{"id":177928,"date":"2024-12-16T08:06:48","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T22:06:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/?p=177928"},"modified":"2024-12-16T08:06:49","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T22:06:49","slug":"ally-anderson-remains-the-queen-of-the-jungle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/2024\/12\/16\/ally-anderson-remains-the-queen-of-the-jungle\/","title":{"rendered":"Ally Anderson remains the &#8216;Queen of the Jungle&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>WITH the AFL Women\u2019s season coming to a close, clubs are starting to award their club champions, recognising the stars of the season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this new series from&nbsp;<em>Rookie Me Central<\/em>, we take a look at the seasons of each best and fairest winner and what led them to have such stellar seasons.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In the next edition of our series, we look at a Lions stalwart <a data-type=\"player\" data-id=\"29683\" class=\"_dc_spo\" href=\"\/afl\/player\/ally-anderson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ally Anderson<\/a>, who took home her second consecutive Brisbane Best and Fairest award.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anderson continues to go from strength-to-strength at Brisbane, winning her fourth Best and Fairest award to go with her All-Australian honours from a few weeks back. She is a key contributor to the club&#8217;s success, a team that just featured in their third straight grand final.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>She polled 208 votes, finishing ahead of young midfielder <strong>Belle Dawes<\/strong> and winger <strong>Sophie Conway.<\/strong> Leaders <strong>Natalie Grider<\/strong> and <strong>Breanna Koenen<\/strong> rounded out the top five after both continuing to star in the Lions&#8217; defence.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anderson always plays a big role in the Lions&#8217; engine room, in 2024 she averaged 26.1 disposals as well as 6.6 tackles and 5.3 clearances. Her impact in the finals was exceptional, she laid 9.3 tackles a game throughout the three finals which included 14 in the decider.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>One of her most eye-catching performances was her record-breaking 43 disposal game against Melbourne, after that game Anderson credited her increased fitness for the feat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Her strength, toughness and fitness is one of Anderson&#8217;s trademarks and one of the reasons that she continues to lead the way, not only at the Lions but in the AFLW.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>After another AFLW Grand Final defeat, there is no doubt that Anderson and her side will use the heartbreak as fuel in order to strive for their third premiership.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-dc-block-dc-mention _dc_mention\"><div class=\"section-heading_wrap\"><span class=\"section-heading is-small\">Mentions<\/span><span class=\"hor-border\"><\/span><\/div><ul class=\"js-overflow-list overflow-list\"><li class=\"object-mention_single\"><div class=\"tag tag--is-clickable\"><a class=\"tag-text _dc_mention_p\" href=\"https:\/\/central.rookieme.com\/afl\/player\/ally-anderson\/\">Ally Anderson<\/a><\/div><\/li><li class=\"js-dropdown dropdown overflowed\"><button class=\"btn btn-icon-only\"><span class=\"icon btn-icon\">\n                    <!-- icon - plus circle - 20px-->\n                    <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" viewBox=\"0 0 20 20\">\n                        <path d=\"M15,9.28h-4.3V5h0A.72.72,0,1,0,9.28,5h0V9.28H5a.72.72,0,0,0,0,1.43H9.28V15a.72.72,0,0,0,1.43,0h0V10.71H15a.72.72,0,0,0,0-1.43Z\"\/>\n                        <path d=\"M10,0A10,10,0,1,0,20,10,10,10,0,0,0,10,0Zm0,18.57A8.57,8.57,0,0,1,10,1.43h0a8.57,8.57,0,0,1,0,17.14Z\"\/>\n                    <\/svg>\n                <\/span><\/button><div class=\"popover\"><div class=\"popover-content\"><ul class=\"popover-menu\"><\/ul><\/div><\/div><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WITH the AFL Women\u2019s season coming to a close, clubs are starting to award their club champions, recognising the stars of the season. 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