STRENGTHS:

+ Contested work
+ Defensive pressure
+ Stoppage craft
+ Overhead marking
+ Endurance
+ Offensive-defensive balance
+ Clean hands

IMPROVEMENTS:

- Composure
- Explosive speed

Anderson's transformation in 2025 has been quite something. She has always been a really solid role player, but in her top-age campaign, the Tasmanian came out of the shadows of Bowering and Barwin to put her hand up and really express her own strengths and abilities. By the end of the year, she was not too far behind them, and certainly put her name well and truly on the draft radar.

Around the stoppages, Anderson is clean and uses it neatly by hand or foot, particularly when she can extract and get some metres on the opposition. Aside from occasionally dump kicking when under pressure just to clear the danger - which leans to a slight improve in composure - for the most part she was quite a reliable user in transition.

While Anderson's inside game - particularly her contested work and stoppage craft - has never been in question, what really impressed about the North Hobart midfielder's output in 2025 was her expansion to the outside. In the past, she would win clearances or feed the ball out to teammates who would then deliver it forward. This year, Anderson would back herself, take the game on and then drive it forward to set up others inside 50.

That change in performance added another layer to her game, and she started hitting the scoreboard. While six goals in 10 games does not jump off the page, quite often her majors were on the run or from long-range. She has a lovely long kick with terrific finishing skills. Even a few got touched on the line or she got an unlucky bounce in the goalsquare.

If her form with the Devils was not evidence enough, Anderson then stepped up to Allies and was one of the best in the loss to Vic Country. She continued to impress throughout the national carnival, even spending time forward and having plenty of chances on goal with her game against Western Australia one that caught the eye.

Anderson does not necessarily have that explosive speed of others, though she is also not slow. She is able to run and carry when required, and while not quite having the strength of a Bowering, extracts the ball just as well, and then can go forward and do damage on the scoreboard. Her offensive-defensive balance as a whole is very good.

Overall, Anderson has gone from a possible draft prospect to one that has rubber stamped her credentials. A primarily inside player at first, the Tasmanian can safely be used inside or out and still get the job done which is a full credit to herself. Expect her to be one that could go anywhere in the second round or thereabouts.