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Brayden Maynard (born 20 September 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the
Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club ...
in the Australian Football League (AFL).


State football

Maynard played junior football with the Hampton Rovers in the
Victorian Amateur Football Association The Victorian Amateur Football Association (VAFA) is the largest senior community Australian rules football competition in Victoria. It consists of seven senior men's and women's divisions ranging from Premier to Division 4. In addition the ...
(VAFA). Maynard represented
Sandringham Dragons The Sandringham Dragons are an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League, the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria, Australia. They are based at the Trevor Barker Oval in Sandringham, Victoria, representing the south ...
in the
TAC Cup The NAB League Boys (also referred to as simply the NAB League and formerly known as the TAC Cup) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Australia. It is based on geographic regions throughout country Vic ...
. He played 13 games for them in the
2013 TAC Cup season The 2013 TAC Cup season was the 22nd season of the TAC Cup competition. Eastern Ranges have won there 2nd premiership title after defeating the Dandenong Stingrays in the grand final by 112 points (This is the biggest margin win in a NAB grand ...
and 17 games in the
2014 TAC Cup season The 2014 TAC Cup season was the 23rd season of the TAC Cup competition. Oakleigh Chargers have won the season to claim the club's third premiership win after defeating the Calder Cannons in the grand final by 47 points. Ladder Grand Final ...
. During the 2014 season, he averaged 22 disposals and 6 tackles per game, winning the club's season
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award. Sandringham Dragons' talent manager, Ryan O'Connor, compared Maynard to
Luke Hodge Luke Hodge (born 15 June 1984) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2002 to 2017 ...
, saying "he's a really exciting player because he’s quite explosive and powerful and has got a beautiful left foot kick and a real feel for the game." Maynard represented Vic Metro at the 2014 AFL Under 18 Championships, averaging 15 disposals and 5 tackles per game. He was named among the best players in both matches against Vic Country, and scored a goal in the second game against Vic Country as well as in both games against Western Australia.


AFL career

Maynard was drafted by
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with their third selection and 30th pick overall in the
2014 AFL draft The 2014 AFL draft consists of the various periods where the 18 clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL) can trade and recruit players following the completion of the 2014 AFL season. Additions to each club's playing list are not allowed a ...
. After being drafted to the club, he was glad that he knew his fellow draftees, having played with Jordan De Goey,
Darcy Moore Darcy Moore (born 25 January 1996) is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Collingwood Football Club. The son of former Collingwood captain Peter Moore, he played for the Oakleigh Chargers in the TAC Cup before he was ...
, and Matthew Goodyear at the
AFL Under 18 Championships The AFL Under-19 Championships (for sponsorship reasons, the NAB AFL Under-19 Championships) is an annual Australian national underage representative championship in Australian rules football tournament. It is seen as one of the main pathways ...
. He made his debut against Hawthorn in round 14 of the 2015 season. After the 2017 season, Maynard signed a contract extension until the end of the 2020 season. Maynard played in Collingwood's losing team in the 2018 Grand Final against West Coast. He was involved in the controversial goal at the end, with some fans and analysts claiming he should've been awarded a free kick after being blocked by Willie Rioli, which allowed Dom Sheed to
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and kick the winning goal. In April 2019, despite having more than a year left on his contract, Collingwood signed Maynard on another two year contract extension, keeping him at the club until the end of the 2022 season. In the 2019 season, Maynard came in fifth in the
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. The Copeland Shield, as it was formerly known, was donated by Ern Cop ...
count, giving a humorous speech, which included a light dig at Justin Longmuir, Collingwood's assistant coach who left to take up the head coaching role at
Fremantle Fremantle () () is a port city in Western Australia, located at the mouth of the Swan River in the metropolitan area of Perth, the state capital. Fremantle Harbour serves as the port of Perth. The Western Australian vernacular diminutive for ...
. In the third round of the 2020 season, Maynard played his 100th game for Collingwood.


Coaching

In 2019, Maynard took on an assistant coaching role, under Peter Schwab, at De La Salle College where he studied.


Personal life

Maynard was born in
Adelaide Adelaide ( ) is the list of Australian capital cities, capital city of South Australia, the state's largest city and the list of cities in Australia by population, fifth-most populous city in Australia. "Adelaide" may refer to either Greater A ...
, but grew up in
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...
barracking for
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. He is the son of
Peter Maynard Peter Maynard (born 28 June 1960) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Melbourne in the Victorian Football League (VFL) and Glenelg and Woodville-West Torrens in the South Australian National Football League (SANFL). H ...
, who played for Melbourne in the AFL and for Glenelg in the
South Australian National Football League The South Australian National Football League, or SANFL ( or ''S-A-N-F-L''), is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia. It is also the state's governing body for the sport. Originally formed as th ...
(SANFL) and the grandson of Graham Campbell, who played and coached Fitzroy, as well as coaching West Perth and Glenelg. His brother,
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, played football for Melbourne in the AFL as a category B rookie after a career playing
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professionally. He attended De La Salle College in Malvern, an inner suburb of
Melbourne Melbourne ( ; Boonwurrung/ Woiwurrung: ''Narrm'' or ''Naarm'') is the capital and most populous city of the Australian state of Victoria, and the second-most populous city in both Australia and Oceania. Its name generally refers to a me ...
.


Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Individual *
All-Australian team The All-Australian team is an all-star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including an interchange bench, of the best-performed players during the season, led by ...
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2022 File:2022 collage V1.png, Clockwise, from top left: Road junction at Yamato-Saidaiji Station several hours after the assassination of Shinzo Abe; Anti-government protest in Sri Lanka in front of the Presidential Secretariat; The global monkeyp ...


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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Maynard, Brayden Living people 1996 births Collingwood Football Club players Sandringham Dragons players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia)