Ally Anderson
Ally Anderson | |||
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Personal information | |||
Full name | Alexandra Anderson | ||
Date of birth | 25 March 1994 | ||
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 | |||
Years | Club | Games (Goals) | |
2017– | Brisbane | 79 (9) | |
1 Playing statistics correct to the end of the 2023 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, dual AFL Women's All-Australian and three-time Brisbane best and fairest winner. She is the AFL Women's equal games record holder and Brisbane games record holder with 79 games.
Early life
[edit]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 saw her first game of AFL at the age of 16.[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
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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]
Statistics
[edit]Updated to the end of the 2023 season.[29]
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 | ||||||||||||
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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 |
Career | 79 | 9 | 17 | 887 | 587 | 1474 | 223 | 360 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 11.2 | 7.4 | 18.7 | 2.8 | 4.6 | 50 |
Honours and achievements
[edit]Team
- 2× AFL Women's premiership player (Brisbane): 2021, 2023
- 2× AFL Women's minor premiership (Brisbane): 2017, S7
Individual
- AFL Women's best and fairest: S7
- AFL Women's equal games record holder
- Brisbane games record holder
- 2× AFL Women's All-Australian team: 2019, 2023
- 3× Brisbane best and fairest: 2019, 2021, 2023
- AFL Women's 2017–2019 22under22 team
References
[edit]- ^ Stanton, Tanisha (3 March 2022). "Brisbane Lions midfielder Ally Anderson set to make history among first AFLW players to reach 50th milestone". ABC News. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ QAS Insight Summer 2019-2020 pg 30
- ^ a b c Family Pride Gives Lions Star Lift by Terry Malinder for The Chronicle 10 March 2018
- ^ Ally Anderson: What it means to be Aboriginal By Ally Anderson on exclusiveinsight.com on 26 November 2018
- ^ a b c Top 3 training tips with AFLW legend Ally Anderson! fromYouTube 3 July 2022]
- ^ AFLQ congratulates Ally Anderson and four All-Aus Lions 24 November 2022
- ^ Kedron State High School - Our School History
- ^ "Brisbane Lions AFL Women's Players". Brisbane Lions. Archived from the original on 6 June 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Zillmere’s Anderson gearing up for nationals from AFL Queensland 14 June 2013
- ^ Matthews, Bruce (5 February 2017). "Lions take the points in AFLW wild weather clash". afl.com.au. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Matthews, Bruce (25 March 2017). "Match report: Crows soar to flag in thriller". afl.com.au. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "AFLW: All the clubs' full lists after trade period". afl.com.au. 26 May 2017. Retrieved 5 June 2017.
- ^ Matthews, Bruce (24 March 2018). "AFLW match report: Dogs take out flag". afl.com.au. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Black, Sarah (7 June 2018). "AFLW: Delisted Docker goes coast to coast". afl.com.au. Archived from the original on 12 June 2018. Retrieved 6 April 2020.
- ^ Whiting, Michael (12 April 2019). "All Australian Lions midfielder caps off season with B&F". womens.afl. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Navaratnam, Dinny (2 April 2019). "Five Crows, four Roos headline All Australian team". womens.afl. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ "New stars join VFLW Dons". essendonfc.com.au. 16 May 2019. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Hustwaite, Megan (13 June 2019). "Anderson: Why I came to Essendon". essendonfc.com.au. Retrieved 3 October 2019.
- ^ Black, Sarah (12 January 2020). "Sarah Black's top 30: Lions' pocket rocket lands at No.26". womens.afl. Retrieved 12 January 2020.
- ^ Black, Sarah (26 March 2020). "Crows dominate inaugural 22under22 squad". womens.afl. Retrieved 21 April 2020.
- ^ Black, Sarah (25 April 2020). "The 30-gamers: Meet members of the AFLW's exclusive club". womens.afl. Retrieved 28 April 2020.
- ^ Black, Sarah (6 January 2022). "Sarah Black's Top 30 AFLW players". womens.afl. Retrieved 9 January 2022.
- ^ Australian Associated Press (9 January 2022). "Crows cruise past premiers as key stars suffer big injuries". womens.afl. Retrieved 11 January 2022.
- ^ Australian Associated Press; Welsh, Sophie (29 January 2022). "Scheer agony and joy: Three-goal haul not enough to topple Lions". womens.afl. Retrieved 30 January 2022.
- ^ Australian Associated Press; Rogers, Michael (27 February 2022). "Record-breaking Lions hammer hapless Eagles". womens.afl. Retrieved 27 February 2022.
- ^ "AFLCA votes, R8: Perfect 10 sends Lion to the top, first voteless week for Freo star". womens.afl. 28 February 2022. Retrieved 28 February 2022.
- ^ Australian Associated Press (6 March 2022). "Roo'd awakening: Clinical win for Lions over fellow finals aspirant". womens.afl. Retrieved 6 March 2022.
- ^ Black, Sarah (21 August 2023). "Sarah Black's top 30: Ten best players revealed". afl.com.au. Retrieved 30 August 2023.
- ^ "Ally Anderson – player stats by season". Australian Football. Retrieved 3 September 2023.
External links
[edit]- Ally Anderson's profile on the official website of the Brisbane Lions
- Ally Anderson at AustralianFootball.com
- Ally Anderson on Instagram