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 17 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.
Selection panel
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.[1]
Team
Initial squad
At the conclusion of the 2012 AFL home and away season, a provisional squad of 40 players was chosen and later announced on 5 September.
Club | Total | Player(s) |
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Adelaide | 5 | Patrick Dangerfield, Sam Jacobs, Brent Reilly, Scott Thompson, Taylor Walker |
Brisbane Lions | 0 | |
Carlton | 1 | Eddie Betts |
Collingwood | 3 | Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan |
Essendon | 1 | Jobe Watson |
Fremantle | 2 | Luke McPharlin, Matthew Pavlich |
Geelong | 5 | Corey Enright, Tom Hawkins, Tom Lonergan, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor |
Gold Coast | 1 | Gary Ablett Jr. |
Greater Western Sydney | 0 | |
Hawthorn | 4 | Grant Birchall, Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Cyril Rioli |
Melbourne | 0 | |
North Melbourne | 2 | Drew Petrie, Andrew Swallow |
Port Adelaide | 0 | |
Richmond | 4 | Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio, Ivan Maric, Jack Riewoldt |
St Kilda | 4 | Sean Dempster, Lenny Hayes, Stephen Milne, Nick Riewoldt |
Sydney | 4 | Kieren Jack, Lewis Jetta, Josh Kennedy, Ted Richards |
West Coast | 4 | Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Nic Naitanui, Beau Waters |
Western Bulldogs | 0 |
Final team
Darren Glass of West Coast was named as the All-Australian captain, with Gary Ablett Jr. of Gold Coast named as vice-captain.[2][3]
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.
References
- ^ 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.
- ^ McNicol, Adam (18 September 2012). "Eagles top All Australian team". AFL.com.au. BigPond.
- ^ Denham, Greg (17 September 2012). "Fresh 15 celebrate first-time All-Australian honours". The Australian.
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- Stephen Milne (St Kilda)
- Tom Hawkins (Geelong)
- Dean Cox (West Coast)
- Nic Naitanui (West Coast)
- Scott Thompson (Adelaide)
- Gary Ablett Jr. (Gold Coast) (vc)
- Brett Deledio (Richmond)
- Josh Kennedy (Sydney)
- Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood)
- Dane Swan (Collingwood)