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 2 (0)
Total 56 (10)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2026.
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 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 West Coast at Adelaide Oval.[15]

Statistics

Updated to the end of round 22, 2026.[19]

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
2017Gold Coast41 3012021417180.00.36.77.013.72.36.00
2018Gold Coast41 811628915118340.10.17.811.118.92.34.30
2019Gold Coast7 821779717434440.30.19.612.121.84.35.50
2020[a]Gold Coast7 10041014310.00.04.010.014.03.01.00
2021Gold Coast7 501253964780.00.25.07.812.81.41.60
2022Fremantle17 2467273370643631270.30.311.415.426.82.65.311
2023Fremantle17 51137661035190.20.27.413.220.61.03.80
2024Fremantle17[20] 0——————————————0
2025Fremantle17[21] 0——————————————0
2026Port Adelaide23 10041418230.00.04.014.018.02.03.00
Career 55101250270612081392540.20.29.112.822.02.54.611

WAFL statistics

Statistics are correct to the end of 2025.[22]
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
2023Peel Thunder17 131413022735730700.10.310.017.527.52.35.4
2024Peel Thunder19 195618134252354650.30.39.518.027.52.83.4
2025Peel Thunder17 135211221833024580.30.08.718.125.42.34.4
Career 45111242378712101081930.20.39.517.826.92.64.3

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.

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. ↑ 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. 2 April 2023. Retrieved 26 March 2024.
  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. 1 2 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 from the original on 10 September 2025. 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". AFL Tables. Retrieved 13 August 2026.
  20. ↑ "Fremantle Playing List for 2025". draftguru.com.au. Retrieved 22 May 2026.
  21. ↑ "Fremantle Playing List for 2025". www.draftguru.com.au. Retrieved 12 April 2026.
  22. ↑ "Will Brodie". West Australian Football League. Retrieved 10 September 2025.
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