Tilly Lucas-Rodd

Tilly Lucas-Rodd
Tilly Lucas-Rodd
	Lucas-Rodd playing for the Southern Saints in 2019
Personal information
Full name	Matilda Lucas-Rodd
Born	18 April 1996 (age 30)
Original teams	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	Midfielder
Club information
Current club	Greater Western Sydney
Playing career1
Years	Club
2017–2019	Carlton
2020–2022 (S6)	St Kilda
2022 (S7)–2025	Hawthorn
2026–	Greater Western Sydney
Total
	1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2025.
Career highlights
	AFL Women's All-Australian Team: 2024; Hawthorn captain: S7–2023; Hawthorn best and fairest: S7; Hawthorn games record holder;
	Source: AustralianFootball.com

Matilda Lucas-Rodd (born 18 April 1996) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Greater Western Sydney Giants 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 served as Hawthorn captain from 2022 season 7 to 2023.

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 pronouns.^[11] Over the 2025 AFLW off-season, they underwent gender affirming top surgery.^[12]

Statistics

Updated to the end of 2025.^[13]

**Legend**
G	Goals	K	Kicks	D	Disposals	T	Tackles
B	Behinds	H	Handballs	M	Marks


Season	Team	No.	Games	Totals							Averages (per game)							Votes
Season	Team	No.	Games	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	G	B	K	H	D	M	T	Votes
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
2025	Hawthorn	18	14	0	2	215	84	299	50	54	0.0	0.1	15.4	6.0	21.4	3.6	3.9	3
Career			90	7	13	1033	468	1501	214	405	0.1	0.1	11.5	5.2	16.7	2.4	4.5	26

Honours and achievements

Team

McClelland Trophy (Hawthorn): 2024

Individual

References

^ "Yarra JFL 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Wayback Machine. Yarra Junior Football League. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2018. 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.
^ "Hawthorn's AFLW star Tilly Lucas-Rodd undergoes gender affirming top surgery". ABC News (Australia). 20 June 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.
^ "Tilly Lucas-Rodd – player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

External links

Tilly Lucas-Rodd at AustralianFootball.com
Tilly Lucas-Rodd on Instagram

[ar11-1] "Yarra JFL 2011 Annual Report" (PDF). Wayback Machine. Yarra Junior Football League. p. 23. Archived from the original (PDF) on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 21 March 2018. T. Lucas-Rodd 3rd East Malvern

[2] Black, Sarah (12 October 2016). "As it happened: 2016 AFL Women's Draft". AFL Media. Telstra Media. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[3] Guthrie, Ben (2 February 2017). "Blue ribbon day for AFLW as Carlton downs Collingwood". AFL Media. Bigpond. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[4] "Blues' AFLW Rising Star double". Carlton Media. Telstra Media. 7 March 2017. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[AusFoot-5] "Tilly Lucas-Rodd". Australian Football. Retrieved 23 October 2017.

[6] "Three Blues depart". Carlton. Telstra Media. 25 April 2019.

[7] "2019 Swisse Wellness VFL Women's Preliminary Final".

[8] McCarthy, Kate (13 September 2019). "Three Saints named in VFLW Team of the Year".

[9] Nice, Chris (26 September 2019). "VFLW: Lucas-Rodd takes home best-and-fairest".

[10] "Twenty-five Saints sign on for upcoming AFLW season". saints.com.au. 30 June 2021. Retrieved 2 July 2021.

[11] "An Announcement from AFLW Captain Tilly Lucas-Rodd". Hawthorn Football Club. 10 May 2023. Retrieved 10 May 2023.

[12] "Hawthorn's AFLW star Tilly Lucas-Rodd undergoes gender affirming top surgery". ABC News (Australia). 20 June 2025. Retrieved 18 August 2025.

[13] "Tilly Lucas-Rodd – player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 August 2022.

