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Tilly Lucas-Rodd
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Lucas-Rodd playing for the Southern Saints in 2019
Personal information
Full name Matilda Lucas-Rodd
Born (1996-04-18) 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 Games (Goals)
2017–2019 Carlton 18 (2)
2020–2022 (S6) St Kilda 25 (1)
2022 (S7)–2025 Hawthorn 47 (4)
2026– Greater Western Sydney 0 (0)
Total 90 (7)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of 2025.
Career highlights
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

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Early career

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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

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Carlton (2017–2019)

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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))

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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]

Hawthorn (2022 S7–2025)

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Tilly became an inaugural Hawthorn player, They were a standout across the backline for the Hawks winning the Hawthorn Best and Fairest Medal and in 2024 they became Captain and got selected in the All Australian Squad, playing their 75th game in the teams first final in 2024. At the end of 2025 season Lucas-Rodd requested a trade to the GWS Giants ending their era at the Hawks.

GWS Giants (2026-)

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Lucas-Rodd got traded to the Giants on Trade deadline day, and on May 13th got added to the Giants Leadership group.

Personal life

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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] In 2025, they began dating Kath Ebbs, who is an ex-partner of American singer and internet personality JoJo Siwa.[13]

Statistics

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Updated to the end of 2025.[14]

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
2017Carlton18 70149247310180.00.17.03.410.41.42.60
2018Carlton18 6013416509210.00.25.72.78.31.53.50
2019Carlton18 5212013334160.40.24.02.66.60.83.20
2020St Kilda18 60055247914140.00.09.24.013.22.32.31
2021St Kilda18 900993413321260.00.011.03.814.82.32.91
2022 (S6)St Kilda18 10121346720119700.10.213.46.720.11.97.011
2022 (S7)Hawthorn18 10311185817615840.30.111.85.817.61.58.46
2023Hawthorn18 10141246919324660.10.412.46.919.32.46.64
2024Hawthorn18 13011857926448360.00.114.26.120.33.72.83
2025Hawthorn18 14022158429950540.00.115.46.021.43.63.93
2026Greater Western Sydney22 000000000.00.00.00.00.00.00.00
Career 90713103346815012144050.10.111.55.216.72.44.526

Honours and achievements

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Team

Individual

References

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  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.
  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. ↑ "Kath Ebbs confirms relationship with footballer after JoJo Siwa split: 'I still believe in love'". Pink News. 4 August 2025. Retrieved 8 May 2026.
  14. ↑ "Tilly Lucas-Rodd – player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 5 August 2022.
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