SHE'S got vision and composure, she's got speed and skills and given Elly Rudd is only 18, it also appears she has a big future in Australian rules ahead of her.
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So impressive was Rudd's first full season in the AFL Central West senior women's competition that she dominated the Bathurst Lady Bushrangers' best and fairest vote count, beating out many much more experienced rivals for the top gong.
But Rudd's award came as no surprise to Lady Bushrangers co-coach Kelsey Richards, who marvelled at the teenager's talent throughout the season.
"She got 51 votes, she absolutely blitzed it. I'm really, really proud that she won," Richards said.
"I wasn't surprised, this year she's just been fantastic.
"She's superb, she's so diverse in her ability, she's quite a utility I think you would say. You can play her in any position and she just gut runs for days.
"Myself and some of the other midfielders were claiming that we got her the award because we'd tell her to run every game," she added with a laugh.
Rudd had been earmarked by former Lady Bushrangers coach Brian Matheson to form a key part of the 2020 squad, but she badly dislocated her finger in a training game before the season began.
Though being sidelined by injury was a setback, Rudd managed to play three games with the seniors before the end of the season.
Her talent is undeniable but her skills are really crisp around the field.
- Kelsey Richards on Elly Rudd
So when she returned for a full campaign this year, Rudd not only handled the step up, she flourished to the extent Richards at one point compared her with Collingwood AFL great Scott Pendlebury.
"She did really well through the youth girls tier. When she was younger she was really touted as an up and coming gun, she was one of the names you'd throw around when talking about who you were excited to see progress up into the senior women's," Richards said.
"So her talent is undeniable but her skills are really crisp around the field. That level-head she has and her vision on the field is just really fantastic.
"She's phenomenal and to be so young, she's got an incredible amount of composure on the field. She always looks so calm and level-headed, it's remarkable she has got such poise for a woman of just 18-years-old.
"It's is very enjoyable to watch, even when I was lining up alongside her in the midfield I found myself being a spectator quite a bit and just watching her talent.
"It's not all natural talent either, she's worked incredibly hard to build up her skills as well."
Rudd has also be named in the first phase Greater Western Sydney Giants academy under 19s squad.
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