2011 Foxtel Cup
| 2011 Premiership season | |
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| Teams | 16 |
| Premiers | Williamstown |
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The 2011 Foxtel Cup was the inaugural season of the Australian rules football club knockout cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia. The first year of the competition also included the AFL's newest expansion side Greater Western Sydney Giants.
Its purpose was to support and promote the second-tier Australian rules football competitions and to provide another way of developing the lower-tier 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 for at least the next five years.[1]
The competition began on 26 March 2011 and ran through to August. Matches were played as curtain-raisers to AFL Saturday night games and were screened on Fox Sports in a late-afternoon slot between afternoon and night AFL matches.[2] $40,000 of prize money was awarded to eventual winners, Williamstown Football Club.[3]
The AFL originally invited the three highest ranked teams from the South Australian National Football League, the Victorian Football League and the West Australian Football League; the top two teams from the Queensland Australian Football League; and the top team from AFL Sydney and the Tasmanian Football League. The Northern Territory Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Football Club received special invitations.[4][5]
However, despite the SANFL on 9 December 2010 signing on to be part of the Cup competition, opposition to the proposal came from its top three clubs Central District, Norwood and Woodville-West Torrens. The three clubs were given until 14 December 2010 to reconsider with the SANFL willing to extend invitations to its next best teams from 2010 if its top three clubs refused to participate.[6] After the top five SANFL clubs released a joint statement on 15 December 2010 declining the invitation to participate in the Cup competition, citing lack of prize money, sponsorship conflicts, salary cap implications, schedule concerns and removing the focus from their SANFL premiership ambitions,[7] their places were taken up by fellow SANFL clubs West Adelaide, North Adelaide and Port Adelaide Magpies.[8]
The AFL gave the Cup competition the go ahead on 17 December 2010[9] with the fixture[10][11] released publicly. The official name of the tournament (Foxtel Cup), finalised fixture and participating teams were formalised on 9 February 2011 by the AFL.
Williamstown became the inaugural Foxtel Cup champions when they defeated Claremont by 21 points in the Grand Final at Patersons Stadium on 6 August 2011. Williamstown midfielder Ben Jolley won the Coles Medal as best afield for his game-high 30 possessions and eight clearances.[12]
2011 season
Participating clubs
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               Northern Bullants Port Adelaide East Coast GWS |
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Club details
Stadiums
| Adelaide | Adelaide | Darwin |
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| AAMI Stadium Capacity: 51,224 |
Adelaide Oval Capacity: 36,000 |
TIO Stadium Capacity: 15,000 |
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| Gold Coast | Hobart | Melbourne |
| Metricon Stadium Capacity: 25,000 |
Bellerive Oval Capacity: 16,200 |
Etihad Stadium Capacity: 56,347 |
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| Melbourne | Perth | Sydney |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,018 |
Patersons Stadium Capacity: 43,500 |
Sydney Cricket Ground Capacity: 46,000 |
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Fixtures
Bracket
| Round of 16 | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Grand Final | |||||||||||||||||||
| Morningside | 9 | 7 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NT Thunder | 12 | 4 | 76 | |||||||||||||||||||
