Player Watch #29 Matilda Scholz
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Our Tilds puts BT to shame
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AFLW Mark of the Year - AFL.com.au/aflw
Watch the nominees each round, vote for your favourite mark and go into the running to win the major prize of $5,000!
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You can hardly believe that she's one of the most recent additions to the playing list by the way she carries herself. No lack of confidence there - maybe towering over all her team mates gives her that aura.
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She potentially won herself the Rising Star Award with her performance today.
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Vote for Tilds 
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Glad they're getting some recognition but voting makes this pointless - its just a popularity contest.
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Too tall to fit in the picture 
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Height runs in the Scholz family. Matilda is 189cm and sister Poppy is 180cm.
Matilda and Poppy Scholz are the daughters of former Australian Diamonds netballer Peta Squire (now Peta Scholz). Peta is 180cm, played 54 times for Oz, played for Garville and the Adelaide Thunderbirds and won a world championship and Comm Games gold with the Diamonds, played in 6 successive GFs with the Thunderbirds for 2 premierships in the national comp.
Poppy played for SA in the U/18 championships for SA and was named in the All Oz team. She is eligible for the draft next year - just, as her dob is 31-12-2006.
There is a Code Sports article - paywalled - that says she doesn't know if she wants to play professional footy of professional netball. This year as a 16 year old she won the SA Premier Netball League's Rookie of the Year award playing mainly in defence. She was also selected in the South Australian U/17 at the national champs and was named captain. So she might end up being a few cms taller by the time she turns 20.
Matilda and Poppy Scholz are the daughters of former Australian Diamonds netballer Peta Squire (now Peta Scholz). Peta is 180cm, played 54 times for Oz, played for Garville and the Adelaide Thunderbirds and won a world championship and Comm Games gold with the Diamonds, played in 6 successive GFs with the Thunderbirds for 2 premierships in the national comp.
Poppy played for SA in the U/18 championships for SA and was named in the All Oz team. She is eligible for the draft next year - just, as her dob is 31-12-2006.
There is a Code Sports article - paywalled - that says she doesn't know if she wants to play professional footy of professional netball. This year as a 16 year old she won the SA Premier Netball League's Rookie of the Year award playing mainly in defence. She was also selected in the South Australian U/17 at the national champs and was named captain. So she might end up being a few cms taller by the time she turns 20.
Matilda came 4th in the Rising Star award, but was a long way behind the top two:
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GWS Giants' Zarlie Goldsworthy crowned the 2023 AFLW Rising Star
Young Giants forward has been crowned the 2023 AFLW Rising Star at the 2023 W Awards
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Still a great effort by Our Tilds.
She’s still going to be an absolute gun and I can’t wait to see more of her and watch her career unfold with us
She’s still going to be an absolute gun and I can’t wait to see more of her and watch her career unfold with us
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One interesting question I want to find out the answer to next year is just where would Matilda have gone if she'd been in this normal draft.
I'm predicting #2 - behind Young but above Goody.
I'm predicting #2 - behind Young but above Goody.
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MATILDA SCHOLZ will be a Port Adelaide player for the next four seasons after the exciting ruck agreed to a contract extension until at least the end of 2027.
Scholz enjoyed a breakout debut season in 2023, winning a Rising Star nomination and finishing third in the club’s best and fairest.
She was also named Port Adelaide’s best first year player and was included in the AFL Players’ Association’s 22under22 squad.
“I’ve loved every minute of my time at Port Adelaide and I’m so grateful to get the opportunity to continue to play at the club,” the 18-year-old said of her new contract.
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Scholz enjoyed a breakout debut season in 2023, winning a Rising Star nomination and finishing third in the club’s best and fairest.
She was also named Port Adelaide’s best first year player and was included in the AFL Players’ Association’s 22under22 squad.
“I’ve loved every minute of my time at Port Adelaide and I’m so grateful to get the opportunity to continue to play at the club,” the 18-year-old said of her new contract.
Scholz signs contract extension
Matilda Scholz has put pen to paper, committing to Port Adelaide for the next four seasons.
How Port ruck tore up the AFLW - before being draft-eligible
She tore up the AFLW last year, but Matilda Scholz wasn't even supposed to be playing in the competition
How Port ruck tore up the AFLW - before being draft-eligible
She tore up the AFLW last year, but Matilda Scholz wasn't even supposed to be playing in the competition
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Despite the clues on social media, I didn’t realise her & Abbey Dowrick are a couple.
