Matilda Lucas-Rodd (born 18 April 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the

Hawthorn Football Club The Hawthorn Football Club, nicknamed the Hawks, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Mulgrave, Victoria, that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club was founded in 1902 in the inner-east suburb of Hawt ...

in the

AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football league for women's Australian rules football, female players. The 2017 AFL Women's season, first season of the league ...

(AFLW). She previously played for the

Carlton Football Club The Carlton Football Club, nicknamed the Blues, is a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's top professional competition. Founded in 1864 in Carlton, an inner suburb of Me ...

from 2017 to 2019 and the St Kilda Football Club from 2020 to 2022. She was the inaugural Hawthorn best and fairest winner, and has served as Hawthorn captain since season seven.

AFL Women's career

Carlton (2017–2019)

Lucas-Rodd was drafted by Carlton with the 99th overall selection in the

2016 AFL Women's draft The 2016 AFL Women's draft consisted of the various periods when the eight clubs in the AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football in Australia, Australian rules football league for w ...

, making her debut in Round 1,

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, in the league's inaugural match at

Ikon Park Princes Park (or Carlton Recreation Ground, currently known by its sponsored name Ikon Park) is an Australian rules football ground located inside the wider Princes Park in the inner Melbourne suburb of Carlton North. It is a historic venu ...

against Collingwood. In round 5 she earned a nomination for the 2017 AFLW Rising Star award following her match against Fremantle. Lucas-Rodd finished 2017 having played in all seven of Carlton's matches that season. In April 2019, Lucas-Rodd was delisted by Carlton.

St Kilda (2020–2022)

Lucas-Rodd was recruited by St Kilda as a delisted free agent and helped lead their maiden season in the VFLW, finishing 2nd on the ladder and making the preliminary final before succumbing to eventual premiers Collingwood. Her 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. It was revealed Lucas-Rodd had signed on with the Saints for two more years on 30 June 2021, tying her to the club until the end of the 2022/2023 season.

Statistics

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2020 2020 was heavily defined by the COVID-19 pandemic, which led to global social and economic disruption, mass cancellations and postponements of events, worldwide lockdowns and the largest economic recession since the Great Depression in t ...

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, , , , 18 , 10 , , 1 , , 2 , , 134 , , 67 , , 201 , , 19 , , 70 , , 0.1 , , 0.2 , , 13.4 , , 6.7 , , 20.1 , , 1.9 , , 7.0 , , 11 , - , S7 (2022) , , , , 18 , 10 , , 3 , , 1 , , 118 , , 58 , , 176 , , 15 , , 84 , , 0.3 , , 0.1 , , 11.8 , , 5.8 , , 17.6 , , 1.5 , , 8.4 , , 6 , - class=sortbottom ! colspan=3 , Career ! 53 !! 6 !! 6 !! 509 !! 236 !! 745 !! 92 !! 249 !! 0.1 !! 0.1 !! 9.6 !! 4.5 !! 14.1 !! 1.7 !! 4.7 !! 19

Honours and achievements

* Hawthorn captain: S7 (2022)–present * Hawthorn equal games record holder * Hawthorn best and fairest: S7 * AFL Women's Rising Star nominee:

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Lucas-Rodd, Tilly Living people 1996 births Carlton Football Club (AFLW) players Australian rules footballers from Victoria (Australia) Sportswomen from Victoria (Australia) Victorian Women's Football League players St Kilda Football Club (AFLW) players Lesbian sportswomen LGBT players of Australian rules football LGBT sportspeople from Australia Hawthorn Football Club (AFLW) players