Tilly Lucas-Rodd

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
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 29)
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	33 (4)
Total		76 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2024.
Career highlights
AFL Women's All-Australian Team: 2024 Hawthorn captain: S7–2023 Hawthorn best and fairest: S7 Hawthorn games record holder AFL Women's Rising Star nominee: 2017
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Career

Early career

Lucas-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

Carlton (2017–2019)

Lucas-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))

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.^[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

On 10 May 2023, Lucas-Rodd came out as non-binary and stated that they use they/them prounouns.^[11]

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2024.^[12]

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
2024	Hawthorn	18	13	0	1	185	79	264	48	36	0.0	0.1	14.2	6.1	20.3	3.7	2.8	3
Career			76	7	11	818	384	1202	164	351	0.1	0.1	10.8	5.1	15.8	2.2	4.6	23

Honours and achievements

Team

• McClelland Trophy (Hawthorn): 2024

Individual

• Hawthorn captain: S7–2023
• Hawthorn best and fairest: S7
• Hawthorn equal games record holder
• AFL Women's Rising Star nominee: 2017