Tilly Lucas-Rodd

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Tilly Lucas-Rodd
Lucas-Rodd playing for the Southern Saints in 2019
Personal information
Full name Matilda Lucas-Rodd
Date of birth (1996-04-18) 18 April 1996 (age 27)
Original team(s) 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)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2023.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

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.

AFL Women's career[edit]

Carlton (2017–2019)[edit]

Lucas-Rodd was drafted by Carlton with the 99th overall selection in the 2016 AFL Women's draft,[1] making their debut in Round 1, 2017, in the league's inaugural match at Ikon Park against Collingwood.[2] In round 5 they earned a nomination for the 2017 AFLW Rising Star award following their match against Fremantle.[3] Lucas-Rodd finished 2017 having played in all seven of Carlton's matches that season.[4] In April 2019, Lucas-Rodd was delisted by Carlton.[5]

St Kilda (2020–2022 (S6))[edit]

Lucas-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.[6] 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.[7][8] 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.[9]

Personal life[edit]

In 2023, Lucas-Rodd came out as non-binary and stated that they use they/them prounouns.[10]

Statistics[edit]

Updated to the end of 2023.[11]

Legend
  G  
Goals
  K  
Kicks
  D  
Disposals 
  T  
Tackles
  B  
Behinds 
  H  
Handballs 
  M  
Marks
Season Team No. Games Totals Averages (per game) Votes
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[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Black, Sarah (12 October 2016). "As it happened: 2016 AFL Women's Draft". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  2. ^ Guthrie, Ben (2 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". AFL Media. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  3. ^ "Blues' AFLW Rising Star double". Carlton Media. Telstra Media. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  4. ^ "Tilly Lucas-Rodd". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 October 2017.
  5. ^ "Three Blues depart". Carlton. Telstra Media. 25 April 2019.
  6. ^ "2019 Swisse Wellness VFL Women's Preliminary Final".
  7. ^ McCarthy, Kate (13 September 2019). "Three Saints named in VFLW Team of the Year".
  8. ^ Nice, Chris (26 September 2019). "VFLW: Lucas-Rodd takes home best-and-fairest".
  9. ^ "Twenty-five Saints sign on for upcoming AFLW season". saints.com.au. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  10. ^ "An Announcement from AFLW Captain Tilly Lucas-Rodd". Hawthorn Football Club. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.
  11. ^ "Tilly Lucas-Rodd – player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

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