16 Facts About Ally Anderson

Alexandra Janaya Anderson was born on 25 March 1994 and is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the AFL Women's.

Ally 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.

Ally Anderson is the AFL Women's equal games record holder and Brisbane games record holder with 93 games.

Ally Anderson was born in 1994 in Brisbane, Queensland raised by Leigh and Reggie from Theodore, Queensland inland from Rockhampton.

Ally Anderson took up rugby league with her sisters at the age of 5 and took up tennis and swimming.

Ally Anderson had never seen an AFL game prior to the age of 16 and knew very little of the sport.

Ally Anderson began learning of the game after her older sister Mikayla started playing it and was encouraged by her school teacher who was from Melbourne to pursue a career in the sport.

Ally Anderson played club football for the Zillmere from junior to senior level and represented Queensland at Under 18 level in 2013.

Ally 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.

Ally 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.

Ally 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.

Ally Anderson had a career-best season in 2019, capped off by winning the Brisbane best and fairest award and being selected in the 2019 AFL Women's All-Australian team.

Ally Anderson finished the season as one of fourteen players to have played the most AFL Women's matches to that point with 30.

Ally Anderson was named among Brisbane's best players in its loss to Adelaide in round 1 and its wins over Geelong in round 4 and West Coast in round 8, polling seven coaches' votes in the round 8 match.

In 2024, Ally Anderson was named Brisbane's best player in its loss to North Melbourne in week 1 and was best afield in its win over Melbourne in week 2 with an AFLW record 43 disposals.

Ally Anderson was among Brisbane's best players in wins over Collingwood in week 3, and the Western Bulldogs and West Coast in both week 4 matches.