After splitting with former The Bachelor Richie Strahan earlier this year, Alex Nation has fallen in love with another.

The model and mother-of-one, 26, from Mount Eliza on the Mornington Peninsula, is in a relationship with her fellow Frankston Bombers WFL teammate Maegs (Maegan) Luxa, 31, a chef from Langwarrin, for support after her breakup with Strahan.

"Alex has found love in the arms of a woman," a friend of Nation was quoted as telling New Idea magazine, where pictures of them together appeared today.

They initially tried to keep their relationship out of the public, but were open in front of Nation's son Elijah, six, close friends, family and teammates, happily kissing and holding hands.