2013 Foxtel Cup
| 2013 premiership season | |
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| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers | West Adelaide |
The 2013 Foxtel Cup was the third season of the 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.
All matches, as in previous years, were broadcast by Fox Footy.
The format of the competition saw four significant changes from the first two years of the competition:
- The number of teams competing was reduced from sixteen to ten.
- The qualifiers from the Tasmanian Football League and the North East Australian Football League competed in a separate pre-qualifying round before progressing to play against the Victorian, South Australian and Western Australian qualifiers.[1]
- With the exception of the pre-qualifying round, matches played on Tuesday nights as stand alone games. Previously they had been played on Saturdays, usually as curtain-raisers to AFL matches, forcing the state leagues to schedule extra bye weeks to accommodate Foxtel Cup games.[1]
- The prizemoney was increased to $100,000.[2]
For the first time, the highest-ranked qualifiers from each state all elected to compete in the competition; in the previous two years, the top South Australian clubs had declined to participate.[1] However, both the VFL premiers and the NEAFL premiers in 2012 were reserves teams for AFL clubs (Geelong and Brisbane Lions respectively), so neither was invited to participate.
The competition began in April 2013 and concluded with the Grand Final in August 2013, in which West Adelaide defeated East Fremantle by four points at AAMI Stadium in a low scoring thriller. It was the Bloods' first trophy of any sort since their last SANFL premiership in 1983.
West Adelaide onballer (and former AFL player for the Crows and Lions) Chris Schmidt was awarded the Coles Medal as best-on-ground in the Grand Final for his unrelenting performance that included 26 disposals and nine clearances. He also operated at 81 per cent disposal efficiency.[3]
2013 season
Participating clubs
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Club details
Stadiums
| Adelaide | Canberra | Gold Coast |
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| AAMI Stadium Capacity: 51,224 |
Manuka Oval Capacity: 13,550 |
Metricon Stadium Capacity: 25,000 |
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| Melbourne | Melbourne | Perth |
| Etihad Stadium Capacity: 56,347 |
Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,000 |
Patersons Stadium Capacity: 43,500 |
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Fixture
The AFL released the fixture on December 3, 2012.
2013 Foxtel Cup Fixture
Bracket
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Qualifying Round
| Q1 13 April 2013 11:35 EST |
Queanbeyan | 88 – 35 curtain raiser to
GWS v St. Kilda |
Northern Territory Thunder | Manuka Oval | |
| 2.3 (15) 6.5 (41) 10.6 (66) 13.10 (88) |
Match report | 2.2 (14) 3.3 (21) 3.8 (26) 4.11 (35) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Stevens 4, Fulford 3, Quade 3, Griggs, Conroy, Kavanagh | Ngalkin 2, Ilett, Dunn | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Stevens, Klemke, Fulford, Conroy | Ilett, Ngalkin, Lockwood, Vassal |
| Q2 20 April 2013 14:35 EST |
Southport | 77 – 49 curtain raiser to
Gold Coast v Port Adelaide |
Burnie | Metricon Stadium | |
| 4.1 (25) 7.5 (47) 10.6 (66) 11.11 (77) |
Source:[14] | 3.1 (19) 4.1 (25) 4.4 (28) 7.7 (49) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Baxter 3, Kiel 2, Merrett 2, Carr, Mills, Thynne, Screech | Laycock 3, Baldock 2, Morrison, Hayes | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Baxter, Mills, Burge, Wise | Banham, Laycock, Barrett, Munday |
Round 1
| Game #1 21 May 2013 20:05 CST |
Norwood | 35 - 42 stand alone game
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East Fremantle | AAMI Stadium | |
| 3.2 (20) 4.4 (28) 4.6 (30) 4.11 (35) |
match report | 1.0 (6) 4.1 (25) 5.5 (35) 6.6 (42) |
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| Goals | |||||
| M Evans 2, Donohue, Bampton | Boyle 2, Henson, Lester-Smith, Ricciardello, Cronan | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Bampton, Fuller, Murphy, Pfeiffer | : O’Brien, McGough, Lester-Smith, Hancock |
| Game #2 28 May 2013 20:35 EST |
Werribee | 113 - 28 stand alone game
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Queanbeyan | Etihad Stadium | |
| 5.3 (33) 6.8 (44) 9.14 (68) 16.17 (113) |
