2012 All-Australian team

The 2012 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players in 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 (Gold Coast) named as vice-captain.^[1] An initial squad of 40 players was previously announced on 5 September 2012. The team is honorary and does not actually play any games.

Selection panel

The selection panel for the team consisted of Andrew Demetriou (chairman), Adrian Anderson, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Gerard Healy, Glen Jakovich, and Mark Ricciuto.^[2]

Team

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.

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: Nil.
• 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.
• Greater Western Sydney: Nil.
• Hawthorn: Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Grant Birchall, Cyril Rioli.
• Melbourne: Nil.
• North Melbourne: Andrew Swallow, Drew Petrie.
• Port Adelaide: Nil.
• 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: Nil.

References

1. Holmesby, Luke (17 September 2012). "Eagles top AA team". Australian Football League. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
2. Watson vying for All Australian debut – Essendon Football Club. Published 16 September 2012. Retrieved 17 September 2012.