Hawthorn AFLW star Tilly Lucas-Rodd has become the first current player in the league to undergo gender-affirming top surgery.
The 29-year-old, who came out as non-binary two years ago, revealed they underwent the procedure during the AFLW off-season, describing the experience not as a dramatic transformation, but more like finally aligning their outward appearance with the person they've always seen in the mirror.
Got the result we wanted. Now its a short week so we quickly move on to next week.
Couple forced changes likely with McKay (likely concussion) and Kemp (likely achilles) outs.
3 options to replace from what i can tell. Young - AFL conditioned, can play back/forward/ruck.....albeit none very well on recent form. Pittonet - AFL conditioned, is he fit? Just come back from injury but VFL has a bye this week so hasn't played a game. Bring him straight back and allow TDK to rest forward? Lemmey - NOT AFL conditioned. Perhaps the biggest upside. Do we give him a crack while we can or do we leave him in the 2's until he demands a spot.....or he is the last one standing.
OK, so its a bit early to be doing part 3, usually its around R6 or R7, but i think we are at a good point to really give this some thought given how the season has started. I expect to get a lot more variation in this one.
Carlton only had to give up a third-round pick to land Gold Coast captain Tara Bohanna as the Suns continued to focus on accruing more points for their academy players in next week’s draft.
The Blues landed a much-needed forward target along with the Suns’ pick 56, in exchange for just their no. 41 selection in the first AFLW trade completed since Saturday.
Bohanna, 29, joined Gold Coast as a mature-age recruit ahead of the first 2022 season, and was named captain after only 10 games.
The key forward booted 45 goals in 42 games, including a bag of four in the losing elimination final against Sydney in 2023.
OK, well its time for our latest installment of this and this may be the most difficult one for the year.
Assume all players are fit unless mentioned otherwise above.
Plenty of kids showing some talent coming through of late, and plenty of players on the injury list who would probably walk back in. So who do you keep out?
