Despite being named in Fremantle's extended squad several times throughout the 2024 and 2025 AFL seasons,[13][14] Brodie failed to make a senior appearance and spent the entirety of the two years playing for Peel Thunder, including in their 2024 Premiership win.[15]

At the end of the 2025 AFL season, Brodie requested a trade to Port Adelaide to reunite with Josh Carr, who was Fremantle's midfield coach in 2022, Brodie's best season.[16][17] He was traded to the Power for pick 103, a sixth-round draft pick.[18]

Port Adelaide: (2026–present)

After going unselected in rounds 1 & 2, Brodie played his first game for Port in Round 3 of the 2026 AFL season against at Adelaide Oval.[15]

WAFL statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2025.[19]

|- | 2023 || Peel Thunder || 17 | 13 || 1 || 4 || 130 || 227 || 357 || 30 || 70 || 0.1 || 0.3 || 10.0 || 17.5 || 27.5 || 2.3 || 5.4 |- | 2024 || Peel Thunder || 19 | 19 || 5 || 6 || 181 || 342 || 523 || 54 || 65 || 0.3 || 0.3 || 9.5 || 18.0 || 27.5 || 2.8 || 3.4 |- | 2025 || Peel Thunder || 17 | 13 || 5 || 2 || 112 || 218 || 330 || 24 || 58 || 0.3 || 0.0 || 8.7 || 18.1 || 25.4 || 2.3 || 4.4 |- class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 | Career ! 45 !! 11 !! 12 !! 423 !! 787 !! 1210 !! 108 !! 193 !! 0.2 !! 0.3 !! 9.5 !! 17.8 !! 26.9 !! 2.6 !! 4.3 |}

Notes

  1. ^ 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.

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 12, 2026.[20]

|- | 2017 || || 41 | 3 || 0 || 1 || 20 || 21 || 41 || 7 || 18 || 0.0 || 0.3 || 6.7 || 7.0 || 13.7 || 2.3 || 6.0 || 0 |- | 2018 || || 41 | 8 || 1 || 1 || 62 || 89 || 151 || 18 || 34 || 0.1 || 0.1 || 7.8 || 11.1 || 18.9 || 2.3 || 4.3 || 0 |- | 2019 || || 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[a] || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 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 || || 17[21] | 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0 |- | 2025 || || 17[22] | 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0 |- | 2026 || || 23 | 1 || 0 || 0 || 4 || 14 || 18 || 2 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 4.0 || 14.0 || 18.0 || 2.0 || 3.0 || |- class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 | Career ! 55 !! 10 !! 12 !! 502 !! 706 !! 1208 !! 139 !! 254 !! 0.2 !! 0.2 !! 9.1 !! 12.8 !! 22.0 !! 2.5 !! 4.6 !! 11 |}

Notes

References

  1. ^ "I want to be the best player in the draft: Brodie". 2 June 2016.
  2. ^ Hamilton, Andrew (25 November 2016). "Jack Bowes is the first Queensland junior in a decade to be selected in the top 10 of the national draft". The Courier-Mail. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  3. ^ Boswell, Tom (25 May 2017). "Draftee Will Brodie to debut for Gold Coast Suns against Melbourne". Gold Coast Bulletin. News Corp Australia. Retrieved 4 June 2017.
  4. ^ "PLAYER BIO". Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Trade paperwork lodged.". No. 1445912790556823558. 7 October 2021. Retrieved 7 October 2021.
  6. ^ "TABTouch Squad: Freo name line-up, update on Fyfe, Darcy". Retrieved 13 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Brodie itching for finals intensity". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 28 August 2022.
  8. ^ "Most Disposals 2022 AFL Statistics". zerohanger
  9. ^ Woodcock, Mitchell (13 October 2025). "AFL Trades: Fremantle Dockers trade Will Brodie to Port Adelaide for late draft pick to open list spot". The West Australian. Retrieved 22 April 2026.
  10. ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 2023-04-02. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
  11. ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results"
  12. ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". 14 April 2023.
  13. ^ Robinson, Chris (20 March 2025). "Fremantle Dockers round two team news: Shai Bolton locked in for Freo debut against Sydney". The West Australian. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  14. ^ "TABtouch Squad: Three potentials ins for Retro Round". fremantlefc.com.au. 31 July 2025. Retrieved 31 March 2026.
  15. ^ Santa Maria, Jake (26 March 2026). "Former Fremantle Docker Will Brodie to play first AFL game in more than two years after Port Adelaide switch". The West Australian. Retrieved 30 March 2026.
  16. ^ Woodcock, Mitchell (10 September 2025). "Liam Reidy and Will Brodie request trades out of Fremantle Dockers to Carlton and Port Adelaide respectively". The West Australian. Archived 10 September 2025 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  17. ^ "Brodie and Reidy request trades". fremantlefc.com.au. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  18. ^ "Dockers midfielder joins third club, deal done for sixth-round pick". AFL Media. 13 October 2025.
  19. ^ "Will Brodie". West Australian Football League. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  20. ^ "Will Brodie". AFL Tables. Retrieved 1 June 2026.
  21. ^ "Fremantle Playing List for 2025". draftguru.com.au. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  22. ^ "Fremantle Playing List for 2025". www.draftguru.com.au. Retrieved 12 April 2026.