Will Brodie

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. He was drafted by Gold Coast with their third selection and ninth overall in the 2016 national draft.

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.

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: (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. Brodie played every game in 2022, a career-best, and was an important part of Fremantle's midfield that season. He finished eleventh in the league for total disposals with 607, and ninth for clearances.

Brodie only played five AFL games for Fremantle in 2023, being omitted after Round 2. In his first WAFL game, he racked up 37 disposals for Peel Thunder in their 4-point win over East Fremantle. 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. 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, 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.

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. He was traded to the Power for pick 103, a sixth-round draft pick.

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.

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