Helen Roden

Helen Gloria Roden (born 26 March 1986) is a professional athlete who played for college basketball club TCU Horned Frogs and for Australian rules football club Collingwood in the AFL Women's (AFLW).

Early life and state football Roden was born in Fiji and moved to Melbourne at the age of one. In her junior year, she played in every game, starting 21 of them. She finished fifth on the team with a scoring average of 6.0. In her senior year, she played mostly off the bench, recording reserve-best averages of 23.2 minutes and 8.2 points per game. She was ranked fourth on the squad and 25th in the Mountain West Conference in average scoring that season.

AFL Women's career quote="My brother said, 'Hey, give footy a try, it's going to be big in a few years'. I did a lot of skills with him before I started playing again because I knew how good the girls were at it and I didn’t want to get into it just because of my brother's name." — —Roden speaking in 2017 about returning to football. and was signed by Collingwood as a rookie-listed player. She made her debut in round one, 2017, in the inaugural AFLW match at IKON Park against Carlton, which she ended on the interchange bench due to an injury to her left leg.

Roden was delisted by Collingwood ahead of the 2018 season.

Personal life Roden's brother is David Rodan, retired professional footballer who played for Richmond, Port Adelaide, and Melbourne. Roden spells her last name differently to the rest of her family due to a passport error which was never fixed.

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