2012 Foxtel Cup

The 2012 Foxtel Cup was the second season of Australian rules football knock-out cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia.

2012 premiership season
Teams16
PremiersClaremont

The cup's purpose is to support and promote the second-tier Australian rules football competitions and to provide another way of developing lower-tier Australian Football League (AFL) players. It was originally designed to be a one-off, but due to a significant amount of public interest the AFL said the competition would continue through to at least 2016.[1]

The competition began on 31 March 2012 and concluded with the grand final on 2 August 2012. Matches are played as curtain-raisers to Saturday AFL games or as stand-alone matches, with all games to be screened on Fox Sports. Prize-money was increased by about 20 per cent from the 2011 competition, with A$60,000 to be awarded to the winners.[2]

The AFL invited three teams from the South Australian National Football League, the Victorian Football League and the West Australian Football League; two teams from the Tasmanian Football League; and five teams from the two conferences of the North East Australian Football League, including clubs from the Australian Capital Territory, New South Wales, the Northern Territory, and Queensland. Greater Western Sydney, who had acceded to the AFL in 2012, were replaced by a second Tasmanian team.[2]

Claremont became the 2012 Foxtel Cup champions when they defeated Werribee by 44 points in the Grand Final at Patersons Stadium on 2 August 2012. Claremont forward Tom Lee won the Coles Medal as best afield with his six-goal display.

2012 season

Participating clubs

Club details

Guernsey Club Nickname Location Qualified as
Ainslie Football Club[3]
Tri- Colours
Ainslie, ACT
NEAFL Eastern Conference

premiers 2011
Burnie Football Club[4]
Dockers
Burnie, Tasmania
Tasmanian Football League

runners-up 2011
Claremont Football Club[5]
Tigers
Claremont, Western Australia
West Australian Football League

premiers 2011
Launceston Football Club[6]
Blues
Riverside, Tasmania
Tasmanian Football League
Morningside Australian Football Club[7]
Panthers
Hawthorne, Queensland
NEAFL Northern Conference

runners-up 2011
Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club[8]
Vultures
Mount Gravatt, Queensland
NEAFL Northern Conference

3rd place 2011
Northern Territory Football Club[9]
Thunder
Darwin, Northern Territory
NEAFL Northern Conference
premier 2011
NT representative
Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)[10]
Magpies
Alberton, South Australia
South Australian National Football League

6th place 2011
SA invitee
Port Melbourne Football Club[11]
Borough
Port Melbourne, Victoria
Victorian Football League

premiers 2011
South Adelaide Football Club[12]
Panthers
Noarlunga Downs, South Australia
South Australian National Football League

4th place, 2011
SA invitee
Subiaco Football Club[13]
Lions
Subiaco, Western Australia
West Australian Football League

runners-up 2011
Sydney Hills Eagles Australian Football Club[14]
Eagles
Rouse Hill, NSW
Sydney AFL

premiers 2011
Werribee Football Club[15]
Tigers
Werribee, Victoria
Victorian Football League

3rd place 2011
West Adelaide Football Club[16]
Bloods
Richmond, South Australia
South Australian National Football League

7th place 2011
SA invitee
West Perth Football Club[17]
Falcons
Joondalup, Western Australia
West Australian Football League

3rd place 2011
Williamstown Football Club[18]
Seagulls
Williamstown, Victoria
Victorian Football League

runner-up 2011

Stadiums

Adelaide Blacktown Brisbane
AAMI Stadium
Capacity: 51,224
Blacktown ISP Oval
Capacity: 10,000
The Gabba
Capacity: 42,000
Darwin Gold Coast Melbourne
TIO Stadium
Capacity: 15,000
Metricon Stadium
Capacity: 25,000
Etihad Stadium
Capacity: 56,347
Melbourne Perth Sydney
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Capacity: 100,000
Patersons Stadium
Capacity: 43,500
Sydney Cricket Ground
Capacity: 46,000

Fixture

Bracket

  Round of 16 Quarter-finals Semi-finals Grand Final
                                             
Morningside 12 10 82  
Launceston 7 7 49  
  Morningside 12 4 76  
  Port Adelaide 9 6 60  
Port Adelaide 7 9 51
Subiaco 5 6 36  
  Morningside 6 4 40  
  Werribee 16 15 111  
Werribee 23 9 165  
Burnie 5 2 32  
  Werribee 10 7 67
  West Perth 6 10 46  
Ainslie 7 6 48
West Perth 13 12 90  
  Werribee 8 7 55
  Claremont 15 9 99
Claremont 20 10 130  
West Adelaide 4 5 29  
  Claremont 15 11 101
  Mount Gravatt 2 1 13  
Sydney Hills 7 12 54
Mount Gravatt 11 14 80  
  Claremont 13 10 88
  Port Melbourne 6 2 38  
Williamstown 6 7 43  
South Adelaide 6 12 48  
  South Adelaide 8 8 56
  Port Melbourne 12 6 78  
NT Thunder 7 7 49
Port Melbourne 21 11 137  

Round of 16

^ Although stand-alone with regards to AFL games, the Ainslie v West Perth game was played as a curtain-raiser to the NEAFL game between UWS Giants and Queanbeyan.

Quarter Finals

[19]

Semi-finals

[20]

Grand Final

[21]

References

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