Ally Anderson

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Ally Anderson
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Anderson playing for Brisbane in 2022
Personal information
Full name Alexandra Anderson
Date of birth (1994-03-25) 25 March 1994 (age 30)
Place of birth Brisbane, Queensland
Original team(s) Zillmere (QWAFL)
Draft No. 47, 2016 national draft
Debut Round 1, 2017, Brisbane  vs. Melbourne, at Casey Fields
Height 162 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Club information
Current club Brisbane
Number 18
Playing career1
YearsClubGames (Goals)
2017– Brisbane 93 (11)
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2024 season.
Career highlights
Source: AustralianFootball.com

Alexandra Anderson (born 25 March 1994) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's (AFLW). Anderson won the 2022 AFL Women's season 7 best and fairest award, and is a dual AFL Women's premiership player, three-time AFL Women's All-Australian and four-time Brisbane best and fairest winner. Anderson is the AFL Women's equal games record holder and Brisbane games record holder with 93 games.

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Early life

Anderson was born in 1994 in Brisbane, Queensland raised by Leigh and Reggie (a paramedic and Aboriginal Gangulu [1] Redcliffe Dolphins rugby league player) from Theodore, Queensland inland from Rockhampton. [2] [3] [4] Anderson took up rugby league with her sisters at the age of 5 and also took up tennis and swimming. [5] Anderson was educated at Kedron State High School. [6]

Anderson had never seen an AFL game prior to the age of 16 and knew very little of the sport. [5] Anderson began learning of the game after her older sister Mikayla started playing it [5] and was encouraged by her school teacher who was from Melbourne to pursue a career in the sport. [3] [7] Anderson played club football for the Zillmere from junior to senior level [8] and represented Queensland at Under 18 level in 2013. [3] [9]

AFL Women's career

Anderson playing for Brisbane in 2022 Ally Anderson 2022 (1) (cropped).jpg
Anderson playing for Brisbane in 2022

Anderson was recruited by Brisbane with the number 47 pick in the 2016 AFL Women's draft and debuted in the Lions' inaugural game against Melbourne at Casey Fields on 5 February 2017. [10] Anderson went on to play all eight games in her debut season, including the six-point 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final loss to Adelaide. [11] Brisbane signed Anderson for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. [12]

Anderson played all eight games for Brisbane again in 2018, including the 2018 AFL Women's Grand Final loss to the Western Bulldogs, Brisbane's second consecutive grand final loss. [13] Brisbane signed Anderson for the 2019 season during the trade and signing period in May 2018. [14]

Anderson had a career-best season in 2019, capped off by winning the Brisbane best and fairest award [15] and being selected in the 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team. [16] Following the AFL Women's season, Anderson played for Essendon in the VFL Women's (VFLW). [17] [18]

Leading into the 2020 season, womens.afl journalist Sarah Black named Anderson at no. 26 on her list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. [19] She was also selected in the AFL Players Association's 2017–2019 retrospective AFL Women's 22under22 team. [20] Anderson finished the season as one of fourteen players to have played the most AFL Women's matches to that point with 30. [21]

Anderson was named at no. 21 in Sarah Black's 2022 list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. [22] She was named among Brisbane's best players in its loss to Adelaide in round 1 [23] and its wins over Geelong in round 4 [24] and West Coast in round 8, [25] polling seven coaches' votes in the round 8 match. [26] Anderson and teammate Emily Bates became the first AFLW players to reach the 50-game milestone in Brisbane's round 9 win over North Melbourne, with both among Brisbane's best players. [27]

Leading into the 2023 season, Sarah Black named Anderson at no. 5 on her annual list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. [28]

In 2024, Anderson was named Brisbane's best player in its loss to North Melbourne in week 1 [29] and was best afield in its win over Melbourne in week 2 with an AFLW record 43 disposals. [30] She was among Brisbane's best players in wins over Collingwood in week 3, [31] and the Western Bulldogs [32] and West Coast in both week 4 matches. [33]

Statistics

Updated to the end of the 2024 season. [34]

Legend
  G  
 Goals
  K  
 Kicks
  D  
 Disposals  
  T  
 Tackles
  B  
 Behinds  
  H  
 Handballs  
  M  
 Marks
  #  
Played in that season's 
premiership team
  ±  
Won that season's 
AFLW B&F
SeasonTeamNo.GamesTotalsAverages (per game) Votes
GBKHDMTGBKHDMT
2017 Brisbane 188012929586260.00.13.63.67.30.83.30
2018 Brisbane 18810905314322400.10.011.36.617.92.85.01
2019 Brisbane 18710915614727350.10.013.08.021.03.95.03
2020 Brisbane 18702735512830170.00.310.47.918.34.32.42
2021 # Brisbane 1811211218320432390.20.111.07.518.52.93.59
2022 (S6) Brisbane 1812241326820026500.20.311.05.716.72.24.22
2022 (S7) Brisbane 18132417810027842690.20.313.77.721.43.25.321±
2023 # Brisbane 18131517314331638840.10.413.311.024.32.96.512
2024 Brisbane 18142718318236534930.10.513.113.026.12.46.68
Career931124107076918392574530.10.311.58.319.82.84.958

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