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.

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, making their debut in Round 1, 2017, in the league's inaugural match at Ikon Park against Collingwood. In round 5 they earned a nomination for the 2017 AFLW Rising Star award following their 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 (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. 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. 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.

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

Statistics
Updated to the end of round 8, 2023.

|-
| 2017 ||  || 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 ||  || 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 ||  || 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 ||  || 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 ||  || 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) ||  || 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) ||  || 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 ||  || 18
| 8 || 1 || 4 || 96 || 53 || 149 || 22 || 54 || 0.1 || 0.5 || 12.0 || 6.6 || 18.6 || 2.8 || 6.8 || 
|- class=sortbottom
! colspan=3 | Career
! 61 !! 7 !! 10 !! 605 !! 289 !! 894 !! 114 !! 303 !! 0.1 !! 0.2 !! 9.9 !! 4.7 !! 14.7 !! 1.9 !! 5.0 !! 19
|}

Honours and achievements
 Hawthorn captain: 2022 (S7)–present
 Hawthorn best and fairest: 2022 (S7)
 Hawthorn equal games record holder
 AFL Women's Rising Star nominee: 2017

References

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Living people
1996 births
Carlton Football Club (AFLW) players
Australian rules footballers from Victoria (state)
Victorian Women's Football League players
St Kilda Football Club (AFLW) players
Non-binary sportspeople
LGBT players of Australian rules football
Australian LGBT sportspeople
Australian non-binary people
Hawthorn Football Club (AFLW) players