Brant Colledge (born 25 October 1994) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the

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in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted by West Coast with the 45th pick in the 2012 National Draft, but played only three senior games for the club (two in 2014 and one in 2015) before being delisted at the end of the 2016 season.

Early life

Colledge was born in France whilst his father, Steve, was coaching

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. His father had previously played for the Australian national field hockey team. Colledge began playing football for the Attadale Junior Football Club, and also played school football for

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. He played colts matches for in the

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(WAFL) during both the 2011 and 2012 seasons, and was in

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's squad for both the 2011 and 2012 AFL Under 18 Championships.

AFL career

Drafted by West Coast with pick 45 at the 2012 National Draft, Colledge made his senior WAFL debut in round 5 of the 2013 season, but managed only one further senior WAFL game (and six reserves games) after struggling with various injuries, including hip problems during the pre-season, a broken jaw, a hamstring injury, and finally a season-ending ankle injury. After playing the first two games of the

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for West Coast's new reserves affiliate, , he made his senior debut for West Coast in round three of the

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, recording eight disposals and four tackles against . He returned for the next game, against , but was then dropped and played only at WAFL level for the rest of the season. During the

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, Colledge made only a single appearance at senior level, against Geelong in round nine. He was delisted at the end of the season, but was re-drafted in the 2016 Rookie Draft due to being contracted for 2016. Colledge was unable to break through to the senior line-up during the 2016 season, and was delisted once again.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Colledge, Brant 1994 births VFL/AFL players born outside Australia East Perth Football Club players French emigrants to Australia Living people People educated at Aquinas College, Perth Perth Football Club players Australian rules footballers from Perth, Western Australia West Coast Eagles players