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How Matilda Scholz became a football powerhouse, feminist and TikTok sensation

Brisbane Times Kelli Underwood

18 Sept 2026 15:43 AEST Summary

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The AFLW star didn’t know her own strength when she was younger. Now she’s using it for good on the field and off, visiting schools to talk about equality and the manosphere.

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Niral Score 8 mundaneloaded

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Sourcing 28 unattributednamed sources Mood 50 sorrowjoyful

6 read zero: sentiment, political diction, generational, gender, jingoistic, religious

Sentiment 0 hostilefavourable Political diction 0 left-codedright-coded Generational 0 harder on the oldharder on the young Gender 0 no gendered framingframing throughout Jingoistic 0 reports to a readerwrites from a camp Religious 0 not invokedovert

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WAtoday How Matilda Scholz became a football powerhouse, feminist and TikTok sensation Niral 8 political 0 The Sydney Morning Herald How Matilda Scholz became a football powerhouse, feminist and TikTok sensation Niral 8 political 0 The Age How Matilda Scholz became a football powerhouse, feminist and TikTok sensation Niral 8 political 0