| 2014 premiership season | |
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| Teams | 9 |
| Premiers | Williamstown |
The 2014 Foxtel Cup was the fourth and final season of the Australian rules football knock-out 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.
The format of the competition was as follows:
The top two sides from Western Australia (East Perth and West Perth) joined Norwood and reigning Foxtel Cup champion West Adelaide from South Australia, [1] Box Hill Hawks and Williamstown from Victoria, and Tasmanian representative Western Storm, [2] as participants in the 2014 Foxtel Cup. [3] North East Australian Football League qualifiers, Aspley and Belconnen, competed against each other in Round 1 of the 2014 NEAFL competition as a pre-qualifying round, with Aspley winning through to play Williamstown in round 1 of the Foxtel Cup. [4]
The selection of Western Storm, a club which was competing in the Tasmanian Football League for the first time in 2014, as Tasmania's representative was controversial, but came as a result of the defending Tasmanian Football League premiers, South Launceston, leaving the league. The majority of South Launceston's senior list shifted to Western Storm, so AFL Tasmania decided that the new club was a sufficiently close representation of the defending premiers to allow it to compete in the Foxtel Cup, rather than substituting the 2013 runners-up Burnie. [2]
The competition began in March 2014 and concluded with Williamstown winning their second Foxtel Cup championship by defeating West Perth in the Grand Final at Simonds Stadium on 22 July 2014. The Coles medal for best on ground in the Grand Final was awarded to Williamstown's Ben Davies. The coach of Williamstown was Andrew Collins, former 200+ game triple premiership player with Hawthorn, who had coached West Adelaide to the Foxtel Cup championship the year previous.
| Adelaide | Geelong | Melbourne |
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| Adelaide Oval Capacity: 50,000 | Simonds Stadium Capacity: 33,500 | Etihad Stadium Capacity: 56,347 |
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| Melbourne | Perth | |
| Melbourne Cricket Ground Capacity: 100,000 | Patersons Stadium Capacity: 43,500 | |
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The AFL released the fixture on 29 November 2013.
2014 Foxtel Cup Fixture
| First round | Quarterfinals | Semifinals | Finals | ||||||||||||||||||||
 West Adelaide | 8 | 9 | 57 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Western Storm | 9 | 7 | 61 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Western Storm | 3 | 5 | 23 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 West Perth | 15 | 7 | 97 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Box Hill | 7 | 9 | 51 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| West Perth | 7 | 11 | 53 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| West Perth | 1 | 2 | 8 | ||||||||||||||||||||
 Aspley | 25 | 23 | 173 | Williamstown | 10 | 11 | 71 | ||||||||||||||||
 Belconnen | 2 | 5 | 17 | Williamstown | 14 | 9 | 93 | ||||||||||||||||
| Aspley | 7 | 6 | 48 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Williamstown | 10 | 11 | 71 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| East Perth | 7 | 5 | 47 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| East Perth | 9 | 11 | 65 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Norwood | 2 | 3 | 15 | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Qualifier 29 March 2014 12:00 EST | Aspley | 173–17 stand alone game | Belconnen | Graham Road, Aspley | |
| 7.3 (45) 9.9 (63) 20.14 (134) 25.23 (173) | match report | 0.1 (1) 2.2 (14) 2.2 (14) 2.5 (17) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| E.Sansbury 6, J.Stanley 3, C.Stiller 3, C.French 2, D.Smith 2, M.Pettitt 2, R.Copeland, M.Payne, M.Hutchinson, D.Bevan, A.Hughes, R.Matthews, J.Ives | M.Porter ,M. Sharp | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| M.Payne, E.Sansbury, J.Stanley, R.Copeland, A.Lucy, J.Turner | D.Hector, R.Turnbull, C.York, M.Sharp |
