He finally made his debut in 1992 but had limited opportunities and played just 6 games until he moved to Collingwood.

[1] In 1995 Sanderson moved to Geelong and reinvented himself as a half-back flanker, generating a lot of run out of defence.

[4] On Monday 19 September 2011, Sanderson was appointed senior coach of the Adelaide Football Club ahead of red hot favourite Scott Burns and premiership captain Mark Bickley.

As a result, on 17 September 2014 (almost three years to the day since he was appointed) Sanderson was sacked as senior coach of the Adelaide Crows.

Sanderson was then replaced by Phil Walsh as Adelaide Football Club senior coach.