Brodie Holland
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Brodie Holland is a former professional Australian rules football
er best known for his playing days at the Collingwood Football Club
in the Australian Football League
.
Brodie Holland is also known for his media profile, particularly due to some notable on-field and off-field incidents involving him.
, Brodie was drafted to Fremantle
in the 1997 AFL Draft
at no.26 overall.
in 2000. Holland quickly adapted as a good player with the Magpies and became a fan favourite in his first season, kicking 28 goals in 21 matches.
In 2002 he started off with a 3-goal haul against Richmond
and then produced an 8-goal haul a week later against the West Coast Eagles
, to be the leading goalkicker for the season after round 2. He then was quiet for the rest of the season. He injured his back, causing a month out of the game, but could not get back in the side until late season. He was dropped after round 22 and missed the Magpies first finals campaign since 1994, which included playing in the 2002 AFL Grand Final
. 2003 saw him change to a tagging role in the midfield rather than the inconsistent goal-kicking small forward. He had a clash with Scott Camporeale
of Carlton
leaving him with a bloodied nose, while late in the year, he was suspended for punching Paul Williams
of Sydney
in the stomach. He missed the first final but managed to get back in for the Preliminary and Grand Final
sides.
He continued as a tagging midfielder, despite some problems at the tribunal during years 2004 and 2005, and his good form bought him very close to winning the Copeland Trophy
, coming second to James Clement
in 2005.
While he could not retain his 2005 form, he continued to be a fan favourite in 2006, showing grit and determination to win the ball, highlighted in a match against the Geelong Football Club
, in which he bravely laid a huge tackle on Geelong big man Cameron Mooney
.
In the Elimination Final against the Western Bulldogs
, Holland was suspended for 6 weeks for rough conduct against Brett Montgomery
. Montgomery who was injured in the clash returned to the field and went on to kick 6 goals to lead the Bulldogs to an inspiring victory.
After playing just 1 game in 2008 due to injury, Holland was delisted by Collingwood. He was hopeful of continuing his career at another AFL club but was not picked up, he then retired.
with the Maribyrnong Park Football Club
where he had become captain-coach, however he was banned after striking a young opponent from the Doutta Stars. Holland has been deregistered from the Essendon league when it was found that on a technicality, Holland is not eligible to play in the league. The regulations of AFL Victoria, the sport's governing body, say that a player who has served more than 16 weeks' suspension in one competition cannot transfer to another. Holland was outed for more than 16 games in his long career at the top level with Fremantle and Collingwood. Despite not being able to play, he has been allowed to continue to coach if he chooses.
Holland appealed this decision and was allowed to continue as playing coach. On 13 Sep 2009 the Maribyrnong Park Lions won the EDFL A Grade Grand Final – Maribyrnong Park 102 def Greenvale 84.
In 2010, Maribyrnong Park finished 4th at the end of the home and away season. They went on to defeat 3rd placed Oak Park then 2nd placed Keilor to advance to the Grand Final against Greenvale.
On 12 Sep 2010, in a back to back as playing coach, Holland lead the Maribyrnong Park A Grade Seniors team to victory - Maribyrnong Park 90 def Greenvale 73.
's television show Dancing with the Stars with dance partner Alana. Holland made it to the top four before being voted off the show.
In 2006, Holland appeared in several advertisements on television for a lottery advertisement along with the NRL's Matthew Johns
. He also made a cameo appearance
as himself in the soap opera Neighbours
.
Holland also made several appearances as a panellist on the AFL Footy Show.
. They have a daughter, Stevie, born in May 2010 and identical twin boys, Kip and Bowie, born in March 2011.
On 25 May 2006, Holland, Stella and a friend, Brooke Hawken, appeared in court after being charged with assault following an altercation outside a popular nightclub in Melbourne
on 2 December 2005. Magistrate Jelena Popovic adjourned the matter for a contested hearing, to begin on 2 October 2006.
Holland later pled guilty to one count of recklessly causing injury to the woman, who the court heard Holland had grabbed from behind after she attempted to enter a taxi ahead of his friends. After the woman shrugged off his tackle, Holland punched her in the head.
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...
er best known for his playing days at the Collingwood Football Club
Collingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
in the Australian Football League
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...
.
Brodie Holland is also known for his media profile, particularly due to some notable on-field and off-field incidents involving him.
