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Andrew Brayshaw

Andrew Brayshaw (born 8 November 1999) is a professional Australian rules footballer and the co vice-captain of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

Andrew Brayshaw
Personal information
Nickname(s) Snea[1]
Date of birth (1999-11-08) 8 November 1999 (age 25)
Place of birth Adelaide, South Australia
Original team(s) Sandringham Dragons (TAC Cup)
Draft No. 2, 2017 national draft
Height 185 cm (6 ft 1 in)
Weight 86 kg (190 lb)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Fremantle
Number 8
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2018– Fremantle 146 (50)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
Sources: AFL Tables, AustralianFootball.com

Early career

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Andrew was born in Adelaide, South Australia[2] to parents Mark and Debra Brayshaw, as the youngest of four brothers.[3] Brayshaw grew up in the south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne, Victoria.[4] After an impressive junior career for his school, Haileybury, TAC Cup side Sandringham Dragons and the Victorian Metropolitan representative side,[5] he was recruited by Fremantle with the second overall selection in the 2017 AFL draft.[6]

AFL career

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He made his AFL debut for Fremantle in the opening round of the 2018 AFL season after a series of impressive pre-season games.[7] His debut season was cut short when, in Round 20, he was struck by West Coast Eagles player Andrew Gaff in an off-the-ball incident.[8][9] Gaff was subsequently suspended for eight AFL matches, while Brayshaw suffered a fractured jaw and three dislodged teeth.[10]

Brayshaw played every game in 2020, averaging 20 disposals per game. He signed a four-year contract extension at the end of the season tying him to Fremantle until 2025.[11]

Brayshaw had a stand out game during round 20 of the 2021 AFL season in which he gathered a career-high 39 disposals during Fremantle's four point win over Richmond.[12]

Celebratory games
Year Tally
2018 1st Game - Round 1
versus Port Adelaide
2020 50th Game - Round 12
versus Carlton
2022 100th Game - Semi Finals
versus Collingwood

In Round 21, 2021 he was found guilty of making unreasonable eye contact to Jarrod Berry of the Brisbane Lions and was given a one game suspension.[13] Brayshaw challenged the ban at the AFL tribunal but was unsuccessful in getting it downgraded.[14]

Round one of the 2022 AFL season saw Brayshaw gather a career-high 40 disposals.[15] The 2022 season would prove to be a break out season for Brayshaw, in which he played every game and won Fremantle's best and fairest award, the Doig Medal.[16] Brayshaw also earnt his first All Australian selection, named on the interchange bench of the 2022 All-Australian team.[17] Brayshaw's career best form throughout the season saw him as a front runner for the Brownlow Medal, and arguably the best two-way midfielder in the competition.[18] He finished the 2022 Brownlow Medal count polling equal-fourth with 25 votes.[19] Brayshaw also finished the season with the sixth most disposals in the league collecting 640 across 22 games.[20] Following the 2022 season Brayshaw was named co vice-captain of Fremantle alongside Caleb Serong.[21]

Brayshaw was among Fremantle's best in round 20 of the 2023 AFL season, during their 7 point win over Geelong at Kardinia Park, collecting 28 disposals.[22] He finished the year as runner-up in Fremantle's best and fairest award, as well as having played every game for the second consecutive season. Brayshaw was also second in the league for total disposals with 671 across 23 games, and finishing just four disposals shy of league leader and teammate Caleb Serong.[23]

Brayshaw was impressive in Fremantle's opening game of the 2024 AFL season against the Brisbane Lions at Optus Stadium collecting 32 disposals.[24] He again made a significant impact the next week against North Melbourne at Marvel Stadium, collecting 27 disposals, four clearances and kicking a crucial goal in the third quarter.[25] Brayshaw collected a game-high 38 disposals and seven tackles against Carlton during the Gather Round in Adelaide.[26] Brayshaw collected a career-best 41 disposals in round nineteen during Fremantle's 50 point win over the Melbourne Football Club at Optus Stadium.[27] He would equal this record one month later during the Dockers narrow loss to the Greater Western Sydney Giants at the Sydney Showground.[28][29] He finished the season having played every game for the third year in a row, and runner-up in Fremantle's best and fairest award.[30]

Personal life

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Brayshaw's older brother Angus also played in the AFL for the Melbourne Demons and his other older brother Hamish previously played for the West Coast Eagles. His father, Mark Brayshaw, played for North Melbourne, his uncle, James, is a radio and television broadcaster and former cricketer and his grandfather Ian Brayshaw is a former state cricketer.[31]

In January 2024, Brayshaw got engaged to long-time partner Lizzie Stock.[32]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of the 2024 season.[33]

