For Jed Anderson, Saturday night is about repaying the faith.

The Elimination Final at Adelaide Oval will be just Anderson’s 10th game for North, and only his 20th AFL appearance.

“I’m really growing and trying to secure my spot in this team,” Anderson told the Herald Sun.

“I think my game’s growing each week — I’ve taken the confidence the club (put in me) and want to give it back.”

For a large part of the season it appeared the 22-year-old wouldn’t get the chance to.

A hamstring injury in the second quarter of his club debut ruled him out for three months, and he then had to spend time in the VFL getting valuable match fitness in his legs.

It took a heart-to-heart with the club to take the weight of expectation off Anderson’s shoulders.

“At the start of the season it really weighed on my mind a little bit, and then getting injured didn’t really help.

“But I sat down with the club and they were really happy with how I’d gone over the pre-season and getting injured was (just) unfortunate.”

While Anderson has spent the majority of his time playing as a small forward, he’s also been around the ball on occasion.

In each of those roles, the former Hawk has been able to learn off stars Daniel Wells and Brent Harvey.

“Wellsy’s composure around the ball — he’s in and out — and how Boomer gets going forward and really creates his opportunities to kick goals,” Anderson said.

“I’ve taken a bit of both of those and really using my speed and agility around the ball to do those things.”