Player Information
Accolades
- 2025 AFLW All-Australian
- 2025 AFLW Club Best and Fairest (Port Adelaide)
- 2024 AFLW Club Best and Fairest (Port Adelaide)
- 2024 AFLW Mark of the Year
- 2024 AFLW Rising Star
Player bio
A career in numbersMatilda Scholz made her AFLW debut for Port Adelaide in 2023 and has played 44 games for the club.
In the recorded 2026 starting lineups, her primary role was ruck. Across her recorded games, she has averaged 22.8 hitouts and 3.7 clearances per game. She played 10 games in her debut season, averaging 21.1 hitouts per game. Her highest recorded season total is 288 hitouts, from 13 games in 2024 at an average of 22.2 per game. Across seasons with at least five games and complete disposal records, the highest average is 18.22 per game in 2026. The largest total in those seasons is 204 disposals, recorded in 2025.
She won the AFLW Rising Star award in 2024. Her honours include an All-Australian selection.
| Season | Appearances | Total | Per game |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 204 | 17.00 |
| 2026 | 9 | 164 | 18.22 |
About these season figures
Compared 4 recorded seasons with at least five appearances and disposals recorded for every included appearance. Regular-season and finals appearances are included. Rates are total divided by appearances; ties use unrounded rates. Ongoing seasons can change. This compares the player’s own seasons, not their rank against other players.
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Career and season figures include finals where played.
Recent Games
-- Not recorded. Coverage varies by statistic.
| Year | Round | Team | Opponent | Result | Score | Venue | POS |
APOS
|
# | D | K | HB | M | G | B | T | HO | I50 | R50 | CL | CP | UP | CG | FF | FA | CM | M50 | 1% | BO | GA | TOG | EFF | MIN | DT | MG | CC | SCL | TO | INT | SOG | GACC% | SI | T50 | Age | Weather |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 9 |
vs
WCE
|
W | Alberton Oval | RUC | RK | 29 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 86% | 53% | 68 | 82 | 236 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 21.45 | Partly cloudy | ||
| 2026 | 8 |
vs
ADE
|
W | Alberton Oval | RUC | RK | 29 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 19 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 11 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 90% | 29% | 71 | 64 | 163 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 21.43 | Possible shower | ||
| 2026 | 7 |
@
WBD
|
L | Mission Whitten Oval | RUC | RK | 29 | 22 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 40 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 89% | 73% | 77 | 110 | 352 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 0% | 3 | 0 | 21.41 | Shower or two | ||
| 2026 | 6 |
vs
SYD
|
L | Alberton Oval | RUC | RK | 29 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 91% | 61% | 70 | 71 | 235 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 100% | 5 | 1 | 21.39 | Sunny | ||
| 2026 | 5 |
@
MEL
|
L | Casey Fields | RUC | RK | 29 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 88% | 63% | 74 | 81 | 206 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0% | 2 | 0 | 21.37 | Late shower or two |