Alexandra Anderson (born 25 March 1994) is an

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

er playing for the

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in the

AFL Women's AFL Women's (AFLW) is Australia's national semi-professional Australian rules football league for female players. The first season of the league in February and March 2017 had eight teams; the league expanded to 10 teams in the 2019 season, 1 ...

(AFLW). Anderson was part of the Brisbane team that won the AFL Women's premiership in 2021 and won the

AFL Women's season seven best and fairest The 2022 AFL Women's season 7 best and fairest award was presented to the player adjudged the best and fairest player during 2022 AFL Women's season 7. 's Ally Anderson Alexandra Anderson (born 25 March 1994) is an Australian rules footba ...

award. She is also a dual Brisbane best and fairest winner and was named in the

2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team The 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team represents the best-performed players of the 2019 AFL Women's season. It was announced on 2 April 2019 as a complete women's Australian rules football team of 21 players. The team is honorary and does no ...

. Anderson is the AFL Women's equal games record holder and Brisbane equal games record holder with 66 games.

Early life

Anderson was born in 1994 in

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raised by Leigh and Reggie (a paramedic and Aboriginal

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rugby league player) from

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inland from

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.Family Pride Gives Lions Star Lift by Terry Malinder for The Chronicle 10 March 2018 She was educated at

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where she was introduced to Australian Rules by her sister Mikayla and encouraged by her school teacher who was from Melbourne to pursue a career in the sport. She played club football for the

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from junior to senior level and represented Queensland at Under 18 level in 2013.

AFL Women's career

Anderson was recruited by with the number 47 pick in the

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. She made her debut in the Lions' inaugural game against at

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on 5 February 2017. Anderson went on to play all eight games in her debut season, including the six-point

2017 AFL Women's Grand Final The 2017 AFL Women's Grand Final was an Australian rules football match held on 25 March 2017 to determine the premiers of the 2017 AFL Women's season, the league's inaugural season. were victorious over minor premiers , claiming the first AFL ...

loss to . Brisbane signed Anderson for the 2018 season during the trade period in May 2017. Anderson played all eight games for Brisbane again in 2018, including the

2018 AFL Women's Grand Final The 2018 AFL Women's Grand Final was an Australian rules football match held on 24 March 2018 to determine the premiers of the 2018 AFL Women's season, the league's second season. It was contested by the and and was won by the Western Bulldog ...

loss to the , Brisbane's second consecutive grand final loss. Brisbane signed Anderson for the 2019 season during the trade and signing period in May 2018. Anderson had a career-best season in 2019, capped off by winning the Brisbane best and fairest award and being selected in the

. Following the AFL Women's season, Anderson played for in the

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(VFLW). 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. She was also selected in the

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's 2017–2019 retrospective AFL Women's 22under22 team. Anderson finished the season as one of fourteen players to have played the most AFL Women's matches to that point with 30. Anderson was named at no. 21 in Sarah Black's 2022 list of the top 30 players in the AFLW. She was named among Brisbane's best players in its loss to Adelaide in round 1 and its wins over in round 4 and in round 8, polling seven coaches' votes in the round 8 match. Anderson and teammate

Emily Bates Emily Bates (born 18 October 1995) is an Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the AFL Women's (AFLW). She previously played for the Brisbane Lions from 2017 to season seven. Bates was selected by the in the inaugura ...

became the first AFLW players to reach the 50-game milestone in Brisbane's round 9 win over , with both among Brisbane's best players.

Statistics

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Honours and achievements

Team * AFL Women's premiership player ():

* 2× AFL Women's minor premiership ():

, S7 Individual *

AFL Women's best and fairest The AFL Women's best and fairest is awarded to the best and fairest player in the AFL Women's (AFLW) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by the officiating field umpires after each game. It is the most prestigious awar ...

: S7 * AFL Women's equal games record holder * Brisbane equal games record holder *

AFL Women's All-Australian team The AFL Women's All-Australian team is an all-star team of women's Australian rules footballers playing in the AFL Women's (AFLW), selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and ...

* 2× Brisbane best and fairest: 2019, 2021 * AFL Women's 2017–2019 22under22 team

References

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Anderson, Ally 1994 births Living people Sportspeople from Brisbane Sportswomen from Queensland Australian rules footballers from Queensland Brisbane Lions (AFLW) players Indigenous Australian players of Australian rules football