# 2012 Foxtel Cup

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. Greater Western Sydney, 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
### Club details

| Club | Nickname | Location | Qualified as |
| Ainslie Football Club | Tri- Colours | Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory | NEAFL Eastern Conference premiers 2011 |
| Burnie Football Club | Dockers | Burnie, Tasmania | Tasmanian Football League runners-up 2011 |
| Claremont Football Club | Tigers | Claremont, Western Australia | West Australian Football League premiers 2011 |
| Launceston Football Club | Blues | Riverside, Tasmania | Tasmanian Football League |
| Morningside Australian Football Club | Panthers | Hawthorne, Queensland | NEAFL Northern Conference runners-up 2011 |
| Mount Gravatt Australian Football Club | Vultures | Mount Gravatt, Queensland | NEAFL Northern Conference 3rd place 2011 |
| Northern Territory Football Club | Thunder | Darwin, Northern Territory | NEAFL Northern Conference premier 2011 NT representative |
| Port Adelaide Football Club (SANFL) | Magpies | Alberton, South Australia | South Australian National Football League 6th place 2011 SA invitee |
| Port Melbourne Football Club | Borough | Port Melbourne, Victoria | Victorian Football League premiers 2011 |
| South Adelaide Football Club | Panthers | Noarlunga Downs, South Australia | South Australian National Football League 4th place, 2011 SA invitee |
| Subiaco Football Club | Lions | Subiaco, Western Australia | West Australian Football League runners-up 2011 |
| Sydney Hills Eagles Australian Football Club | Eagles | Rouse Hill, New South Wales | Sydney AFL premiers 2011 |
| Werribee Football Club | Tigers | Werribee, Victoria | Victorian Football League 3rd place 2011 |
| West Adelaide Football Club | Bloods | Richmond, South Australia | South Australian National Football League 7th place 2011 SA invitee |
| West Perth Football Club | Falcons | Joondalup, Western Australia | West Australian Football League 3rd place 2011 |
| Williamstown Football Club | Seagulls | Williamstown, Victoria | Victorian Football League runner-up 2011 |

## Stadiums

| Adelaide | Blacktown | Brisbane |
| AAMI Stadium Capacity: 51,224 | Blacktown ISP Oval Capacity: 10,000 | The Gabba Capacity: 42,000 |
| Darwin | Gold Coast | Melbourne |
| TIO Stadium Capacity: 15,000 | Metricon Stadium Capacity: 25,000 | Etihad Stadium Capacity: 56,347 |
| Melbourne | Perth | Sydney |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,000 | Patersons Stadium Capacity: 43,500 | Sydney Cricket Ground Capacity: 46,000 |

## Fixture
### Bracket

| First round | First round | First round | First round | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final | Final | Final |
| Morningside | 12 | 10 | 82 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Launceston | 7 | 7 | 49 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Launceston | 7 | 7 | 49 | Morningside | 12 | 4 | 76 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Port Adelaide | 9 | 6 | 60 | | | | | | | | | |
| Port Adelaide | 7 | 9 | 51 | Port Adelaide | 9 | 6 | 60 | | | | | | | | | |
| Subiaco | 5 | 6 | 36 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Subiaco | 5 | 6 | 36 | | | | | Morningside | 6 | 4 | 40 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Werribee | 16 | 15 | 111 | | | | | |
| Werribee | 23 | 9 | 165 | | | | | | | | | Werribee | 16 | 15 | 111 | | | | | |
| Burnie | 5 | 2 | 32 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Burnie | 5 | 2 | 32 | Werribee | 10 | 7 | 67 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | West Perth | 6 | 10 | 46 | | | | | | | | | |
| Ainslie | 7 | 6 | 48 | West Perth | 6 | 10 | 46 | | | | | | | | | |
| West Perth | 13 | 12 | 90 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| West Perth | 13 | 12 | 90 | | | | | | | | | | Werribee | 8 | 7 | 55 |
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | Claremont | 15 | 9 | 99 |
| Claremont | 20 | 10 | 130 | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Claremont | 15 | 9 | 99 |
| West Adelaide | 4 | 5 | 29 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| West Adelaide | 4 | 5 | 29 | Claremont | 15 | 11 | 101 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Mount Gravatt | 2 | 1 | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| Sydney Hills | 7 | 12 | 54 | Mount Gravatt | 2 | 1 | 13 | | | | | | | | | |
| Mount Gravatt | 11 | 14 | 80 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| Mount Gravatt | 11 | 14 | 80 | | | | | Claremont | 13 | 10 | 88 | | | | | |
| | | | | | | | | Port Melbourne | 6 | 2 | 38 | | | | | |
| Williamstown | 6 | 7 | 43 | | | | | | | | | Port Melbourne | 6 | 2 | 38 | | | | | |
| South Adelaide | 6 | 12 | 48 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| South Adelaide | 6 | 12 | 48 | South Adelaide | 8 | 8 | 56 | | | | | | | | | |
| | | | | Port Melbourne | 12 | 6 | 78 | | | | | | | | | |
| NT Thunder | 7 | 7 | 49 | Port Melbourne | 12 | 6 | 78 | | | | | | | | | |
| Port Melbourne | 21 | 11 | 137 | | | | | | | | | | | | | |

### 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.