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2012 NAB Cup

FieldValue
competitionafl
year2012
teams18
winners
count2nd
matches44
attendance493982
michael tuck medallistBernie Vince ()
prevseason[2011](2011-nab-cup)
nextseason[2013](2013-nab-cup)

The 2012 NAB Cup was the Australian Football League (AFL) pre-season competition played before the 2012 home-and-away season. The games were played between 17 February and 18 March 2012.

The competition format was changed for the second consecutive season, although the format was similar to that used in the previous year. As part of this year's competition, the NAB Regional Challenge was dissolved, with live matches to be staged at both regular AFL venues and select regional centres.

The format for the 2012 NAB Cup was as follows:

  • Weeks 1 and 2: (Round 1 is split over weeks 1 and 2) The eighteen teams were split into six pools of three teams each. The three teams in each pool played each other in games of two 20-minute halves, with all three games being played over a three-hour period at the one venue.
  • Weeks 3 and 4: (Round 2 and 3) The eighteen teams played a full length match each week in either metropolitan or regional areas.
  • Week 5: (Round 4) The two best ranked teams played in the NAB Cup Grand Final. The other sixteen teams will play a full length practice match in either metropolitan or regional areas.

Games

The fixtures were announced by the AFL on 26 October 2011, while the playing order of first-round games were announced by the AFL on 23 January 2012.

Round 1

Round 2

  • The match between Essendon and St Kilda was cancelled because heavy rain in northern Victoria prevented the flights chartered by the Essendon Football Club from landing in or near Wangaratta. The decision by Essendon to fly, in the face of adverse weather forecasts well out from the date of the game, was criticised by many, including Victorian Minister for Sport Hugh Delahunty. After initially treating the result as a draw, the AFL awarded the full four points to St Kilda, who had travelled to Wangaratta by bus the previous day. The cancellation was a disappointment for the people of Wangaratta; the match, which had been sold out in advance, was a major event in the area; St Kilda played an intraclub match for the crowd that stayed, and the city received financial compensation from the league for the cancellation.

Round 3

  • won its first competitive AFL match.

Grand Final

Mackay, Petrenko, Porplyzia, Thompson, Tippett, Vince Walker, Reilly, Mackay Priddis, Weedon Butler, Hill, Waters

NAB Challenge

  • These matches, played on the same weekend as the Grand Final, were not counted towards the NAB Cup ladder.

Ladder

References

References

  1. (26 October 2011). "Giant NAB Cup test for GWS". [[Australian Football League.
  2. (26 October 2011). "2012 NAB Cup fixtures". [[Herald Sun]].
  3. "2012 NAB Cup Fixture". [[Australian Football League.
  4. "NAB Cup order released". [[Australian Football League.
  5. Gleeson, Michael. (18 February 2012). "Tigers show early promise". [[Sydney Morning Herald]].
  6. Forsaith, Rob. (19 February 2012). "Results for Collingwood, respect for Greater Western Sydney". [[Herald Sun.
  7. (3 March 2012). "NAB Cup match cancelled". The Age.
  8. Lowther, Andrew. (3 March 2012). "Dons, Saints game cancelled". Australian Football League.
  9. (4 March 2012). "Saints awarded the points". Australian Football League.
  10. Lienert, Sam. (4 March 2012). "St Kilda gets maximum four points for Essendon's no-show in NAB cup". Herald Sun.
  11. Warren, Adrian. (18 March 2012). "Swans put Suns in the shade". The Age.
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