Matilda Lucas-Rodd (born 18 April 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). They previously played for the Carlton Football Club from 2017 to 2019 and the St Kilda Football Club from 2020 to 2022 (S6). They were the inaugural Hawthorn best and fairest winner, and they have served as Hawthorn captain since 2022 season 7.
| Tilly Lucas-Rodd | |||
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 Lucas-Rodd playing for the Southern Saints in 2019 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Matilda Lucas-Rodd | ||
| Date of birth | 18 April 1996 | ||
| Original team(s) |
East Malvern (YJFL)/ St Kilda Sharks (VFLW) | ||
| Draft | No. 99, 2016 AFL Women's draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017, Carlton vs. Collingwood, at Ikon Park | ||
| Height | 160 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Hawthorn | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017–2019 | Carlton | 18 (2) | |
| 2020–2022 (S6) | St Kilda | 25 (1) | |
| 2022 (S7)– | Hawthorn | 20 (4) | |
| Total | 63 (7) | ||
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1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
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| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Career
editEarly career
editLucas-Rodd played for East Malvern in the inaugural Yarra Junior Football League (YJFL) Youth Girls season in 2011, finishing third in the best-and-fairest at the end of the year.[1]
AFLW
editCarlton (2017–2019)
editLucas-Rodd was drafted by Carlton with the 99th overall selection in the 2016 AFL Women's draft,[2] making their debut in Round 1, 2017, in the league's inaugural match at Ikon Park against Collingwood.[3] In round 5 they earned a nomination for the 2017 AFLW Rising Star award following their match against Fremantle.[4] Lucas-Rodd finished 2017 having played in all seven of Carlton's matches that season.[5] In April 2019, Lucas-Rodd was delisted by Carlton.[6]
St Kilda (2020–2022 (S6))
editLucas-Rodd was recruited by St Kilda as a delisted free agent and helped lead the Southern Saints' maiden season in the VFLW, finishing second on the ladder and making the preliminary final before succumbing to eventual premiers Collingwood.[7] Their season was capped off by winning the club's best and fairest award, as well as receiving a place in the VFLW Team of the Year.[8][9] It was revealed Lucas-Rodd had signed on with the Saints for two more years on 30 June 2021, tying them to the club until the end of 2022 season 7.[10]
Personal life
editOn 10 May 2023, Lucas-Rodd came out as non-binary and stated that they use they/them prounouns.[11]
Statistics
editUpdated to the end of 2023.[12]
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| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
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| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2017 | Carlton | 18 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 49 | 24 | 73 | 10 | 18 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 7.0 | 3.4 | 10.4 | 1.4 | 2.6 | 0 |
| 2018 | Carlton | 18 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 34 | 16 | 50 | 9 | 21 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 5.7 | 2.7 | 8.3 | 1.5 | 3.5 | 0 |
| 2019 | Carlton | 18 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 33 | 4 | 16 | 0.4 | 0.2 | 4.0 | 2.6 | 6.6 | 0.8 | 3.2 | 0 |
| 2020 | St Kilda | 18 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 55 | 24 | 79 | 14 | 14 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.2 | 4.0 | 13.2 | 2.3 | 2.3 | 1 |
| 2021 | St Kilda | 18 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 99 | 34 | 133 | 21 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 11.0 | 3.8 | 14.8 | 2.3 | 2.9 | 1 |
| 2022 (S6) | St Kilda | 18 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 134 | 67 | 201 | 19 | 70 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 13.4 | 6.7 | 20.1 | 1.9 | 7.0 | 11 |
| 2022 (S7) | Hawthorn | 18 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 118 | 58 | 176 | 15 | 84 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 11.8 | 5.8 | 17.6 | 1.5 | 8.4 | 6 |
| 2023 | Hawthorn | 18 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 124 | 69 | 193 | 24 | 66 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 12.4 | 6.9 | 19.3 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 4 |
| Career | 63 | 7 | 10 | 633 | 305 | 938 | 116 | 315 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 10.0 | 4.8 | 14.9 | 1.8 | 5.0 | 23 | ||
Honours and achievements
editHawthorn
- McClelland Trophy: 2024
Individual
- Hawthorn captain: S7–2023
- Hawthorn best and fairest: S7
- Hawthorn best and fairest third-place: 2023
- Hawthorn equal games record holder
- AFL Women's Rising Star nominee: 2017
References
edit- ^ "Yarra JFL 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Wayback Machine. Yarra Junior Football League. p. 23. Retrieved 21 March 2018.
T. Lucas-Rodd 3rd East Malvern
- ^ Black, Sarah (12 October 2016). "As it happened: 2016 AFL Women's Draft". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ Guthrie, Ben (2 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". AFL Media. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Blues' AFLW Rising Star double". Carlton Media. Telstra Media. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Tilly Lucas-Rodd". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
- ^ "Three Blues depart". Carlton. Telstra Media. 25 April 2019.
- ^ "2019 Swisse Wellness VFL Women's Preliminary Final".
- ^ McCarthy, Kate (13 September 2019). "Three Saints named in VFLW Team of the Year".
- ^ Nice, Chris (26 September 2019). "VFLW: Lucas-Rodd takes home best-and-fairest".
- ^ "Twenty-five Saints sign on for upcoming AFLW season". saints.com.au. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
- ^ "An Announcement from AFLW Captain Tilly Lucas-Rodd". Hawthorn Football Club. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
- ^ "Tilly Lucas-Rodd – player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
External links
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- Tilly Lucas-Rodd's profile on the official website of the Hawthorn Football Club
- Tilly Lucas-Rodd at AustralianFootball.com
- Tilly Lucas-Rodd on Instagram
