Player Watch #29 Matilda Scholz

[Ford Fairlane]

Immense presence all over the ground

 

[68vette]

I thought she might have had the 2nd year blues early on but has really kicked on the last few games.

 

[Marmozet]

This girl is the absolute freaking Queen!

 

[Marmozet]

October 10, 2024: the night Matilda Scholz broke BigFooty.

 

[TazD]

 

[68vette]

Amazing performance last night. Matilda was the difference between winning and losing that game.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Ford Fairlane]

Matilda has the potential to be Port Adelaide's AFLW icon equivalent to Tayla Harris.

 

[Schulzenfest]

Matilda has the potential to be Port Adelaide's AFLW icon equivalent to Tayla Harris.

Well she won't be an 'icon' equivalent to Tayla Harris, because, you know, Victoria and all. She could certainly be as good or better as a player though.

 

[TeeKray]

Well she won't be an 'icon' equivalent to Tayla Harris, because, you know, Victoria and all. She could certainly be as good or better as a player though.

She's already better ...

 

[Marmozet]

 

[Ford Fairlane]

 

[Amarula]

The sky’s the limit

 

[Amarula]

Actually, the best part here is when she mentions how hard she’s been working on her contested marking in the off-season. Paying off big time already.
She’s also been clear BOG the past two games. And with that sort of work ethic she will surely get better.

 

[Grave Danger]

Matilda Scholz has taken arguably the greatest mark in AFLW history while lifting Port Adelaide to an eight-point win over Collingwood and into the top eight.

It will no doubt be the mark of the season and will take some beating as the finest grab in AFL Women's history.

The teen ruck modestly described her stunning take as a "bit of a fluke" but Melbourne forward Tayla Harris, no stranger to history-making moments of her own, labelled it "unreal" on social media.

'Unreal': Teen star takes stunning mark in Port Adelaide AFLW win

Matilda Scholz's stunning grab high above the Collingwood pack comes just minutes after Gemma Houghton's tight snap from the ruck in an AFLW win over Collingwood.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Ford Fairlane]

It's cool to be different

BEING in a relationship with a teammate isn't always easy, least of all when you don't fit a lot of people's idea of what a woman in a relationship with another woman looks like.

Matilda Scholz, who burst onto the AFLW scene before she was technically draft-eligible, has been in a relationship with teammate Abbey Dowrick for nearly a year, but has a very relaxed approach to sexuality.

"People come up to me and say 'oh you don't look like you'd be with a girl," Scholz told AFL.com.au.

"I'm like, 'well, what's that supposed to look like?'"


https://www.afl.com.au/aflw/news/12...t-port-rucks-unique-approach-to-love-and-life

 

[Grave Danger]

Matilda might steal Abbey's B&F crown this season.

 

[JB1989]

Question, is it the next draft we could recruit her sister Poppy? If so will we have priority if we finish lower than the crows?

 

[Schulzenfest]

Question, is it the next draft we could recruit her sister Poppy? If so will we have priority if we finish lower than the crows?

Someone feel free to correct me if I'm wrong but I think AFLW is just doing regular national drafts from now on, not the state based ones. So we'd be competing against every other team to draft Poppy, not just the Crows.

 

[Ford Fairlane]

While last year's draft allowed prospects to nominate for a national pool, the 2024 Telstra AFLW Draft will be the first time in the competition's history that all players will be eligible to be drafted to any club across the country.

Previous drafts were state-based, due to the part-time nature of the competition, but an average 20 per cent increase in remuneration for AFLW draftees as well as the recent introduction of relocation allowances have paved the way for a fully national draft.

AFLW trade and draft dates locked in for 2024 season

Trade and draft details for the 2024 AFLW player movement period have been locked in

www.afl.com.au

 

[Schulzenfest]

While last year's draft allowed prospects to nominate for a national pool, the 2024 Telstra AFLW Draft will be the first time in the competition's history that all players will be eligible to be drafted to any club across the country.

Previous drafts were state-based, due to the part-time nature of the competition, but an average 20 per cent increase in remuneration for AFLW draftees as well as the recent introduction of relocation allowances have paved the way for a fully national draft.

AFLW trade and draft dates locked in for 2024 season

Trade and draft details for the 2024 AFLW player movement period have been locked in

www.afl.com.au

Shame for us really. Unlike in the mens, SA seems to punch above its weight in the quality of AFLW talent it produces. And we'd usually be likely to have first dibs over the Crows.

 

[68vette]

Shame for us really. Unlike in the mens, SA seems to punch above its weight in the quality of AFLW talent it produces. And we'd usually be likely to have first dibs over the Crows.

I am hoping India Rasheed is available at our 1st pick.

 

[RossFC]

 

[TazD]

What...

 

[Marmozet]

Wow I genuinely did not know she was still eligible to win the award