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Keegan Brooksby

South Adelaide, Gold Coast and Hawthorn

AFL career

15 games3 goals

Debut
R9 2015 v HAW30 May 2015
Most recent
R8 2020 v SYD25 July 2020

Stats

AFL

2020
HAW
1
4.0
1.0
5.0
0.0
3.0
2.0
2.0
0.0
0.0
29
55
2017
GCS
3
6.0
9.3
15.3
4.0
1.3
1.7
3.3
0.0
0.0
70
75
2016
GCS
8
6.4
6.1
12.5
3.0
0.8
1.0
3.1
0.0
0.0
59
63
2015
GCS
3
4.3
3.0
7.3
3.3
1.0
0.7
3.7
1.0
0.3
59
51

VFL

2021
BHH
10
7.2
5.5
12.7
4.6
1.2
0.6
3.1
0.9
0.9
78

SANFL

2023
SOU
18
8.3
5.7
14.0
3.4
2.2
0.8
4.5
0.3
0.1
103
2022
SOU
17
10.1
6.1
16.1
3.1
1.9
1.0
4.7
0.5
0.4
104
2018
SOU
18
9.3
5.6
14.9
5.2
1.5
1.7
3.8
0.8
0.3
106

WAFL

2019
WCE
20
6.8
6.0
12.8
3.2
0.9
1.0
4.6
0.6
0.7
88
League
Season
SYD
SCG
R8
4
1
5
0
3
2
10
2
0.0
29
55

Profile

Born
27 Apr 1990 (age 36y 178d)
Height
197 cm
Weight
98 kg

Teams

Keegan Brooksby was a resilient mature-age recruit who carved out a unique career as a depth ruckman across three different AFL clubs. Originally drafted by Gold Coast from South Adelaide with pick 42 in the 2015 Rookie Draft, he played the majority of his senior football with the Suns, often utilised as a pinch-hitting ruckman or key position utility during an injury-plagued era for the club. After being delisted by Gold Coast in 2017, Brooksby returned to captain South Adelaide in the SANFL before earning two separate lifelines via the pre-season supplemental selection period (SSP), a testament to his professionalism and conditioning. West Coast recruited him in 2019 to provide cover for a depleted ruck division, and Hawthorn added him to their list in 2020 under similar circumstances. While he managed only one game for the Eagles and none for the Hawks, Brooksby is remembered as a reliable state-league stalwart whose work ethic saw him repeatedly called upon to provide insurance for AFL lists.