Matilda Scholz Draft Profile

Port AdelaideRuck

#29

Matilda Scholz

height: 187cm

weight:

D.O.B: 29-04-2005

Leagues: AFLW, SANFL Women's League, AFLW U18 Championships, AFLW U17 Championships

Snapshot
Summary

Matilda Scholz is a highly talented ruck with outstanding athleticism, great mobility and high upside for the future. She is easily able to step straight up to the elite level, having played a full season with Glenelg in the SANFL Women’s last year.

Though Scholz had an interrupted preseason in 2023 due to wrist and hamstring injuries, the 187cm talent returned to the lineup for Round 2, and starred as Glenelg got up over the Eagles.

Despite being underdone from a match fitness perspective and spending more time up forward and having plenty of rests, Scholz was still able to make her mark, particularly around the stoppages. Though not kicking a goal when forward, Scholz competed well each time, and often paved the way for others to impact on the scoreboard.

Clean below her knees and able to move like a midfielder at times, Scholz is a ruck of the future, in the present. The clear best ruck in the 2023 AFLW Draft pool, it made sense for Port Adelaide to select Scholz, who can come straight in and impact at AFLW level, with the teenager to have an even greater influence once she has got to work on her improvements. Without a doubt, the young gun is ready to make her mark on the big stage.

DRAFT RANGE (if available end of year): TOP 5

Strengths

Athleticism

Ground balls

Mobility

Ruck craft

Size

Vertical leap

Improvements

Contested marking

Endurance

Scoreboard impact

AFLW

Season	Team	K	HB	D	M	CP	UP	T	HO	CLR	I50	R50	GL	GM	K	H	D	M	HO	T	G	DC
2023	Port Adelaide	88	38	126	24	87	40	40	211	32	23	14	3	10	8.8	3.8	12.6	2.4	21.1	4.0	0.3	80
2024	Port Adelaide	123	51	174	16	135	43	48	288	60	47	17	3	13	9.5	3.9	13.4	1.2	22.2	3.7	0.2	86
Total	-	211	89	300	40	222	83	88	499	92	70	31	6	23	9.2	3.9	13.0	1.7	21.7	3.8	0.3	166

SANFL Women's League

Season	Team	K	HB	D	M	T	HO	CLR	I50	R50	GL	GM	K	H	D	M	HO	T	G	DC
2022	Glenelg Women's	62	47	109	16	25	264	22	16	11	0	11	5.6	4.3	9.9	1.5	24.0	2.3	0.0	64
2023	Glenelg Women's	46	30	76	16	20	126	12	9	2	4	7	6.6	4.3	10.9	2.3	18.0	2.9	0.6	65
2024	Glenelg Women's	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Total	-	108	77	185	32	45	390	34	25	13	4	18	6.0	4.3	10.3	1.8	21.7	2.5	0.2	129