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
2018 Fremantle 8 17 5 5 127 144 271 49 75 0.3 0.3 7.5 8.5 15.9 2.9 4.4 0
2019 Fremantle 8 22 7 7 167 205 372 46 113 0.3 0.3 7.6 9.3 16.9 2.1 5.1 1
2020[a] Fremantle 8 17 0 3 147 191 338 49 83 0.0 0.2 8.6 11.2 19.9 2.9 4.9 9
2021 Fremantle 8 20 8 5 265 303 568 101 93 0.4 0.3 13.3 15.2 28.4 5.1 4.7 10
2022 Fremantle 8 24 12 12 354 350 704 112 149 0.5 0.5 14.8 14.6 29.3 4.7 6.2 25
2023 Fremantle 8 23 11 4 322 349 671 87 143 0.5 0.2 14.0 15.2 29.2 3.8 6.2 10
2024 Fremantle 8 23 7 12 305 365 670 99 117 0.3 0.5 13.3 15.8 29.1 4.3 5.1 22
Career 146 50 48 1688 1907 3595 542 773 0.3 0.3 11.6 13.1 24.6 3.7 5.3 77

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.

Honours and achievements

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Individual

References

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  1. ^ "The many (many) nicknames of Andrew Brayshaw". fremantlefc.com.au. 20 May 2021. Retrieved 25 September 2024.
  2. ^ Jordan Clark & Emma O'Driscoll (25 July 2024). "Better Down Back #8 (ft. Andy Brayshaw)". Youtube (Podcast). Fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  3. ^ "Good Cup Chats and Brews — Brayshaw Bros". www.aflplayers.com.au. 28 August 2018. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  4. ^ "Draft pick 2 - Andrew Brayshaw". 24 November 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2024.
  5. ^ Waterworth, Ben (3 November 2017). "Andrew Brayshaw, AFL draft 2017, TAC Cup stats, Angus Brayshaw, Hamish Brayshaw". Fox Sports. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  6. ^ Hope, Shayne (25 November 2017). "Young gun can't wait to join Fyfe". PerthNow. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  7. ^ Lacy, Bridget (19 March 2018). "First-year pair to get Freo debut". PerthNow. Retrieved 19 March 2018.
  8. ^ "Gaff strikes Brayshaw - Round 20". YouTube. Docker TV. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 12 September 2020.
  9. ^ "Gaff clashes with Brayshaw in fiery Derby | Round 20, 2018 | AFL". YouTube. AFL. 5 August 2018. Retrieved 13 September 2020.
  10. ^ Tran, Danny (7 August 2018). "West Coast midfielder Andrew Gaff suspended for eight weeks for punching Andrew Brayshaw". ABC. Retrieved 7 August 2018.
  11. ^ "Four more years: Dockers lock in rising midfielder until 2025". Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  12. ^ "Big, strong and 'ready to take over': Freo's 'Mr Perfect' primed for 2022". Retrieved 27 July 2022.
  13. ^ "Match Review: Freo gun rubbed out for eye contact, Bomber banned". AFL.com.au. 9 August 2021. Retrieved 9 August 2021.
  14. ^ Schmook, Nathan (11 August 2021). "Mixed MARATHON Tribunal: GWS, Freo consider appeal after failed night". AFL.com.au. Retrieved 11 August 2021.
  15. ^ "Brayshaw on third quarter drop offs". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
  16. ^ "Andrew Brayshaw wins the 2022 Doig Medal". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 31 May 2023.
  17. ^ "Andy adds All Australian to his honours". fremantlefc.com.au. Retrieved 26 August 2022.
  18. ^ Schmook, Nathan. "Is this Brownlow fancy the League's best two-way midfielder?". Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  19. ^ Bilton, Dean. "Patrick Cripps wins 2022 Brownlow Medal from Lachie Neale and Touk Miller in thrilling count". Retrieved 12 July 2023.
  20. ^ "Most Disposals 2022 AFL Statistics". zerohanger.
  21. ^ Schmook, Nathan. "Pearce named new Dockers captain, young guns as deputies". Retrieved 31 May 2023.
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  24. ^ Schmook, Nathan. "Freo overcomes horror injury toll to hand stunned Lions 0-2 start". afl.com.au. Retrieved 23 March 2024.
  25. ^ "Freo rally to reel in Roos with nine-goal blitz". fremantlefc.com. Retrieved 25 March 2024.
  26. ^ Rogers, Samantha. "Fremantle Dockers suffer heartbreaking 10-point loss to Carlton on back of controversial finish". thewest. Retrieved 15 April 2024.
  27. ^ Schmook, Nathan (21 July 2024). "Dockers crush Dees to climb into top four". afl.com.au.
  28. ^ Waterworth, Ben (17 August 2024). "SEVENTH straight Giants win as new 'superstar' emerges; Hulk Hogan's six sinks Freo amid costly brainfade: 3-2-1". Fox Sports.
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  30. ^ Fox Footy (7 October 2024). "Blues superstar makes more history to cap off dominant season — Every AFL club's B&F". Fox Sports.
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  32. ^ Epstein, Jackie (30 January 2024). "Love is in the air for Brayshaw family as Fremantle star Andrew pops question to Lizzie Stock". Herald Sun. Retrieved 31 January 2024.
  33. ^ "Andrew Brayshaw". AFL Tables. Retrieved 25 May 2022.
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