Will Brodie

Will Brodie
Brodie playing for Gold Coast in 2019
Personal information
Full name Will Brodie
Nickname Wiz
Born (1998-08-23) 23 August 1998
Original team Murray Bushrangers (TAC Cup)/Shepparton Football Club
Draft No. 9, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 10, 2017, Gold Coast vs. Melbourne, at TIO Traeger Park
Height 190 cm (6 ft 3 in)
Weight 88 kg (194 lb)
Position Midfielder
Club information
Current club Port Adelaide
Number 23
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2017–2021 Gold Coast 25 (3)
2022–2025 Fremantle 29 (7)
2026– Port Adelaide 0 (0)
Total 54 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2025.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

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 Melbourne 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 Fremantle.[5]

Fremantle: (2022–2025)

Brodie made his debut for Fremantle during their one-point win over Adelaide at Adelaide Oval in round one 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, tallying 607 across 22 games.[8]

Brodie played only five games for Fremantle in 2023. He was omitted after round 2.[9] 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.[10] 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.[11] 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 and 2025 AFL seasons, Brodie failed to make a senior appearance and spent the entirety of the two years playing for Peel Thunder, including in their 2024 WAFL Premiership win.

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.[12][13] Brodie was traded to the Power for Pick 103, a sixth-round draft pick.[14]

Statistics

AFL Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2025.[15]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
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[a] 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
2025 Fremantle 17 0 – – – – – – – – – – – – – – 0
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

  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.

WAFL Statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2025.[16]
Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals 
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds 
  H  
 Handballs 
  M  
 Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game)
G B K H D M T G B K H D M T
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
Career 45 11 12 423 787 1210 108 193 0.2 0.3 9.5 17.8 26.9 2.6 4.3

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. ^ @AFL_House (7 October 2021). "Trade paperwork lodged" (Tweet). Retrieved 7 October 2021 – via Twitter.
  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. ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". afl.com.au. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  10. ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results".
  11. ^ "AFL - News, Fixtures, Scores & Results". 14 April 2023.
  12. ^ 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 from the original on 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  13. ^ "Brodie and Reidy request trades". fremantlefc.com.au. 10 September 2025. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
  14. ^ "Dockers midfielder joins third club, deal done for sixth-round pick". AFL Media. 13 October 2025.
  15. ^ "Will Brodie". AFL Tables.
  16. ^ "Will Brodie". West Australian Football League. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
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