2012 All-Australian team
The 2012 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2012 season. It was announced on Monday, 17 September 2012, as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players, with Darren Glass (West Coast) named as captain and Gary Ablett (Gold Coast) named as vice-captain.[1][2] An initial squad of 40 players was previously announced on Wednesday, 5 September 2012. The team is honorary and does not actually play any games.
Contents
1 Selection process
2 Team
2.1 Initial squad
3 References
Selection process
The selection panel for the 2012 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Andrew Demetriou, Adrian Anderson, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Gerard Healy, Glen Jakovich and Mark Ricciuto.[3]
Team
2012 All-Australian team | |||
B: | Sean Dempster (St Kilda) | Luke McPharlin (Fremantle) | Darren Glass (West Coast) (captain) |
HB: | Beau Waters (West Coast) | Ted Richards (Sydney) | Grant Birchall (Hawthorn) |
C: | Trent Cotchin (Richmond) | Jobe Watson (Essendon) | Dayne Beams (Collingwood) |
HF: | Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide) | Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) | Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn) |
F: | Stephen Milne (St Kilda) | Tom Hawkins (Geelong) | Dean Cox (West Coast) |
Foll: | Nic Naitanui (West Coast) | Scott Thompson (Adelaide) | Gary Ablett, Jr. (Gold Coast) (vice-captain) |
Int: | Brett Deledio (Richmond) | Josh Kennedy (Sydney) | Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) |
Dane Swan (Collingwood) | |||
Coach: | John Longmire (Sydney) | ||
Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.
Initial squad
At the conclusion of the 2012 AFL home and away season, a provisional squad of 40 players was chosen.
Adelaide: Patrick Dangerfield, Brent Reilly, Sam Jacobs, Scott Thompson, Taylor Walker
Brisbane Lions: Nil
Carlton: Eddie Betts
Collingwood: Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan
Essendon: Jobe Watson
Fremantle: Luke McPharlin, Matthew Pavlich
Geelong: Corey Enright, Tom Hawkins, Harry Taylor, Joel Selwood, Tom Lonergan
Gold Coast: Gary Ablett
Greater Western Sydney: Nil
Hawthorn: Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Grant Birchall, Cyril Rioli
Melbourne: Nil
North Melbourne: Andrew Swallow, Drew Petrie
Port Adelaide: Nil
Richmond: Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio, Jack Riewoldt, Ivan Maric
St Kilda: Nick Riewoldt, Sean Dempster, Lenny Hayes, Stephen Milne
Sydney: Kieren Jack, Josh Kennedy, Lewis Jetta, Ted Richards
West Coast: Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Nic Naitanui, Beau Waters
Western Bulldogs: Nil
References
^ McNicol, Adam (18 September 2012). "Eagles top All Australian team". AFL.com.au. BigPond..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}
^ Denham, Greg (17 September 2012). "Fresh 15 celebrate first-time All-Australian honours". The Australian. News Corp Australia.
^ Watson vying for All Australian debut Archived 18 September 2012 at the Wayback Machine – Essendon Football Club. Published 16 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
