2016 AFL Draft prospects: Will Brodie

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Ben Pahor

Name: Will Brodie
Position: Midfield
DOB: 23-08-1998
Height: 189cm
Weight: 82kg
Draft range: 2-10

Pub summary
Ready made AFL inside midfielder and tough contested ball winner.

Strengths

  • Contested ball
  • Strength
  • Brilliant work rate
  • Competitive, huge apetite for the contest

Weaknesses

  • Average foot skills
  • Needs to improve impact on scoreboard

Overall

Brodie is a brilliant contested ball winner and simply loves getting his hands dirty. At 189cm and 82kg, he is a big bodied, tough onballer, who should be ready to slot right into most AFL midfields in the competition.

He is clean in the contest and loves to run and carry and burst through packs and has impressive pace. However, for his size, he could improve his contested marking ability.

Brodie reads the play well, particularly off the ruck tap and gets plenty of clearances.

Under-18 Championships statistics

  • Games: 4
  • Average disposals: 21
  • Average contested possessions: 10
  • Goals: 2
  • Average marks: 2.5
  • Average tackles: 3.2
  • Average clearances: 5.2
  • Average clangers: 1.5
  • Average inside 50s: 3.2

Highlights

Published by
Ben Pahor