| NT Thunder | 10 | 11 | 71 | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Perth | 12 | 5 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Perth | 9 | 9 | 63 | |||||||||||||||||||
| North Ballarat | 9 | 7 | 61 | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Perth | 4 | 8 | 32 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Williamstown | 16 | 7 | 103 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Swan Districts | 2 | 6 | 18 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Williamstown | 8 | 7 | 55 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Williamstown | 15 | 6 | 96 | |||||||||||||||||||
| West Adelaide | 12 | 5 | 77 | |||||||||||||||||||
| West Adelaide | 15 | 10 | 100 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Ainslie | 3 | 5 | 23 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Williamstown | 9 | 5 | 59 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Claremont | 5 | 8 | 38 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Clarence | 4 | 7 | 31 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Claremont | 14 | 18 | 102 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Claremont | 13 | 12 | 90 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Bullants | 7 | 2 | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Northern Bullants | 19 | 9 | 123 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Greater Western Sydney | 5 | 4 | 34 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Claremont | 11 | 7 | 73 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Port Adelaide | 8 | 9 | 57 | |||||||||||||||||||
| East Coast | 2 | 3 | 15 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Port Adelaide | 16 | 11 | 107 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Port Adelaide | 9 | 6 | 60 | |||||||||||||||||||
| North Adelaide | 6 | 8 | 44 | |||||||||||||||||||
| North Adelaide | 16 | 11 | 107 | |||||||||||||||||||
| Labrador | 3 | 4 | 22 | |||||||||||||||||||
Round of 16
| Game #1 (AFL Rd 1) 26 March 2011 15:05 EST |
Morningside | 61–76 curtain raiser to Adelaide v Hawthorn |
Northern Territory Thunder | AAMI Stadium, Adelaide | |
| 2.0 (12) 4.1 (25) 6.4 (40) 9.7 (61) |
match report | 3.2 (20) 7.3 (45) 8.4 (52) 12.4 (76) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Shaun Mugavin 4, Austin Lucy 2, Joshua Brown 1, Aaron Rogers 1, Jake Thomlinson 1 |
Ross Tungatulum 4, Andrew McLeod 3, Jed Anderson 1, Cameron Ilett 1, Nyaburu Kelly 1, Matthew Rosier 1, Josh Watson 1 |
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| Bests | |||||
| Nathan Kinch, Shaun Mugavin, Austin Lucy, Damien Bonnie, Jake Thomlinson | Andrew McLeod, Ross Tungatalum, Shaun Tapp, Jed Anderson, Matthew Rosier | | |
| Game #2 (AFL Rd 2) 2 April 2011 14:35 WST |
East Perth | 63–61 curtain raiser to Fremantle v Geelong |
North Ballarat | Patersons Stadium, Perth | |
| 2.2 (14) 4.3 (27) 6.6 (42) 9.9 (63) |
match report | 2.2 (14) 6.3 (39) 7.5 (47) 9.7 (61) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Moss 3, Seal, Polak 2, Clutterbuck 1, Prior 1 |
Micallef 3, George 2, Linke 1, McKenzie 1, Stephenson 1, Walker 1 |
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| Bests | |||||
| Patrick Travers, Benjamin Clarke, Brendan Lee, Aaron Sweet, Matthew Seal, Garry Moss |
Myles Sewell, Orren Stephenson, Zacc Struth, Derick Micallef | | |
| Game #3 (AFL Rd 3) 9 April 2011 15:05 WST |
Swan Districts | 18–55 curtain raiser to West Coast Eagles v Sydney Swans |
Williamstown | Patersons Stadium, Perth | |
| 0.2 (2) 0.4 (4) 0.6 (6) 2.6 (18) |
match report | 0.1 (1) 4.3 (27) 6.4 (40) 8.7 (55) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Geappen 1, Wolfenden 1 | Jones 2, Veszpremi 2, Dahlhaus 2, Hooper, Hahn |
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| Bests | |||||
| Pearce, Roach, Miles, Hams, Davis |
Minson, Djerrkura, Schofield, Johnson, Jolley, Veszpremi |
