All-Australian ruckman Brodie Grundy has made an imposing start with the Swans, his third club in three years.
Brodie Grundy is enjoying Sydney’s “Off Broadway” attitude to AFL footballBrodie Grundy is relieved he is no longer the news.
“People aren’t talking to me down the street about the game and there’s a bit more of a work-life barrier there. When I’m home I’m really home and present. And when I’m at the footy club, I can really dial in and be really super-present there. I think that’s a good thing.”It’s part of his new “normal” after a decade at Collingwood which netted two All-Australian selections, two club-best player awards and a seven-year, $7 million contract heading into the 2021 season.
“Experience as a senior player being out of the side and dealing with injury, I think that’s given me great perspective now as a senior player and a leader, being able to empathise with all people on the playing list and where they are,” Grundy said. “And now I have great perspective, and I think it’s allowed me to come to Sydney with great intention about what I want to get out of the rest of my football journey.
So did he have a point to prove when he lined up for the Swans against a strong Melbourne side and reigning premiers Collingwood in the first two matches of the season as his team’s leading ruckman for the first time in three years? Isaac Heeney has been gaining most of the attention from the Swans’ flying start, as blond midfielders tend to do, now he has been released from a half-forward flank role in the absence of injured engine room trio Callum Mills, Luke Parker and Taylor Adams.
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