Brodie Croft


Brodie Croft is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who plays as a for the Brisbane Broncos in the NRL.

Early life

Croft was born in Dalby, Queensland, Australia. He was educated at St. Joseph's College, Toowoomba and later Anglican Church Grammar School, Brisbane.
He played his junior rugby league for the Highfields Eagles and He played with the First XV Churchie side in 2014 alongside Kalyn Ponga, and Jaydn Su'A. before being signed by the Melbourne Storm.
He played for the Toowoomba Clydesdales in the Cyril Connell Cup during 2013. Before moving to Brisbane, to join the Eastern Suburbs Tigers in the Mal Meninga Cup. The following year, he was named 18th man for the Queensland under-18 rugby league team.

Playing career

2016

In 2016, Croft was named in the QAS under-20 squad and played for the Melbourne Storm's NYC team. On 22 May, he made his Queensland Cup debut with Melbourne's feeder team, the Easts Tigers, scoring a try in their 52-20 win over the Ipswich Jets.
In Round 15 of the 2016 season, he made his NRL debut for the Melbourne Storm against the Dragons. On 13 July, he represented the Queensland under-20 rugby league team.

2017

Croft started the 2017 season by playing in the NRL Auckland Nines. He scored 3 tries and was named in the team of the tournament. In just his second NRL game, he slotted an extra-time field goal to secure victory over the North Queensland Cowboys and in doing so, Melbourne escaped with a 23-22 win in golden-point. On 24 July, he signed a contract extension with the Storm, tying him to the club for at least another three years with a view to replacing Cooper Cronk in the long-term as Melbourne's halfback. On 19 August, with Cronk rested, Croft scored a hat-trick and had two try assists in a 44-12 win over the Newcastle Knights in just his fifth NRL game. Despite this performance, he didn't feature in another NRL match for the remainder of the season due to the return of Cronk, leading the NRL side to the 2017 NRL Grand Final victory.

2018

In February 2018, Croft staked his claim as the Storm's new halfback. He scored a try and three try assists in a composed performance against the Leeds Rhinos in the 2018 World Club Challenge at AAMI Park. He played in the 2018 NRL Grand Final.

2019

After playing the first 21 games of the 2019 season at halfback, Croft was surprisingly dropped from the Storm line-up entirely, only playing one more game in round 25 at five-eighth, and not making an appearance throughout the finals. In order to remain under the salary cap for 2020, the Storm elected to release Croft from his contract, officially doing so on November 29. That same day, he signed a three year contract with the Brisbane Broncos.
Croft was part of the Junior Kangaroos squad which played against France on October 25. The match ended in a 62-4 Kangaroos victory.

Honours

Club


Winners