Kaiden Brand Explained

Kaiden Brand
Fullname:Kaiden Brand
Birth Date:1994 4, df=yes
Birth Place:Berri, South Australia
Originalteam:West Adelaide
Draftpick:No. 66, 2012 national draft
Position:Key defender
Statsend:2021
Debutdate:Round 7, 2016
Debutstadium:Melbourne Cricket Ground
Height:198 cm
Weight:98 kg
Years1:2013–2019
Games Goals1:43 (0)
Years2:2020–2021
Games Goals2:5 (0)
Careerhighlights:
  • Hawthorn best first year player: 2016
  • VFL premiership player: 2018
  • SANFL State Representative: 2022
  • West Adelaide Football Club Captain: 2023

Kaiden Brand (born 8 April 1994) is an Australian rules football player who plays with the West Adelaide Football Club in the South Australian National Football League. He previously played with the Hawthorn Football Club and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.

AFL career

Hawthorn selected him with pick 66 in the 2012 AFL Draft.

He spent 2013 developing in the VFL playing for Hawthorn's reserve affiliate side, the, and was a member of their premiership winning side. In between seasons Brand bulked up considerably, played every game for 2014, mainly at full-back and performed well at Box Hill. Brand has elite pace, has the ability to play on talls and smalls and has solid foot skills. Brand dislocated his left shoulder in the opening minute of his NAB Cup debut in 2015.[1] With advice from the club, he had both shoulders reconstructed and missed the entire season.[2]

He returned in good form in 2016 and with the retirement of Brian Lake a spot has opened for him in the Hawthorn backline. A concussion to James Frawley meant he was promoted to play against Richmond.[3]

Following the 2019 season, Brand was delisted by Hawthorn. He was later signed by as a delisted free agent. After spending 2 years at the Sydney Swans he returned home to South Australia to play for West Adelaide and was named captain in 2023. [4]

Statistics

|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2013 || || 42| 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0|-| 2014 || || 42| 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2015 || || 30| 0 || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || — || 0|-| 2016 || || 30| 11 || 0 || 0 || 86 || 56 || 142 || 47 || 14 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.8 || 5.1 || 12.9 || 4.3 || 1.3 || 0|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2017 || || 30| 17 || 0 || 0 || 161 || 111 || 272 || 104 || 19 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 9.5 || 6.5 || 16.0 || 6.1 || 1.1 || 0|-| 2018 || || 30| 10 || 0 || 0 || 76 || 47 || 123 || 47 || 14 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.6 || 4.7 || 12.3 || 4.7 || 1.4 || 0|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2019 || || 30| 5 || 0 || 0 || 34 || 22 || 56 || 20 || 6 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 6.8 || 4.4 || 11.2 || 4.0 || 1.2 || 0|-| 2020 || || 2| 2 || 0 || 0 || 10 || 8 || 18 || 7 || 3 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 5.0 || 4.0 || 9.0 || 3.5 || 1.5 || 0|- style=background:#EAEAEA| 2021 || || 2| 3 || 0 || 0 || 22 || 16 || 38 || 19 || 6 || 0.0 || 0.0 || 7.3 || 5.3 || 12.7 || 6.3 || 2.0 || 0|- class="sortbottom"! colspan=3| Career[5] ! 48 !! 0 !! 0 !! 389 !! 260 !! 649 !! 235 !! 62 !! 0.0 !! 0.0 !! 8.1 !! 5.4 !! 13.5 !! 4.9 !! 1.3 !! 0|}

Notes

Honours and achievements

Team

Individual

Notes and References

  1. News: Schmook. Nathan. Shoulder reco ruins young Hawk defender Kaiden Brand's season. 3 March 2015.
  2. News: Ten to watch: Kaiden Brand. 1 January 2016.
  3. Web site: Hard work pays off for debutant Brand.
  4. Web site: Swans secure delisted free agents.
  5. http://afltables.com/afl/stats/players/K/Kaiden_Brand.html Kaiden Brand's player profile at AFL Tables