| 2013 premiership season | |
|---|---|
| Teams | 10 |
| Premiers | West Adelaide |
The 2013 Foxtel Cup was the third season of the Australian rules football knock-out cup competition involving clubs from the various state league competitions from around Australia.
The Cup's purpose is to support and promote the second-tier Australian rules football competitions and to provide another way of developing lower-tier Australian Football League (AFL) players.
All matches, as in previous years, were broadcast by Fox Footy.
The format of the competition saw four significant changes from the first two years of the competition:
For the first time, the highest-ranked qualifiers from each state all elected to compete in the competition; in the previous two years, the top South Australian clubs had declined to participate. [1] However, both the VFL premiers and the NEAFL premiers in 2012 were reserves teams for AFL clubs (Geelong and Brisbane Lions respectively), so neither was invited to participate.[ citation needed ]
The competition began in April 2013 and concluded with the Grand Final in August 2013, in which West Adelaide defeated East Fremantle by four points at AAMI Stadium in a low scoring thriller. It was the Bloods' first trophy of any sort since their last SANFL premiership in 1983.[ citation needed ]
West Adelaide onballer (and former AFL player for the Crows and Lions) Chris Schmidt was awarded the Coles Medal as best-on-ground in the Grand Final for his unrelenting performance that included 26 disposals and nine clearances. He also operated at 81 per cent disposal efficiency. [3]
| Adelaide | Canberra | Gold Coast |
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| AAMI Stadium Capacity: 51,224 | Manuka Oval Capacity: 13,550 | Metricon Stadium Capacity: 25,000 |
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| Melbourne | Melbourne | Perth |
| Etihad Stadium Capacity: 56,347 | Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,000 | Patersons Stadium Capacity: 43,500 |
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The AFL released the fixture on 3 December 2012.
2013 Foxtel Cup Fixture
| Qualifying round | Round one | Semifinals | Grand final | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Werribee | 16 | 17 | 113 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Queanbeyan | 13 | 10 | 88 | Queanbeyan | 4 | 4 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||
| NT Thunder | 4 | 11 | 35 | Werribee | 2 | 4 | 16 | ||||||||||||||||
| East Fremantle | 6 | 4 | 40 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Norwood | 4 | 11 | 35 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| East Fremantle | 6 | 6 | 42 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| East Fremantle | 2 | 16 | 28 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| West Adelaide | 4 | 8 | 32 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Port Melbourne | 9 | 4 | 58 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Southport | 11 | 11 | 77 | West Adelaide | 17 | 9 | 111 | ||||||||||||||||
| Burnie | 7 | 7 | 49 | West Adelaide | 6 | 7 | 43 | ||||||||||||||||
| Claremont | 3 | 8 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Claremont | 12 | 8 | 80 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Southport | 4 | 2 | 26 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Q1 13 April 2013 11:35 EST | Queanbeyan | 88 – 35 curtain raiser to GWS v St. Kilda | Northern Territory Thunder | Manuka Oval | |
| 2.3 (15) 6.5 (41) 10.6 (66) 13.10 (88) | Match report | 2.2 (14) 3.3 (21) 3.8 (26) 4.11 (35) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Stevens 4, Fulford 3, Quade 3, Griggs, Conroy, Kavanagh | Ngalkin 2, Ilett, Dunn | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Stevens, Klemke, Fulford, Conroy | Ilett, Ngalkin, Lockwood, Vassal |
