2012 All Stars match

2012 (2012) All Stars Game
Indigenous All Stars NRL All Stars 28 36
1 2 3 4 Total INDIGENOUS 12 10 0 6 28 NRL 0 12 12 12 36
Date	4 February 2012
Stadium	Skilled Park
Location	Gold Coast, Queensland
Preston Campbell Medal	Nathan Merritt
Attendance	26,039
Broadcast partners
Broadcasters	Nine Network
Commentators	Ray Warren Phil Gould Peter Sterling
NRL All Stars Game ←  2011 All Stars match 2013 All Stars match  →

The 2012 All Stars Match was the third of the annual representative exhibition matches played between the Indigenous All Stars and the NRL All Stars team which was held on 4 February 2012 at the Gold Coast's Skilled Park.

Teams

NRL ALL STARS	Position	INDIGENOUS ALL STARS
Josh Dugan	Fullback	Ben Barba
Jason Nightingale	Wing	Jharal Yow Yeh
Jack Reed	Centre	Greg Inglis
Michael Jennings	Centre	Justin Hodges
Manu Vatuvei	Wing	Nathan Merritt
Benji Marshall (c)	Five-Eighth	Johnathan Thurston (c)
Cooper Cronk	Halfback	Chris Sandow
Kade Snowden	Prop	Tom Learoyd-Lahrs
Aaron Payne 1	Hooker	Travis Waddell
Luke Bailey	Prop	George Rose
Nathan Hindmarsh	2nd Row	Sam Thaiday
Adam Blair	2nd Row	Jamal Idris
Paul Gallen	Lock	Greg Bird
Dave Taylor	Interchange	Andrew Fifita
Frank Pritchard	Interchange	Cory Paterson
Jared Waerea-Hargreaves	Interchange	Matt Bowen
Anthony Watmough 2	Interchange	Scott Prince
Brent Tate	Interchange	Anthony Mitchell
Luke Lewis	Interchange	Joel Thompson
Nathan Fien 3	Interchange	Nathan Peats
Wayne Bennett	Coach	Laurie Daley

¹ - Cameron Smith was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Aaron Payne.
² - Tony Williams was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Anthony Watmough.
³ - Ben Hornby was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by Nathan Fien.

Result

4 February 2012 7:15pm (AEST)

NRL All Stars	36 – 28	Indigenous All Stars
Tries: Frank Pritchard (26') 1 Luke Lewis (35') 1 Luke Bailey (45') 1 Josh Dugan (50') 1 Jack Reed (64') 1 Manu Vatuvei (73') 1 Goals: Benji Marshall 6/6 (27', 36', 46', 50', 65', 75')	1st: 0 - 12 2nd: 12 - 10 3rd: 12 - 0 4th: 12 - 6	Tries: Nathan Merritt (19', 38') 2 Jharal Yow Yeh (6') 1 Matt Bowen (29') 1 Greg Inglis (68') 1 Goals: Johnathan Thurston 3/4 (7', 19', 31') Chris Sandow 1/1 (70')

Skilled Park Gold Coast, Queensland Attendance: 26,039 Preston Campbell Medal: Nathan Merritt Referee: Ashley Klein, Jason Robinson, Phil Haines, Gerard Sutton

Women All Stars Teams

2012 (2012) Women All Stars match
Indigenous Women All Stars Women All Stars 10 10
1 Total IND 10 10 WAS 6 10
Date	Saturday 4 February 2012
Stadium	Robina Stadium
Location	Gold Coast, Queensland
Woman of the Match	Naomi Bobongie [1]
Advance Australia Fair	TBA
Broadcast partners
All Stars match ←  2011 2013  →

The second Women's and Indigenous Women's All Stars match was again held as a curtain-raiser to the men's fixture. Captained by Teresa Anderson, the Indigenous team included Bianca Ambrum, Tash Baggow (Mackay), Candice Clay (Newcastle), Natalie Gala (Bundaberg), Julie Young (Newcastle), Rebecca Young (Newcastle), try-scorers Sarah Sailor and Chloe Caldwell, and player of the match Naomi Bobongie (Proserpine). Renae Kunst captained the All Stars team. ^{[2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [1] [7]}

The full team line-ups were originally published by the Australian Women's Rugby League on a defunct website, however, the press release was copied onto and remains on available on a fan forum. ^[8]

INDIGENOUS WOMEN ALL STARS	Position	WOMEN ALL STARS
Teresa Anderson	Fullback	Tegan Rolfe
Myeisha Saltner	Wing	Jess Palmer
Bianca Ambrum	Centre	Lisa Fiaola
Taleena Simonds	Centre	Ali Brigginshaw
Natalie Gala	Wing	Karina Brown
Bo De La Cruz	Five-eighth	Erin Elliott
Amber Saltner	Halfback	Karyn Murphy
Natasha Baggow	Prop	Heather Ballinger
Naomi Bobongie	Hooker	Natalie Dwyer
Rebecca Young	Prop	Alex Sulusi
Elsja Mosby	2nd Row	Steph Hancock
Iesha Beer	2nd Row	Renae Kunst
Ash Singleton	Lock	Tahnee Norris
Jaylene Chevell	Interchange	Teina Clark
Chloe Caldwell	Interchange	Suzanne Johnson
Sara Hamilton	Interchange	Ruby Ewe
Sarah Sailor	Interchange	Kelli McLean
Eunice Grimes	Interchange
Julie Young	Interchange
Candice Clay	Interchange
	Coach

References

1. "Brother and sister are home grown all stars". Whitsunday Times. 9 February 2012. p. 43.
2. "Applause for try-saving hit". Innisfail Advocate. 25 February 2012.
3. Bromhead, Nat (10 January 2012). "Mackay duo back in All Stars; Baggow and Bobongie have chance to make their mark against the game's best". Mackay Daily Mercury.
4. Gillett, Douglas (13 January 2012). "Gala's All Star call-up; Bundy women's league campaigner to show off skills on national stage". Bundaberg The NewsMail.
5. Ricketts, Steve (4 February 2012). "Female Stars - Locky's Gesture". Courier Mail.
6. "Big game has extra meaning". Mackay Daily Mercury. 3 February 2012.
7. Parris, Michael (6 April 2012). "Sidelines". Newcastle Herald.
8. "Women's All stars". League Unlimited. Australian Womens Rugby League. 30 January 2012. Retrieved 10 May 2022.

External links

• NRL All Stars site

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