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 Jr. (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 play any games.
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
| 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: N/A
- 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 Jr.
- Greater Western Sydney: N/A
- Hawthorn: Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Grant Birchall, Cyril Rioli
- Melbourne: N/A
- North Melbourne: Andrew Swallow, Drew Petrie
- Port Adelaide: N/A
- 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: N/A
References
- 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. 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.