| Q2 20 April 2013 14:35 EST | Southport | 77 – 49 curtain raiser to Gold Coast v Port Adelaide | Burnie | Metricon Stadium | |
| 4.1 (25) 7.5 (47) 10.6 (66) 11.11 (77) | Source: [14] | 3.1 (19) 4.1 (25) 4.4 (28) 7.7 (49) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Baxter 3, Kiel 2, Merrett 2, Carr, Mills, Thynne, Screech | Laycock 3, Baldock 2, Morrison, Hayes | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Baxter, Mills, Burge, Wise | Banham, Laycock, Barrett, Munday |
| Game #1 21 May 2013 20:05 CST | Norwood | 35 – 42 stand alone game | East Fremantle | AAMI Stadium | |
| 3.2 (20) 4.4 (28) 4.6 (30) 4.11 (35) | match report | 1.0 (6) 4.1 (25) 5.5 (35) 6.6 (42) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| M Evans 2, Donohue, Bampton | Boyle 2, Henson, Lester-Smith, Ricciardello, Cronan | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Bampton, Fuller, Murphy, Pfeiffer | : O’Brien, McGough, Lester-Smith, Hancock |
| Game #2 28 May 2013 20:35 EST | Werribee | 113 – 28 stand alone game | Queanbeyan | Etihad Stadium | |
| 5.3 (33) 6.8 (44) 9.14 (68) 16.17 (113) | match report | 1.1 (7) 2.2 (14) 3.4 (22) 4.4 (28) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Brown 3, Maric 3, McGennis 2, Clouston 2, Sierakowski 2, Ross, Tudor, Castello, Speight | Stevens 2, Griggs, Franchi | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Gysberts, Sierakowski, Hine, Kennedy, Brown, Maric | Conroy, Stevens, Klemke, Daniher, Atkinson, Griggs |
| Game #3 11 June 2013 20:35 EST | Port Melbourne | 58 – 111 stand alone game | West Adelaide | MCG | |
| 3.2 (20) 5.3 (33) 7.4 (46) 9.4 (58) | match report | 1.1 (7) 5.3 (33) 11.7 (73) 17.9 (111) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Hughes 3, Burstin 2, O'Sullivan, Valenti, Mascitti, Papaleo | Nelson 4, Beech 3, Tuck 2, Keough 2, Schott 2, Smith, Homburg, Macreadie, Fielke | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Hughes, Rowe, Muling, Gordon, O'Sullivan | Tuck, Fielke, Macreadie, Nelson, Anderson |
| Gamel #4 18 June 2013 18:35 WST | Claremont | 80 – 26 stand alone game | Southport | Patersons Stadium | |
| 5.3 (33) 8.4 (52) 10.5 (65) 12.8 (80) | match report | 0.1 (1) 1.2 (8) 3.2 (20) 4.2 (26) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| McGovern 3, Richardson 3, Court 2, Knott, Winmar, Davies, Swift | Pope, Kiel, Mallan, Mills | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| McGovern, Daniher, Davies, Richardson | Pope, Thynne, Kiel, Whish-Wilson |
| Semi Final #1 9 July 2013 20:35 EST | East Fremantle | 40 – 16 stand alone game | Werribee | Patersons Stadium | |
| 3.0 (18) 6.2 (38) 6.3 (39) 6.4 (40) | match report | 0.3 (3) 1.3 (9) 1.3 (9) 2.4 (16) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Dick 2, O'Brien, Tropiano, Boyle, Lester-Smith | Tudor, McKinley | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| O’Brien, Hadley, Howlett, McGough, Tropiano | Brown, Kennedy, Sierakowski, Purton-Smith |
| Semi Final #2 16 July 2013 20:35 EST | West Adelaide | 43 – 26 stand alone game | Claremont | AAMI Stadium | |
| 3.1 (19) 3.4 (22) 5.4 (34) 6.7 (43) | match report | 1.3 (9) 3.6 (24) 3.7 (25) 3.8 (26) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Beech 2, Schmidt, Slattery, Nelson, Bonney | Richardson, Bradshaw | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| T.Tuck, Schmidt, Beech, Slattery, Macreadie | Murphy, Neates, Davies, Richardson |
| Grand Final 6 August 2013 20:35 EST | East Fremantle | 28 – 32 stand alone game | West Adelaide | AAMI Stadium | |
| 0.3 (3) 0.4 (4) 1.10 (16) 2.16 (28) | match report | 1.2 (8) 4.5 (29) 4.7 (31) 4.8 (32) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Hancock, Stephen | Beech 2, Silverlock, Still | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Peake, O’Brien, Bayliss, Stephen, Dodd | Schmidt (Coles Medalist), Beech, Mangan, Silverlock, Caire |
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