| Game #1 29 April 2014 20:05 CST | West Adelaide | 57–61 stand alone game | Western Storm | Adelaide Oval | |
| 2.1 (13) 4.4 (28) 7.4 (46) 8.9 (57) | match report | 4.2 (26) 7.4 (46) 9.6 (60) 9.7 (61) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Hopton 2, Watchman 2, Dijksman, Schott, De Zylva. | Collis 2, McCulloch 2, Brown, Thomas, McGee, Russell, Barker. | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| De Zylva, Jennings, Dijksman, Nelson. | Hanson, Hills, Blackberry, Reinmuth, McCulloch. |
| Game #2 6 May 2014 20:35 EST | Box Hill | 51–53 stand alone game | West Perth | Etihad Stadium, Melbourne | |
| 0.4 (4) 1.6 (12) 5.7 (37) 7.9 (51) | match report | 2.0 (12) 4.7 (31) 5.9 (39) 7.11 (53) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| Sicily 3, Ross 3, Willsmore | Black, Brown, Adams, Tsalikis, Kerr, Bartholomew, Johnson | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| Woodward, Kennedy, Ross, Isles, Sicily, Mirra | Nelson, Jones, Manning, Crisp, Guadagnin, Morrow |
| Game #3 20 May 2014 20:35 EST | Williamstown | 93–48 stand alone game | Aspley | Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| 4.1 (25) 5.4 (34) 9.7 (61) 14.9 (93) | match report | 1.2 (8) 4.3 (27) 5.5 (35) 7.6 (48) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| A.Marcon 3, J.Owen 3, S.Clouston 2, D.Conway 2, J.Johnstone, M.Gibbons, S.Tighe, C.Nastasi | A.Hughes 2, J.Nelis, J.Williams, R.Matthews, C.French, M.Payne. | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| A.Marcon, S.Tighe, N.Sing, J.Johnstone, M.Gibbons. | R.Matthews, M.Payne, J.Williams, R.Copeland, A.Lucy. |
| Game #4 27 May 2014 18:35 WST | East Perth | 65–15 stand alone game | Norwood | Patersons Stadium, Perth | |
| 2.4 (16) 6.6 (42) 8.8 (56) 9.11 (65) | match report | 0.1 (1) 0.2 (2) 1.3 (9) 2.3 (15) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| S.Tunbridge 2, S.Lycett, B.Lee, W.Maginness, D.Main, J. Smith, B.Colledge, J.Oakley-Nicholls | S.Phillips, M.Bower | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| S.Lycett, S.Tunbridge, B.Colledge, F.Clutterbuck, B.Lee, S.Payne | T.DeMatteis, K.Murphy, D.Auciello, S.Baldasso, T.Forster |
| Semi Final #1 24 June 2014 18:35 WST | Western Storm | 23–97 stand alone game | West Perth | Patersons Stadium, Perth | |
| 0.2 (2) 0.3 (3) 1.5 (11) 3.5 (23) | match report | 3.3 (21) 7.5 (47) 11.6 (72) 15.7 (97) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| A.Russell, W.Hanson, L.Barker | M.McPhee 3, S.Martin 3, M.Johnson 2 M.Guadagnin, K.Shannon, M.Crisp, B.Antonio, R.Bartholomew, T.Manzone, S.Marusic | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| J.Blackberry, M.Hanson, B.Thorp, T.Bardenhagen, J.Child | A.Lynch, J.Thrum, L.Meadows, S.Martin, B.Antonio, S.Marusic |
| Semi Final #2 1 July 2014 20:35 EST | Williamstown | 71–47 stand alone game | East Perth | Patersons Stadium, Perth | |
| 1.3 (9) 4.4 (28) 7.5 (47) 10.11 (71) | match report | 2.1 (13) 4.2 (26) 6.3 (39) 7.5 (47) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| J.Owen 2, S.Hetherington, A.Anastasio, J.Johnstone, J.Dorgan, S.Critchley, A.Woods, S.Wyatt, K.Lambert | J.Hill 3, A.Carter, F.McInness, B.Colledge, B.Lee | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| K.Lambert, J.Johnstone, M.Gibbons, J.Owen, S.Tighe, S.Critchley, A.Mangan | S.Payne, P.Johnson, Colledge, B.Lee, J.Hill, J.Oakley-Nicholls |
| Grand Final 22 July 2014 20:35 EST | West Perth | 8–71 stand alone game | Williamstown | Simonds Stadium, Geelong | |
| 0.2 (2) 0.2 (2) 0.2 (2) 1.2 (8) | match report | 5.4 (34) 5.9 (39) 7.11 (53) 10.11 (71) | |||
| Goals | |||||
| C.Chalmers | C.Nastasi 2, S.Clouston 2, J.Johnstone 2, J.Owen, J.Dorgan, K.Lambert, S.Tighe | ||||
| Bests | |||||
| A.Strijk, R.Kerr, L.Tedesco | B.Davies, K.Lambert, S.Tighe, N.Sing, D.Fahey, J.McKenzie, S.Clouston |
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