Early life
From TasmaniaTasmania
Tasmania is an Australian island and state. It is south of the continent, separated by Bass Strait. The state includes the island of Tasmania—the 26th largest island in the world—and the surrounding islands. The state has a population of 507,626 , of whom almost half reside in the greater Hobart...
, Brodie was drafted to Fremantle
Fremantle Football Club
The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...
in the 1997 AFL Draft
AFL Draft
The AFL Draft is the annual draft of new unsigned players by Australian rules football teams that participate in the main competition of that sport, the Australian Football League.-History:...
at no.26 overall.
AFL career
He made his debut mid-way through 1998 as a small-forward and played most games since making his first appearance. He spent a further 2 seasons at the Dockers before being traded to CollingwoodCollingwood Football Club
The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...
in 2000. Holland quickly adapted as a good player with the Magpies and became a fan favourite in his first season, kicking 28 goals in 21 matches.
In 2002 he started off with a 3-goal haul against Richmond
Richmond Football Club
The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...
and then produced an 8-goal haul a week later against the West Coast Eagles
West Coast Eagles
The West Coast Eagles are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League. The club is based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 and played its first games in the 1987 season. Its current home ground is Subiaco Oval...
, to be the leading goalkicker for the season after round 2. He then was quiet for the rest of the season. He injured his back, causing a month out of the game, but could not get back in the side until late season. He was dropped after round 22 and missed the Magpies first finals campaign since 1994, which included playing in the 2002 AFL Grand Final
2002 AFL Grand Final
The 2002 AFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football game contested between the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne on 28 September 2002. It was the 106th annual Grand Final of the Victorian Football League/Australian Football...
. 2003 saw him change to a tagging role in the midfield rather than the inconsistent goal-kicking small forward. He had a clash with Scott Camporeale
Scott Camporeale
Scott Camporeale is a former Australian rules footballer who spent the majority of his AFL career with the Carlton Football Club.-AFL career:...
of Carlton
Carlton Football Club
The Carlton Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne, Victoria. The club competes in the Australian Football League, and was one of the eight founding members of that competition in 1897...
leaving him with a bloodied nose, while late in the year, he was suspended for punching Paul Williams
Paul Williams (Australian rules footballer)
Paul Williams is a former Australian rules footballer with both Collingwood and Sydney. Since retiring from playing, he has been an assistant coach, including a bried period as caretaker coach of the Western Bulldogs towards the end of the 2011 season...
of Sydney
Sydney Swans
The Sydney Swans Football Club is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Sydney, New South Wales. The club, founded in 1874, was known as the South Melbourne Football Club until it relocated to Sydney in 1982 to become the Sydney...
in the stomach. He missed the first final but managed to get back in for the Preliminary and Grand Final
AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...
sides.
He continued as a tagging midfielder, despite some problems at the tribunal during years 2004 and 2005, and his good form bought him very close to winning the Copeland Trophy
Copeland Trophy
The E.W. Copeland Trophy is an Australian rules football award given by the Collingwood Football Club to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for Collingwood during the year....
, coming second to James Clement
James Clement
James Clement is a former professional Australian rules footballer for Collingwood and Fremantle in the Australian Football League...
in 2005.
While he could not retain his 2005 form, he continued to be a fan favourite in 2006, showing grit and determination to win the ball, highlighted in a match against the Geelong Football Club
Geelong Football Club
The Geelong Football Club, nicknamed The Cats, is a professional Australian rules football club, named after and based in the city of Geelong, playing in the Australian Football League . The club has been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times, with a record equalling 3 in the AFL era. Geelong has also...
, in which he bravely laid a huge tackle on Geelong big man Cameron Mooney
Cameron Mooney
Cameron Mooney was an Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne and Geelong Football Clubs in the Australian Football League...
.
In the Elimination Final against the Western Bulldogs
Western Bulldogs
The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...
, Holland was suspended for 6 weeks for rough conduct against Brett Montgomery
Brett Montgomery
Brett Montgomery is a retired Australian rules football player and current assistant coach with the Western Bulldogs.-Early life:...
. Montgomery who was injured in the clash returned to the field and went on to kick 6 goals to lead the Bulldogs to an inspiring victory.
After playing just 1 game in 2008 due to injury, Holland was delisted by Collingwood. He was hopeful of continuing his career at another AFL club but was not picked up, he then retired.
