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.
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.
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.
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. , who had acceded to the AFL in 2012, were replaced by a second Tasmanian team.
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
NEAFL Eastern Conference (2) Ainslie Sydney Hills Eagles NEAFL Northern Conference (3) Morningside Mount Gravatt Northern Territory SANFL (3) South Adelaide Port Adelaide Magpies West Adelaide
TFL (2) Burnie Launceston VFL (3) Port Melbourne Werribee Williamstown WAFL (3) Claremont Subiaco West Perth
Club details Guernsey Club Nickname Location Qualified as Ainslie Football Club Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory premiers 2011 Burnie Football ClubBurnie Football Club Official Website Burnie, Tasmania runners-up 2011 Claremont Football ClubClaremont Football Club Official Website Claremont, Western Australia premiers 2011 Launceston Football ClubLaunceston Football Club Official Website Riverside, Tasmania Morningside Australian Football ClubMorningside Australian Football Club Official Website Hawthorne, Queensland runners-up 2011 Mount Gravatt Australian Football ClubMount Gravatt Australian Football Club Official Website Mount Gravatt, Queensland 3rd place 2011 Northern Territory Football ClubNorthern Territory Football Club Official Website Darwin, Northern Territory premier 2011 NT representative Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL)Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club Official Website Alberton, South Australia 6th place 2011SA invitee Port Melbourne Football Club Port Melbourne, Victoria premiers 2011 South Adelaide Football ClubSouth Adelaide Football Club Official Website Noarlunga Downs, South Australia 4th place, 2011SA invitee Subiaco Football ClubSubiaco Football Club Official Website Subiaco, Western Australia runners-up 2011 Sydney Hills Eagles Australian Football ClubSydney Hills Eagles Football Club Official Website Rouse Hill, New South Wales premiers 2011 Werribee Football ClubWerribee Official Website Werribee, Victoria 3rd place 2011 West Adelaide Football ClubWest Adelaide Football Club Official Website Richmond, South Australia 7th place 2011SA invitee West Perth Football ClubWest Perth Football Club Official Website Joondalup, Western Australia 3rd place 2011 Williamstown Football Club Williamstown, Victoria runner-up 2011
Stadiums Adelaide Blacktown Brisbane AAMI StadiumCapacity: 51,224 Blacktown ISP OvalCapacity: 10,000 The GabbaCapacity: 42,000 Darwin Gold Coast Melbourne TIO StadiumCapacity: 15,000 Metricon StadiumCapacity: 25,000 Etihad StadiumCapacity: 56,347 Melbourne Perth Sydney Melbourne Cricket GroundCapacity: 100,000 Patersons StadiumCapacity: 43,500 Sydney Cricket GroundCapacity: 46,000
Fixture
Bracket
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
Semi-finals
Grand Final
References
External links Official Foxtel Cup website Official AFL Canberra website AFL Northern Territory AFL Queensland State Site South Australian National Football League – official website Official Sydney AFL Site Tasmanian Football League Website Victorian Football League – official website Western Australian Football League – official website