| Lily Mithen | |||
|---|---|---|---|
.jpg) Mithen playing for Gold Coast in 2025 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Lily Mithen | ||
| Born | 2 March 1998 | ||
| Original team | North Geelong Football Club (GDFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 73, 2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017, Melbourne vs. Brisbane, at Casey Fields | ||
| Height | 159 cm (5 ft 3 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Gold Coast | ||
| Number | 14 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017–2024 | Melbourne | 82 (8) | |
| 2025– | Gold Coast | 12 (0) | |
| Total | 94 (8) | ||
| Representative team honours | |||
| Years | Team | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017 | Victoria | 1 (0) | |
|
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2025 season. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Source: AustralianFootball.com | |||
Lily Mithen (born 2 March 1998) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Melbourne Football Club from 2017 to 2024. Mithen was nominated for the AFL Women's Rising Star award in round 2 of the 2017 season and won an AFL Women's premiership with Melbourne in season 7.
Early life
[edit]Mithen's grandfather's cousin is Laurie Mithen – a Melbourne great, who played in five premierships and was named in the club's team of the century.[1] Her father is former Nine Network journalist Anthony Mithen.[2]
Mithen played for Newtown & Chilwell in the AFL Barwon Female Football league in her youth, tying for the league best and fairest in 2014[3] and winning premierships in 2014 and 2015.[4]
AFL Women's career
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Mithen playing for Melbourne in 2021
Mithen was drafted by Melbourne with their tenth selection and seventy-third overall in the 2016 AFL Women's draft.[5] She made her debut in the fifteen point loss to Brisbane at Casey Fields in the opening round of the 2017 season.[6] After the nineteen point win against Collingwood at Ikon Park in round two—in which she recorded fourteen disposals, three marks and two tackles—she was the round nominee for the AFLW Rising Star.[7] She played every match in her debut season to finish with seven games. She also won Geelong's 2017 best and fairest award in the club's VFL Women's team.[8]
Melbourne signed Mithen for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[9]
Statistics
[edit]Updated to the end of the 2025 season.[10]
G
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Goals | K
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Kicks | D
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Disposals | T
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Tackles |
B
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Behinds | H
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Handballs | M
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Marks | ||
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Played in that season's premiership team |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2017 | Melbourne | 14 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 67 | 46 | 113 | 14 | 19 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 9.6 | 6.6 | 16.1 | 2.0 | 2.7 | 0 |
| 2018 | Melbourne | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 41 | 49 | 90 | 12 | 15 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 5.9 | 7.0 | 12.9 | 1.7 | 2.1 | 0 |
| 2019 | Melbourne | 14 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 67 | 37 | 104 | 22 | 29 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.6 | 5.3 | 14.9 | 3.1 | 4.1 | 2 |
| 2020 | Melbourne | 14 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 26 | 10 | 36 | 11 | 4 | 0.7 | 0.0 | 8.7 | 3.3 | 12.0 | 3.7 | 1.3 | 0 |
| 2021 | Melbourne | 14 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 138 | 54 | 192 | 30 | 40 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 12.5 | 4.9 | 17.5 | 2.7 | 3.6 | 5 |
| 2022 (S6) | Melbourne | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 129 | 72 | 201 | 41 | 56 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 11.7 | 6.5 | 18.3 | 3.7 | 5.1 | 6 |
| 2022 (S7)# | Melbourne | 14 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 118 | 102 | 220 | 31 | 43 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 7.8 | 16.9 | 2.4 | 3.3 | 1 |
| 2023 | Melbourne | 14 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 101 | 96 | 197 | 27 | 48 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 8.4 | 8.0 | 16.4 | 2.3 | 4.0 | 0 |
| 2024 | Melbourne | 14 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 72 | 60 | 132 | 23 | 53 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 6.5 | 5.5 | 12.0 | 2.1 | 4.8 | 0 |
| 2025 | Gold Coast | 14 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 109 | 70 | 179 | 35 | 53 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 9.1 | 5.8 | 14.9 | 2.9 | 4.4 | 0 |
| Career | 94 | 8 | 7 | 868 | 596 | 1464 | 246 | 360 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 9.2 | 6.3 | 15.6 | 2.6 | 3.8 | 14 | ||
Honours and achievements
[edit]Team
Individual
- Victoria representative honours in AFL Women's State of Origin: 2017
- AFL Women's Rising Star nominee: 2017
References
[edit]- ^ "Mithen name lives on at Melbourne". www.melbournefc.com.au. 26 October 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2019.
- ^ Sewell, Eliza (4 February 2017). "Lily Mithen is the new breed of the new breed after achieving her dream as an 18-year-old". Herald Sun. Retrieved 26 February 2024.
- ^ "AFL Barwon 2014 Annual Report (p 39)" (PDF). AFL Barwon. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ "AFL Barwon Annual Report 2015 (p 40)" (PDF). AFL Barwon. Retrieved 28 May 2021.
- ^ Burgan, Matt (12 October 2016). "No.73: Lily Mithen". MelbourneFC.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ Australian Associated Press (3 February 2017). "AFLW: All the round one teams". AFL.com.au. Bigpond. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "Tayla Harris and Lily Mithen named AFLW Rising Star nominees after Round 2 performances". Herald Sun. News Corp Australia. 14 February 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2017.
- ^ "2019 VFL Women's Media Guide" (PDF). VFL.
- ^ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period - AFL.com.au". afl.com.au. Telstra Media. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 26 May 2017.
- ^ "Lily Mithen – player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 14 August 2025.
External links
[edit]
- Lily Mithen's profile on the official website of the Gold Coast Football Club
- Lily Mithen at AustralianFootball.com
- Lily Mithen on Instagram
