Matilda Banfield

Matilda Banfield
Personal information
Born (2005-05-03) 3 May 2005 (age 21)
Draft Rookie selection 2024 AFL Women's draft
Debut Round 5, 2025, Fremantle vs. West Coast, at Fremantle Oval
Height 173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Position Forward/Wing
Club information
Current club Fremantle
Number 16
Playing career1
Years Club Games (Goals)
2025– Fremantle 20 (5)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2026 season.
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Matilda Banfield (born 3 May 2005) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW), and a former junior field hockey player.

After completing high school at St Hilda's Anglican School for Girls,, Banfield was drafted by Fremantle as a rookie selection ahead of the 2024 AFL Women's draft. The niece of former West Coast Eagles player Drew Banfield, she was a talented hockey player before switching to play Australian rules football.

Banfield made her debut in the Western Derby in 2025 and held her spot for the remainder of the season.

References

  1. ↑ Rebelo, Raquel (16 June 2025). "Old Scholar Rookie Signing". www.sthildas.wa.edu.au. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
  2. ↑ Noakes, Cameron (7 December 2024). "AFL legend's niece dumps chosen sport and joins fierce rival". 7NEWS. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
  3. ↑ "Future hockey prospects identified for Brisbane 2032". www.hockeywa.org.au. Retrieved 12 September 2026.
  4. ↑ Kirby, Aaron; Santa Maria, Jake (12 September 2025). "Banfield confident of getting uncle into Freo merch". The West Australian. Retrieved 12 September 2026.