| Ally Anderson | |||
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 Anderson playing for Brisbane in 2022 | |||
| Personal information | |||
| Full name | Alexandra Janaya Anderson[1] | ||
| Born | (1994-03-25)25 March 1994 (age 31) Brisbane,Queensland | ||
| Original team | Zillmere (QWAFL) | ||
| Draft | No. 47,2016 national draft | ||
| Debut | Round 1, 2017,Brisbane vs.Melbourne, atCasey Fields | ||
| Height | 162 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||
| Position | Midfielder | ||
| Club information | |||
| Current club | Brisbane | ||
| Number | 18 | ||
| Playing career1 | |||
| Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
| 2017– | Brisbane | 106 (16) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of finals week 1, 2025. | |||
| Career highlights | |||
| Source:AustralianFootball.com | |||
Alexandra Janaya Anderson (born 25 March 1994) is anAustralian rules footballer playing for theBrisbane Lions in theAFL Women's (AFLW). Anderson won the2022 AFL Women's season 7 best and fairest award, and is a dualAFL Women's premiership player, three-timeAFL Women's All-Australian and four-timeBrisbane best and fairest winner. Anderson is theAFL Women's equal games record holder andBrisbane games record holder with 106 games.
Anderson was born in 1994 inBrisbane,Queensland raised by Leigh and Reggie (a paramedic andAboriginalGangulu[2]Redcliffe Dolphinsrugby league player) fromTheodore, Queensland inland fromRockhampton.[3][4][5] Anderson took up rugby league with her sisters at the age of 5 and also took up tennis and swimming.[6] Anderson was educated atKedron State High School.[7]
Anderson had never seen an AFL game prior to the age of 16 and knew very little of the sport.[6] Anderson began learning of the game after her older sister Mikayla started playing it[6] and was encouraged by her school teacher who was from Melbourne to pursue a career in the sport.[4][8] Anderson played club football for theZillmere from junior to senior level[9] and represented Queensland at Under 18 level in 2013.[4][10]
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Anderson was recruited byBrisbane with the number 47 pick in the2016 AFL Women's draft and debuted in the Lions' inaugural game againstMelbourne atCasey Fields on 5 February 2017.[11] Anderson went on to play all eight games in her debut season, including the six-point2017 AFL Women's Grand Final loss toAdelaide.[12] Brisbane signed Anderson for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017.[13]
Anderson played all eight games for Brisbane again in 2018, including the2018 AFL Women's Grand Final loss to theWestern Bulldogs, Brisbane's second consecutive grand final loss.[14] Brisbane signed Anderson for the 2019 season during the trade and signing period in May 2018.[15]
Anderson had a career-best season in 2019, capped off by winning theBrisbane best and fairest award[16] and being selected in the2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team.[17] Following the AFL Women's season, Anderson played forEssendon in theVFL Women's (VFLW).[18][19]
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.[20] She was also selected in theAFL Players Association's 2017–2019 retrospective AFL Women's 22under22 team.[21] Anderson finished the season as one of fourteen players to have played the most AFL Women's matches to that point with 30.[22]
Anderson was named at no. 21 in Sarah Black's 2022 list of the top 30 players in the AFLW.[23] She was named among Brisbane's best players in its loss to Adelaide in round 1[24] and its wins overGeelong in round 4[25] andWest Coast in round 8,[26] polling seven coaches' votes in the round 8 match.[27] Anderson and teammateEmily Bates became the first AFLW players to reach the 50-game milestone in Brisbane's round 9 win overNorth Melbourne, with both among Brisbane's best players.[28]
Leading into the 2023 season, Sarah Black named Anderson at no. 5 on her annual list of the top 30 players in the AFLW.[29]
In 2024, Anderson was named Brisbane's best player in its loss to North Melbourne in week 1[30] and was best afield in its win over Melbourne in week 2 with an AFLW record 43 disposals.[31] She was among Brisbane's best players in wins over Collingwood in week 3,[32] and the Western Bulldogs[33] and West Coast in both week 4 matches.[34]
Updated to the end of finals week 1, 2025.[35]
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 |
| Season | Team | No. | Games | Totals | Averages (per game) | Votes | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| G | B | K | H | D | M | T | G | B | K | H | D | M | T | |||||
| 2017 | Brisbane | 18 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 29 | 58 | 6 | 26 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 3.6 | 3.6 | 7.3 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0 |
| 2018 | Brisbane | 18 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 90 | 53 | 143 | 22 | 40 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 11.3 | 6.6 | 17.9 | 2.8 | 5.0 | 1 |
| 2019 | Brisbane | 18 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 91 | 56 | 147 | 27 | 35 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 13.0 | 8.0 | 21.0 | 3.9 | 5.0 | 3 |
| 2020 | Brisbane | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 73 | 55 | 128 | 30 | 17 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 10.4 | 7.9 | 18.3 | 4.3 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 2021# | Brisbane | 18 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 121 | 83 | 204 | 32 | 39 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 11.0 | 7.5 | 18.5 | 2.9 | 3.5 | 9 |
| 2022 (S6) | Brisbane | 18 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 132 | 68 | 200 | 26 | 50 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 11.0 | 5.7 | 16.7 | 2.2 | 4.2 | 2 |
| 2022 (S7) | Brisbane | 18 | 13 | 2 | 4 | 178 | 100 | 278 | 42 | 69 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 13.7 | 7.7 | 21.4 | 3.2 | 5.3 | 21± |
| 2023# | Brisbane | 18 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 173 | 143 | 316 | 38 | 84 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 13.3 | 11.0 | 24.3 | 2.9 | 6.5 | 12 |
| 2024 | Brisbane | 18 | 14 | 2 | 7 | 183 | 182 | 365 | 34 | 93 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 13.1 | 13.0 | 26.1 | 2.4 | 6.6 | 8 |
| 2025 | Brisbane | 18 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 169 | 158 | 327 | 36 | 59 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 13.0 | 12.2 | 25.2 | 2.8 | 4.5 | 3 |
| Career | 106 | 16 | 28 | 1239 | 927 | 2166 | 293 | 512 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 11.7 | 8.7 | 20.4 | 2.8 | 4.8 | 61 | ||
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