Three AFLW listed Saints have been selected in the 2019 VFLW Team of the Year following impressive performances with the Southern Saints this season.

Tilly Lucas-Rodd, Caitlin Greiser and Olivia Vesely all made the 24-woman side in their debut seasons in the red, white and black. 

Named in the back-pocket, Tilly Lucas-Rodd has been extremely reliable for the Saints in her 12 matches this season. 

Lucas-Rodd has averaged 19 disposals and 12 kicks with a season high of 27 disposals against Melbourne University in Round 6. 

She has consistently been named in the Southern Saints' best performers and has made the VFLW Team of the Week on five separate occasions. 

Tilly Lucas-Rodd starred in the Southern Saints' defence in 2019.

At the conclusion of the home and away season, the Saints were the best defensive team in the competition, with Lucas-Rodd’s intercept marking and run off half-back playing a major role. 

Powerhouse forward Caitlin Greiser was also named in the team as full forward after booting 21 goals and finishing second in the league for total goals kicked. 

A feature of Greiser’s season has been the ability to mark strongly overhead, but also use her strength to outmuscle her opponents at ground level. 

Greiser played a huge role in the Saints' elimination final last week, kicking four goals in the clash to send her side into the preliminary final against Collingwood. 

Caitlin Greiser was the Saints' most potent weapon in attack this season.

Olivia Vesely was the third Saint to be named in the Team of the Year on the interchange. 

The 19-year-old has played 14 games through the midfield for the Saints, averaging 18 disposals and four tackles per game. 

Vesely was also awarded the Debbie Lee Medal for the VFLW Rising Star of the competition. 

Olivia Vesely has starred in her first year at the Saints.

The midfielder starred against Collingwood in Round 1 (24 disposals) before showing her physicality and hunt with efforts against Hawthorn (19 disposals, eight tackles) and Darebin (22 disposals, six tackles). 

READ: Vesely receives Rising Star Award

Both Greiser and Vesely have been elevated to St Kilda’s AFLW list off the back of their impressive VFLW campaigns. 

The pair will join Lucas-Rodd, who was picked up as a free agent after playing three seasons with Carlton. 

The Southern Saints take on Collingwood in Sunday’s preliminary final at Adcon Stadium.