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| Game #4 (AFL Rd 4) 16 April 2011 16:05 CST |
West Adelaide | 100–23 curtain raiser to Port Adelaide v Adelaide |
Ainslie | AAMI Stadium, Adelaide | |
| 3.2 (20) 8.5 (53) 11.6 (72) 15.10 (100) |
match report | 0.2 (2) 1.2 (8) 3.4 (22) 3.5 (23) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Fielke 5, N.Caruso 2, Webb 2, Agars, Borholm, Davenport, Eagle, Moran, Rankine |
Bowles, Crook, Hughes | | | |||
| Bests | |||||
| Davenport, Fielke, N.Caruso, Birss, Moran, Fisher |
I.Lawless, Hughes, Crook, M.Lawless |
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| Game #5 (AFL Rd 5) 23 April 2011 19:35 EST |
Clarence | 31–102 stand alone game |
Claremont | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | |
| 0.2 (2) 2.5 (17) 4.7 (31) 4.7 (31) |
match report | 2.5 (17) 5.8 (38) 10.13 (73) 14.18 (102) |
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| Standen 2, Thurley, Boon | Saunders 3, Foster 2, Lee 2, Orzel 2, Derickx, McLernon, Rowe, Wilkes, Willett |
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| Bests | |||||
| Thurley, O’Brien, Round, Standen | Murphy, Handley, Rowe, Wilkes | | |
| Game #6 (AFL Rd 6) 30 April 2011 16:05 EST |
Northern Bullants | 123–34 curtain raiser to Richmond v Brisbane Lions |
Greater Western Sydney | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| 8.1 (49) 12.4 (76) 14.7 (91) 19.9 (123) |
match report | 0.0 (0) 0.3 (3) 4.4 (28) 5.4 (34) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Thornton 6, Arrowsmith 4, Saad 3, Henderson 2, Kerr, Meese, O’Keeffe, Watson |
Giles 2, Tunbridge 2, Casley | | | |||
| Bests | |||||
| Thornton, McLean, Cachia, Gianfagna, McCorkell, Watson |
Miles, Shiel, Giles, Hampton, Clifton |
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| Game #7 (AFL Rd 8) 14 May 2011 16:45 EST |
East Coast Eagles | 15–107 curtain raiser to Sydney Swans v Port Adelaide |
Port Adelaide | Sydney Cricket Ground | |
| 0.1 (1) 1.2 (8) 2.2 (14) 2.3 (15) |
match report | 3.5 (23) 6.7 (43) 12.8 (80) 16.11 (107) |
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| Goals | |||||
| S.O'Connor 2 | J.Meiklejohn 4, I.Maric 3, D.Kulikowski 2, J.Surgan 2, J.Butcher, S.Gray, L.Harder, J.Hoskin, Z.Kirkwood |
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| Bests | |||||
| O’Connor, Vlatko, Baker | Meiklejohn, Kirkwood, Maric, Surjan, Erskine, Banner |
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| Game #8 (AFL Rd 9) 21 May 2011 17:05 CST |
North Adelaide | 107–22 match played POST Port Adelaide v Fremantle |
Labrador | AAMI Stadium, Adelaide | |
| 4.2 7.5 11.7 16.11 (107) |
match report | 1.3 2.3 3.4 3.4 (22) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Alleway 6, Gill 3, Thring 2, Armstrong, Backwell, Bennett, Connors, Teasdale |
Clarke, Grayson, White | | | |||
| Bests | |||||
| Backwell, Gill, Alleway, Bennett, Thiele, Ryswyk, Thompson |
Jones, Featherstone, Grayson, Clarke |
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Quarter Finals
| QF #1 (AFL Rd 10) 28 May 2011 5:15 pm CST[29] |
Northern Territory Thunder | 71–77 curtain raiser to Richmond v Port Adelaide |
East Perth | TIO Stadium, Darwin | |
| 2.2 (14) 3.5 (23) 6.6 (42) 10.11 (71) |
match report | 3.2 (20) 6.3 (39) 11.4 (70) 12.5 (77) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Tungatalum 3, Cox 2, C. Ilett 2, McLeod 2, Ewing |
Pettifer 4, Smith 3, Delborello 2, Swan 2, Seal |
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| Bests | |||||
| McLeod, Maher, Rosier, Tungatalum, J. Ilett |
Travers, Lee, Pettifer, Clarke, Smith, Moss |
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| QF #2 (AFL Rd 11) 4 June 2011 5:15 pm CST[29] |
West Adelaide | 77–96 stand alone game |
Williamstown | AAMI Stadium, Adelaide | |
| 2.2 (14) 3.3 (21) 6.4 (40) 12.5 (77) |
