After playing in Subiaco's 2006, 2007 and 2008 WAFL premiership winning teams and winning the 2008 Tom Outridge Medal as Subiaco's best and fairest player,[1] Broughton was drafted to Fremantle in the 2009 Rookie Draft with Fremantle's final selection, number 74 overall.
[2] After displaying good form as a small defender during the 2009 pre-season, he was elevated to Fremantle's senior list as a nominated rookie, along with Matt de Boer.
In December 2006, before he was drafted by Fremantle, Broughton suffered a fractured eye socket in a nightclub incident allegedly involving Fremantle players Jeff Farmer and Steven Dodd.
[5] Broughton's father, who is part Maori, was from Patea in New Zealand and moved to Australia when he was 20 years old.
[6] Following the end of the 2012 AFL season, Broughton was traded from Fremantle to Gold Coast.