Suburban Football
After being delisted by Collingwood he took up a suburban football in the Essendon District Football LeagueEssendon District Football League
The Essendon District Football League is an Australian rules football league based in the north-west suburbs of Melbourne, which was established in 1930.The EDFL consists of 24 senior clubs, 10 clubs in A Grade and 14 clubs in B Grade...
with the Maribyrnong Park Football Club
Maribyrnong Park Football Club
Maribyrnong Park Football Club is an Australian rules football club located 7 km north of Melbourne in the suburb of Moonee Ponds .The club was formed in 1980 from an amalgamation of Riverside Stars and Moonee Imperials football clubs who shared the same clubroom and played on adjacent ovals...
where he had become captain-coach, however he was banned after striking a young opponent from the Doutta Stars. Holland has been deregistered from the Essendon league when it was found that on a technicality, Holland is not eligible to play in the league. The regulations of AFL Victoria, the sport's governing body, say that a player who has served more than 16 weeks' suspension in one competition cannot transfer to another. Holland was outed for more than 16 games in his long career at the top level with Fremantle and Collingwood. Despite not being able to play, he has been allowed to continue to coach if he chooses.
Holland appealed this decision and was allowed to continue as playing coach. On 13 Sep 2009 the Maribyrnong Park Lions won the EDFL A Grade Grand Final – Maribyrnong Park 102 def Greenvale 84.
In 2010, Maribyrnong Park finished 4th at the end of the home and away season. They went on to defeat 3rd placed Oak Park then 2nd placed Keilor to advance to the Grand Final against Greenvale.
On 12 Sep 2010, in a back to back as playing coach, Holland lead the Maribyrnong Park A Grade Seniors team to victory - Maribyrnong Park 90 def Greenvale 73.
Media Profile
In 2005, Holland participated in the Seven NetworkSeven Network
The Seven Network is an Australian television network owned by Seven West Media Limited. It dates back to 4 November 1956, when the first stations on the VHF7 frequency were established in Melbourne and Sydney.It is currently the second largest network in the country in terms of population reach...
's television show Dancing with the Stars with dance partner Alana. Holland made it to the top four before being voted off the show.
In 2006, Holland appeared in several advertisements on television for a lottery advertisement along with the NRL's Matthew Johns
Matthew Johns
Matthew Johns is an Australian rugby league football commentator and former professional player...
. He also made a cameo appearance
Cameo appearance
A cameo role or cameo appearance is a brief appearance of a known person in a work of the performing arts, such as plays, films, video games and television...
as himself in the soap opera Neighbours
Neighbours
Neighbours is an Australian television soap opera first broadcast on the Seven Network on 18 March 1985. It was created by TV executive Reg Watson, who proposed the idea of making a show that focused on realistic stories and portrayed adults and teenagers who talk openly and solve their problems...
.
Holland also made several appearances as a panellist on the AFL Footy Show.
Personal life
On 9 October 2008 Holland married Sarita Stella in BaliBali
Bali is an Indonesian island located in the westernmost end of the Lesser Sunda Islands, lying between Java to the west and Lombok to the east...
. They have a daughter, Stevie, born in May 2010 and identical twin boys, Kip and Bowie, born in March 2011.
On 25 May 2006, Holland, Stella and a friend, Brooke Hawken, appeared in court after being charged with assault following an altercation outside a popular nightclub in Melbourne
Melbourne
Melbourne is the capital and most populous city in the state of Victoria, and the second most populous city in Australia. The Melbourne City Centre is the hub of the greater metropolitan area and the Census statistical division—of which "Melbourne" is the common name. As of June 2009, the greater...
on 2 December 2005. Magistrate Jelena Popovic adjourned the matter for a contested hearing, to begin on 2 October 2006.
Holland later pled guilty to one count of recklessly causing injury to the woman, who the court heard Holland had grabbed from behind after she attempted to enter a taxi ahead of his friends. After the woman shrugged off his tackle, Holland punched her in the head.
External links
- Brodie Holland at the Internet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie DatabaseInternet Movie Database is an online database of information related to movies, television shows, actors, production crew personnel, video games and fictional characters featured in visual entertainment media. It is one of the most popular online entertainment destinations, with over 100 million...
- Uncle Jimmy's Pool Room