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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

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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

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Initial squad

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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)
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

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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]

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.

References

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  1. ^ 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.
  2. ^ McNicol, Adam (18 September 2012). "Eagles top All Australian team". AFL.com.au. BigPond.
  3. ^ Denham, Greg (17 September 2012). "Fresh 15 celebrate first-time All-Australian honours". The Australian.
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