match report | 3.0 (20) 9.2 (56) 12.2 (74) 15.6 (96) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Beech 5, F. Caruso 2, Agars, N. Caruso, Ezard, Macreadie, Webb |
Skinner 3, Hooper 2, Panos 2, Tutt 2, Veszpremi 2, Davies, Gilbee, Roughead, Woods |
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| Bests | |||||
| Beech, Davenport, Macreadie, Caire, F. Caruso |
Jolley, Hudson, Dahlhaus, Davies, Hooper, Veszpremi, Tutt |
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| QF #3 (AFL Rd 12) 11 June 2011 4:05 pm EST[29] |
Claremont | 90–44 curtain raiser to Gold Coast v North Melbourne |
Northern Bullants | Metricon Stadium, Gold Coast | |
| 4.3 (27) 10.6 (66) 12.8 (80) 13.12 (90) |
match report | 1.0 (6) 3.1 (19) 5.2 (32) 7.2 (44) |
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| Lee 3, Schammer 2, Wilkes 2, Brabazon, Broome, Handley, McLernon, Orzel, Richardson |
Arrowsmith, Houlihan, Kerr, Marcon, Saad, Twomey, Warnock |
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| Bests | |||||
| Blackwell, Mitchell, Orzel, Stevenson, Schammer, Lee, Wilkes |
Houlihan, Kerr, Cachia, Arrowsmith, McCorkell, Joseph, Warnock |
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| QF #4 (AFL Rd 13) 18 June 2011 4:35 pm CST[29] |
Port Adelaide | 60–44 stand alone game |
North Adelaide | Adelaide Oval | |
| 3.1 (19) 4.3 (27) 7.4 (46) 9.6 (60) |
match report | 2.2 (14) 5.3 (33) 6.5 (41) 6.8 (44) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Lokan 4, Harris 2, Banner, Harder, Rose |
Boras 3, Backwell, Starke, Young |
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| Bests | |||||
| Banner, Harder, Slattery, Harris, Lokan, Gray |
Backwell, Bennett, Thring, Boras, Handby |
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Semi Finals
| SF #1 (AFL Rd 16) 9 July 2011 5:05 pm EST[30] |
East Perth | 32–103 stand alone game |
Williamstown | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne | |
| 0.2 (2) 1.3 (9) 2.7 (19) 4.8 (32) |
match report | 6.4 (40) 10.5 (65) 13.5 (83) 16.7 (103) |
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| Goals | |||||
| Smith 2, Shepheard | Veszpremi 4, Cravino 2, Minson 2, Goodes 2 Addison, Johnson, Hahn, Howard, Tutt, Johannisen | | | |||
| Bests | |||||
| Smith, Shepheard, MacCaulay, Chartres, Clutterbuck, Moss, Sweet | Addison, Veszpremi, Liberatore, Minson, Davies, Johnson, Goodes | | |
| SF #2 (AFL Rd 17) 16 July 2011 3:05 pm WST[31] |
Claremont | 73–57 stand alone game |
Port Adelaide | Patersons Stadium, Perth | |
| 5.3 (33) 6.4 (40) 10.4 (64) 11.7 (73) |
match report | 0.2 (2) 2.3 (15) 5.6 (36) 8.9 (57) |
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| Goals | |||||
| A.Hamp 2, C.Jones 2, B.Schammer 2, A.Browne, T.Handley, K.Mitchell, J.Murphy, T.Millet |
T.Milera 3, C.Grove, S.Harris, J.Thurgood, J.Young |
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| Bests | |||||
| T.Swift, P.McGinnity, A.Browne, B.Schammer, K.Mitchell |
J.Young, T.Milera, J.Butcher, J.Hoskin, J.Surjan, L.Harder |
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Grand Final
| GF (AFL Rd 20) 6 August 2011 3:05 pm WST[32] |
Claremont | 38–59 stand alone game |
Williamstown | Patersons Stadium, Perth | |
| 1.2 (8) 2.2 (14) 5.5 (35) 5.8 (38) |
match report | 2.1 (13) 4.3 (27) 6.4 (40) 9.5 (59) |
Attendance: 1,405 | ||
| Goals | |||||
| Beau Wilkes 2, Jack Bradshaw, Chad Jones, Gerrick Weedon |
Nathan Djerrkura 2, Christian Howard 2, Jordan Roughead 2, Ed Barlow, Andrew Hooper, Jason Tutt |
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| Bests | |||||
| Kane Mitchell, Andrew Foster, Gerrick Weedon, Brett Jones Lewis Stevenson, Thomas Swift |
Ben Jolley, Jordan Roughead, Mitch Wallis, Christian Howard, Nathan Djerrkura 2, Matthew Panos |
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References
- ↑ Hope, Shayne (2 August 2011). "Foxtel Cup here to stay". Perth: The West Australian. Retrieved 2 August 2011.
