Sam Anderson (born 25 March 1991) is an Australian professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Redcliffe Dolphins in the Queensland Cup.

Phil Gould, the coaching director of the Panthers, offered an easier path to first-grade football with the loss of prop Petero Civoniceva.

[4] In September 2012, Anderson signed a one-year contract with the Penrith Panthers starting in 2013 after failing to make first-grade with Newcastle in 2012.

[7][8] On 22 September 2013, Anderson was named on the interchange bench in the 2013 New South Wales Cup Team of the Year.

[13] He added another NRL game to his tally and captained the Penrith club's New South Wales Cup team.

At the end of the 2015 season, Anderson was recruited by the Redcliffe Dolphins to play in the Queensland Cup Competition in 2016 and 2017.

In May 2016, Anderson was selected to represent the Queensland Residents as starting prop against New South Wales, for whom he had played the previous three seasons.