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v t e Greater Western Sydney Giants · AFL Women's squad
Coach: Bernasconi
1. Martin 2. Eva 3. Parker (vc) 5. Doyle 6. Beeson (c) 7. Goldsworthy 8. Brown 9. Howley 10. Levy 11. Fletcher 12. Huntington 13. Pauga 14. Srhoj 15. O'Dowd 17. Garnett 18. Evans (vc) 20. Davies 23. Brazendale 25. McCormick 26. Ransom 27. Kós* 28. Walker 31. Mowbray 33. Pease Boltz Janschek Johnson Lucas-Rodd Yerbury
* denotes rookie-listed players; italics denote inactive players

v t e 2024 AFL Women's All-Australian team
Full-back	Chelsea Biddell (Adelaide) Brenna Tarrant (Sydney)
Half-back	Tilly Lucas-Rodd (Hawthorn) Emma O'Driscoll (Fremantle) Maddi Gay (Essendon)
Centre	Sophie Conway (Brisbane) Ash Riddell (North Melbourne) Ella Roberts (West Coast)
Half-forward	Aisling McCarthy (Fremantle) Aishling Moloney (Geelong) Aileen Gilroy (Hawthorn)
Full-forward	Caitlin Gould (Adelaide) Taylor Smith (Brisbane)
Ruck	Mim Strom (Fremantle) Jasmine Garner (North Melbourne) (c) Ebony Marinoff (Adelaide) (vc)
Interchange	Chelsea Randall (Adelaide) Charlie Rowbottom (Gold Coast) Alice O'Loughlin (North Melbourne) Ally Anderson (Brisbane) Belle Dawes (Brisbane)
Coach	Darren Crocker (North Melbourne)
← 2023 The position of coach in the AFL Women's All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership-winning team. 2025 →

v t e Inaugural Carlton Football Club AFL Women's team
Full-back	Lauren Brazzale Danielle Hardiman Sarah Last
Half-back	Sarah Hosking Kate Gillespie-Jones Darcy Vescio
Centre	Natalie Plane
Half-forward	Laura Attard Bella Ayre Lauren Arnell (c)
Full-forward	Shae Audley Brianna Davey Katie Loynes
Ruck	Breann Moody Madeline Keryk Alison Downie
Interchange	Nat Exon Tilly Lucas-Rodd Jess Kennedy Alison Brown Bianca Jakobsson Gab Pound
Coach	Damien Keeping
Carlton defeated Collingwood 7.4 (46) to 1.5 (11), round 1, 2017, at Ikon Park

v t e Inaugural St Kilda Football Club AFL Women's team
Full-back	Tarni White Clara Fitzpatrick
Half-back	Hannah Priest Cat Phillips (c) Tilly Lucas-Rodd
Centre	Kelly O'Neill Jess Sedunary Molly McDonald
Half-forward	Nat Exon Kate McCarthy Caitlin Greiser
Full-forward	Kate Shierlaw (c) Georgia Patrikios
Ruck	Rhiannon Watt (c) Olivia Vesely Emma Mackie
Interchange	Nadia von Bertouch Rosie Dillon Claudia Whitfort Nicola Xenos Alison Brown
Coach	Peta Searle
Western Bulldogs defeated St Kilda 6.3 (39) to 2.2 (14), round 1, 2020, at RSEA Park

v t e Inaugural Hawthorn Football Club AFL Women's team
Full-back	Akec Makur Chuot Mackenzie Eardley
Half-back	Kaitlyn Ashmore Louise Stephenson Aileen Gilroy
Centre	Eliza Shannon Jasmine Fleming Charlotte Baskaran
Half-forward	Zoe Barbakos Tamara Luke Sophie Locke
Full-forward	Sarah Perkins Tegan Cunningham
Ruck	Lucy Wales Jess Duffin Tilly Lucas-Rodd (c)
Interchange	Tamara Smith Bridget Deed Dominique Carbone Catherine Brown Tahlia Fellows
Coach	Bec Goddard
Hawthorn defeated by Essendon 4.3 (27) to 7.11 (53), round 1, 2022 season 7 at Marvel Stadium

v t e 2017 AFL Women's Rising Star nominees
Rd 1: Hunt/Marinoff Rd 2: Harris/Mithen Rd 3: McKinnon/Sharp Rd 4: Frederick-Traub/Grierson Rd 5: Ayre/Lucas-Rodd Rd 6: Bonnici/Smith Rd 7: Barr/Berry
Italics denote winner 2018 →