- ↑ "GWS Giants to play in planned champions league". Herald Sun. 25 November 2010. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ↑ Paton, Al (8 December 2010). "Draft fixture reveals match-ups in new Leagues Championship Cups". Herald Sun.
- ↑ Morris, Grey (13 December 2010). "Should Thunder contest Champions League?". NT News (Darwin: News Limited). Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ↑ Barton, Joe (25 November 2010). "Greater Western Sydney Giants get nod for Champions League-style AFL competition in 2011". Fox Sports Australia (Premier Media Group). Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ↑ Morgan, Kym (9 December 2010). "SANFL may field second stringers". Adelaide Advertiser.
- ↑ Homfray, Reece (13 December 2010). "Top SANFL teams to snub new Leagues Champions Cup". Herald Sun (Melbourne). Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ↑ "SANFL Statement – League Club Championships". sanfl.com.au (Adelaide: South Australian National Football League). 15 December 2010.
- ↑ Whitham, Jennifer (17 December 2010). "Nine state league teams commit to new comp". afl.com.au. Melbourne: Australian Football League. Retrieved 21 December 2010.
- ↑ "2011 Champions League Fixture Dec 2010". Sydney AFL sportingpulse website. December 2010.
- ↑ "East Coast Eagles to play Port Adelaide in Champions League". Sydney AFL sportingpulse website. December 2010.
- ↑ Schmook, Nathan (6 August 2011). "Seagulls swoop". afl.com.au. Melbourne: Australian Football League. Retrieved 6 August 2011.
- ↑ Ainslie Football Club Official Website
- ↑ Claremont Football Club Official Website
- ↑ Clarence Football Club Official Website
- ↑ East Coast Eagles Football Club Official Website
- ↑ East Perth Football Club Official Website
- ↑ Greater Western Sydney Football Club Official Website
- ↑ Labrador Australian Football Club Official Website
- ↑ Morningside Australian Football Club Official Website
- ↑ North Adelaide Football Club Official Website
- ↑ North Ballarat Official Website
- ↑ Northern Bullants Official Website
- ↑ Northern Territory Football Club Official Website
- ↑ Port Adelaide Magpies Football Club Official Website
- ↑ Swan Districts Club Official Website
- ↑ West Adelaide Football Club Official Website
- ↑ Williamstown FC Sportingpulse Website
- ↑ 29.0 29.1 29.2 29.3 Foxtel Cup Round 2 Fixture
- ↑
- ↑ Foxtel Cup semi-final fixture
- ↑ Foxtel Cup Grand Final fixture
External links
- Official Foxtel Cup website
- Official AFL Canberra website
- AFL Northern Territory
- AFL Queensland State Site
- South Australian National Football League – official website
- Official Sydney AFL Site
- Tasmanian Football League Website
- Victorian Football League – official website
- Western Australian Football League – official website
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