match report | 1.1 (7) 2.2 (14) 3.4 (22) 4.4 (28) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Brown 3, Maric 3, McGennis 2, Clouston 2, Sierakowski 2, Ross, Tudor, Castello, Speight | Stevens 2, Griggs, Franchi | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Gysberts, Sierakowski, Hine, Kennedy, Brown, Maric | Conroy, Stevens, Klemke, Daniher, Atkinson, Griggs |
| Game #3 11 June 2013 20:35 EST |
Port Melbourne | 58 - 111 stand alone game
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West Adelaide | MCG | |
| 3.2 (20) 5.3 (33) 7.4 (46) 9.4 (58) |
match report | 1.1 (7) 5.3 (33) 11.7 (73) 17.9 (111) |
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| Hughes 3, Burstin 2, O'Sullivan, Valenti, Mascitti, Papaleo | Nelson 4, Beech 3, Tuck 2, Keough 2, Schott 2, Smith, Homburg, Macreadie, Fielke | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Hughes, Rowe, Muling, Gordon, O'Sullivan | Tuck, Fielke, Macreadie, Nelson, Anderson |
| Gamel #4 18 June 2013 18:35 WST |
Claremont | 80 - 26 stand alone game
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Southport | Patersons Stadium | |
| 5.3 (33) 8.4 (52) 10.5 (65) 12.8 (80) |
match report | 0.1 (1) 1.2 (8) 3.2 (20) 4.2 (26) |
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| Goals | |||||
| McGovern 3, Richardson 3, Court 2, Knott, Winmar, Davies, Swift | Pope, Kiel, Mallan, Mills | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| McGovern, Daniher, Davies, Richardson | Pope, Thynne, Kiel, Whish-Wilson |
Semi Finals
| Semi Final #1 9 July 2013 20:35 EST |
East Fremantle | 40 - 16 stand alone game
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Werribee | Patersons Stadium | |
| 3.0 (18) 6.2 (38) 6.3 (39) 6.4 (40) |
match report | 0.3 (3) 1.3 (9) 1.3 (9) 2.4 (16) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Dick 2, O'Brien, Tropiano, Boyle, Lester-Smith | Tudor, McKinley | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| O’Brien, Hadley, Howlett, McGough, Tropiano | Brown, Kennedy, Sierakowski, Purton-Smith |
| Semi Final #2 16 July 2013 20:35 EST |
West Adelaide | 43 - 26 stand alone game
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Claremont | AAMI Stadium | |
| 3.1 (19) 3.4 (22) 5.4 (34) 6.7 (43) |
match report | 1.3 (9) 3.6 (24) 3.7 (25) 3.8 (26) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Beech 2, Schmidt, Slattery, Nelson, Bonney | Richardson, Bradshaw | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| T.Tuck, Schmidt, Beech, Slattery, Macreadie | Murphy, Neates, Davies, Richardson |
Grand Final
| Grand Final 6 August 2013 20:35 EST |
East Fremantle | 28 - 32 stand alone game
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West Adelaide | AAMI Stadium | |
| 0.3 (3) 0.4 (4) 1.10 (16) 2.16 (28) |
match report | 1.2 (8) 4.5 (29) 4.7 (31) 4.8 (32) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Hancock, Stephen | Beech 2, Silverlock, Still | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Peake, O’Brien, Bayliss, Stephen, Dodd | Schmidt (Coles Medalist), Beech, Mangan, Silverlock, Caire |
References
- ^ a b c McNicol, Adam (3 December 2012). "Trimmer Foxtel Cup in 2013". afl.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2012. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ Webster, Jess (2 November 2012). "Footy Cup goes mid-week". NT News. Darwin. p. 52.
- ^ Craigie, Tom (6 August 2013). "Foxtel Cup: Bloods sink Sharks in Grand Final thriller". afl.com. Retrieved 6 August 2013.
- ^ Burnie Football Club Official Website
- ^ Claremont Football Club Official Website
- ^ East Fremantle Football Club Official Website
- ^ Northern Territory Football Club Official Website
- ^ Norwood Football Club Official Website
- ^ "Port Melbourne Official Website". Archived from the original on 5 September 2007. Retrieved 2 November 2012.
- ^ Queanbeyan Football Club Official Website
- ^ Southport Australian Football Club Official Website
- ^ Werribee Official Website
- ^ West Adelaide Football Club Official Website
- ^ Craig, Tom (20 April 2013). "Sharks feast on Dockers in Foxtel Cup qualifier". Australian Football League. Retrieved 21 April 2013.[permanent dead link]
External links
- Official Foxtel Cup website
- Official AFL Canberra website
- AFL Northern Territory
- AFL Queensland State Site
- North East Australian Football League - official website
- South Australian National Football League – official website
- Tasmanian Football League Website
- Victorian Football League – official website
- Western Australian Football League – official website