v t e 2016 AFL Women's draft
First round	1. Nicola Barr 2. Emily Bates 3. Bianca Jakobsson 4. Hayley Miller 5. Jaimee Lambert 6. Nicola Stevens 7. Ebony Marinoff 8. Elise O'Dea
Second round	9. Deanna Berry 10. Heather Anderson 11. Steph Chiocci 12. Aasta O'Connor 13. Brianna Green 14. Kate Gillespie-Jones 15. Tahlia Randall 16. Ashleigh Guest
Third round	17. Aimee Schmidt 18. Nicole Hildebrand 19. Sarah Hosking 20. Ashley Sharp 21. Hannah Scott 22. Sarah D'Arcy 23. Jenna McCormick 24. Richelle Cranston
Fourth round	25. Lauren Pearce 26. Deni Varnhagen 27. Brittany Bonnici 28. Kirsten McLeod 29. Lara Filocamo 30. Gab Pound 31. Leah Kaslar 32. Rebecca Beeson
Fifth round	33. Kate Stanton 34. Jess Wuetschner 35. Danielle Hardiman 36. Tiah Haynes 37. Kimberley Ebb 38. Bree White 39. Sally Riley 40. Alyssa Mifsud
Sixth round	41. Shelley Scott 42. Georgia Bevan 43. Caitlyn Edwards 44. Hayley Wildes 45. Kira Phillips 46. Shae Audley 47. Ally Anderson 48. Erin McKinnon
Seventh round	49. Mai Nguyen 50. Breanna Koenen 51. Bella Ayre 52. Tayla Bresland 53. Brooke Lochland 54. Alicia Eva 55. Sophie Armitstead 56. Katherine Smith
Eighth round	57. Emma Humphries 58. Talia Radan 59. Amelia Barden 60. Bailey Hunt 61. Amy Lavell 62. Lauren Brazzale 63. Megan Hunt 64. Amanda Farrugia
Ninth round	65. Jacinda Barclay 66. Sam Virgo 67. Breann Moody 68. Stacey Barr 69. Ellyse Gamble 70. Stacey Livingstone 71. Rachael Killian 72. Stephanie De Bortoli
Tenth round	73. Lily Mithen 74. Rhiannon Metcalfe 75. Jess Cameron 76. Lauren Spark 77. Melissa Caulfield 78. Jess Hosking 79. Kate Lutkins 80. Britt Tully
Eleventh round	81. Kristy De Pellegrini 82. Kate McCarthy 83. Natalie Plane 84. Cassie Davidson 85. Nicole Callinan 86. Jasmine Garner 87. Anne Hatchard 88. Ainslie Kemp
Twelfth round	89. Mia-Rae Clifford 90. Tayla Thorn 91. Emma Grant 92. Lisa Williams 93. Taylah Angel 94. Sarah Last 95. Shaleise Law 96. Renee Tomkins
Thirteenth round	97. Clare Lawton 98. Selina Goodman 99. Tilly Lucas-Rodd 100. Belinda Smith 101. Lauren Morecroft 102. Penny Cula-Reid 103. Abbey Holmes 104. Brooke Patterson
Fourteenth round	105. Jessica Anderson 106. Stevie-Lee Thompson 107. Lauren Tesoriero 108. Tiarna Ernst 109. Steph Cain 110. Katie Loynes 111. Sharni Webb 112. Ella Ross
Fifteenth round	113. Stephanie Walker 114. Nikki Wallace 115. Madeline Keryk 116. Kelly Clinch 117. Kate Tyndall 118. Melissa Kuys 119. Jess Sedunary 120. Maddie Boyd
Sixteenth round	121. Pepa Randall 122. Sarah Allan 123. Cecilia McIntosh 124. Courtney Clarkson 125. Demi Okely 126. Kate Darby 127. Jamie Stanton
Seventeenth round	128. Jade Ransfield 129. Alison Downie 130. Dana Hooker 131. Jess Gardner 132. Christina Bernardi 133. Justine Mules 134. Sarah Lampard
Eighteenth round	135. Jasmine Grierson 136. Monique Hollick 137. Ruby Schleicher 138. Kirsty Lamb 139. Akec Makur Chuot 140. Laura Attard 141. Brittany Gibson
Nineteenth round	142. Rebecca Privitelli 143. Laura Bailey 144. Tara Morgan 145. Sarah Jolly
2017 →