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
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.
Team
Initial squad
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.
Final team
Darren Glass of West Coast was named as the All-Australian captain, with Gary Ablett Jr. of Gold Coast named as vice-captain.
| 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
- 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.
- McNicol, Adam (18 September 2012). "Eagles top All Australian team". AFL.com.au. BigPond.
- Denham, Greg (17 September 2012). "Fresh 15 celebrate first-time All-Australian honours". The Australian.
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