THE FORM OF HIS LIFE
Jed made the trip west with the Kangaroos for Sunday's clash with Fremantle on the back of easily the best month of his football career.
He took until his 29th match across six seasons to win at least 20 disposals, but has now managed the feat five times in his past six outings and in four straight.
Shoulder operations three years apart – one which cost him basically the entire 2014 season – three separate hamstring injuries and pneumonia had already marred his career.
Anderson's major organs were "shutting down" in a Darwin hospital during the pneumonia scare and he lost significant weight, after he was wading in a nearby swamp while out hunting geese.
"It's so good to see him out on the park doing what he does best, which he could have done in previous years if he hadn't been so unfortunate with those injuries," Joe said.
"It probably (owes to) the Kangaroos as well for persisting with him, and he speaks highly of everyone at North Melbourne footy club.
"He's made good relationships with some of the senior players (and) him and Ben Cunnington are pretty much side by side all the time and Jed tries to absorb everything from him.
"They go fishing together on their off days and are spending a lot of time together … and you see the way Ben Cunnington goes about his footy."