FOLLOWING it’s successful introduction in 2011 sixteen teams will challenge for the next season’s Foxtel Cup.
The AFL today announced the fixture for the 2012 FOXTEL Cup -- the knockout competition which this year was won by VFL Club Williamstown,
Teams from every State plus Canberra and the Northern Territory will be chasing a $60,000 winner’s prize – up by nearly 20 percent on the 2011 event.
All first round matrches are expected to be played as curtain raisers to AFL matches with the opening game of Morningside (Qld.) taking on Launceston (TSL) at theh Metricon Stadium before the opening round match that pits the Gold Coast against Adelaide.
AFL General Manager National and International Development Andrew Dillon said the AFL had been delighted with the success of this year's inaugural competition, won by Williamstown, and said the 16 teams had now been confirmed for next year's tournament.
Williamstown will defend its title with the senior state leagues in the VFL, WAFL and the SANFL to again supply three teams each, joined by two teams from the TSL, two teams from Queensland, the NT Thunder, one team from NSW and one team from the ACT. As the GWS Giants have now moved into the AFL competition, their 2011 spot in the competition was taken by a second team from Tasmania.
The 16 competing teams are Ainslie (ACT) , Burnie (Tas), Claremont (WA), Launceston (Tas), Morningside (Qld), Mt Gravatt (Qld), NT Thunder (NT), Port Adelaide (SA), Port Melbourne (Vic), South Adelaide (SA), Subiaco (WA), Sydney Hills Eagles (NSW), Werribee (Vic), West Adelaide (SA), West Perth (WA), and Williamstown (Vic).
The 15 matches will again consist of four quarters each of eighteen (18) minutes set time, plus time-on from the last 3 minutes only (20 minutes approximately total per quarter), to ensure they did not overly impact on club commitments to their on-going state league season, as well as to enable games to fit into a two-hour broadcast window.
All matches will again be broadcast on FOX SPORTS on the FOX FOOTY channel and now played in the Saturday late-morning slot.
