Foxtel Cup

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Foxtel Cup
Most recent season or competition:
2014
FoxtelCup.png
Sport Australian rules football
First season 2011
Ceased2014
No. of teams16 (2011-12),
10 (2013),
9 (2014)
CountryAustralia
Last
champion(s)		 Williamstown
Most titles Williamstown (2)
QualificationInvitation
TV partner(s) Fox Sports Australia

The Foxtel Cup [1] was an annual Australian rules football club knockout cup competition involving clubs from state league competitions around Australia. The tournament was organised by the Australian Football League (AFL), and was held annually between 2011 and 2014.

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The competition initially featured sixteen teams who qualified based on their finishing positions in their previous state league seasons. In 2011 and 2012, matches were played mostly as curtain-raisers to AFL Saturday night games, or occasionally as a stand-alone game in the same timeslot; [2] in 2013 and 2014, matches were mostly played as stand-alone games on Tuesday nights. [3] Matches were televised on subscription television provider and competition naming rights sponsor Foxtel; and clubs played matches on or adjacent to bye weeks in their respective state league fixtures. Total annual prize money for the competition was about $250,000, with $40,000 going to the winner. [4]

Victorian Football League club Williamstown won the Foxtel Cup twice, in 2011 and 2014. [5] West Australian Football League club Claremont won the 2012 competition, [6] and South Australian National Football League club West Adelaide won the 2013 competition.

Qualification

Announced in 2010 as the Leagues Championship Cup, [7] the competition was soon sponsored by subscription television service Foxtel as the Foxtel Cup, and was known by that name throughout its four-year history.

For the inaugural Foxtel Cup in 2011, the AFL invited the highest three ranked teams from the South Australian National Football League, the Victorian Football League and the West Australian Football League; the top two teams from the Queensland Australian Football League; and the top team from AFL Sydney and the Tasmanian Football League – based on those leagues' 2010 seasons. The Greater Western Sydney Giants (which was playing in the NEAFL in 2011 as preparation for entering the Australian Football League in 2012), and the Northern Territory Football Club received special invitations. [8] [9]

However, despite the SANFL signing on to be part of the Cup competition, its top three clubs – Central District, Norwood and Woodville-West Torrens – all rejected their invitations to compete, [10] citing lack of prize money, sponsorship conflicts, salary cap implications, schedule concerns and removing the focus from their SANFL premiership ambitions. [11] Eventually, the SANFL positions in the competition were taken up by West Adelaide, North Adelaide and Port Adelaide Magpies, none of which had reached the SANFL finals in 2010. [12] In 2013 it was announced that the SANFL's top three teams of the 2012 season, Norwood, West Adelaide and North Adelaide, had committed to play in the Foxtel Cup in 2014. At the time of the announcement midway through the 2013 SANFL season the three teams were again the top three on the SANFL premiership ladder, showing that among South Australian clubs, the Foxtel Cup was gaining recognition.

In 2013 and 2014, the scale of the competition was reduced from sixteen teams to nine or ten. In those seasons, the WAFL, SANFL and VFL each contributed two teams to the competition, who entered the competition at the quarter-final stage; and the remaining teams came from the NEAFL and TFL, who contested pre-qualifying rounds before entering the quarter-finals.

The AFL announced on 1 August 2011 that public interest and television audiences well-supported the inaugural year of the Foxtel Cup and as a result the competition would continue for the next five years. [13] However, following the heavy burden of playing mid-week games on the competing clubs, the decision was made to cease the Foxtel Cup after its fourth season, 2014. [14]

Results

2011 Foxtel Cup

Grand Final

GF (AFL Rd 20) 6 August 2011
3:05 pm WST [15] 		Claremont 38–59
stand alone game
Williamstown Subiaco Oval, Perth

match report

 
1.2 (8)
2.2 (14)
5.5 (35)
5.8 (38)		 match report 2.1 (13)
4.3 (27)
6.4 (40)
9.5 (59)		Attendance: 1,405
  Goals 
Beau Wilkes 2, Jack Bradshaw,
Chad Jones, Gerrick Weedon		 Nathan Djerrkura 2, Christian Howard 2,
Jordan Roughead 2, Ed Barlow,
Andrew Hooper, Jason Tutt
  Bests 
Kane Mitchell, Andrew Foster,
Gerrick Weedon, Brett Jones
Lewis Stevenson, Thomas Swift		 Ben Jolley, Jordan Roughead,
Mitch Wallis, Christian Howard,
Nathan Djerrkura 2, Matthew Panos

2012 Foxtel Cup

Grand Final

Grand Final (AFL Rd 19) 2 August 2012
19:35 WST		 Werribee 55 - 99
stand alone game
Claremont Subiaco Oval, Perth

match report

 
3.0 (18)
5.4 (34)
5.4 (34)
8.7 (55)		 match report 4.3 (27)
7.3 (45)
11.7 (73)
15.9 (99)
  Goals 
Ben Warren 3, Levi Greenwood, Leigh Harding,
Ben McKinley, Scott Sherlock, Ben Speight		 Thomas Lee 6, Jack Bradshaw 2, Nick Suban 2,
Alistair Gillespie, Alroy Gilligan, Jeremy McGovern,
Jarryd Morton, Ian Richardson
  Bests 
Levi Greenwood, Ben Speight, Matthew O'Dwyer,
Ben Warren, Leigh Harding, Ben Ross		 Thomas Lee, Nick Suban, Jeremy McGovern,
Alroy Gilligan, Rory Walton, Ian Richardson

2013 Foxtel Cup

Grand Final

Grand Final 6 August 2013
20:35 EST		 East Fremantle 28 - 32
stand alone game
West Adelaide Football Park, Adelaide

match report

 
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

2014 Foxtel Cup

Grand Final

Grand Final 22 July 2014
20:35 EST		 West Perth 8 - 71
stand alone game
Williamstown Kardinia Park, Geelong

match report

 
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

Coles Medal

The Coles Medal was awarded to the best player onfield in the Foxtel Cup Grand Final.

YearColes MedallistClub
2011 Ben Jolley Williamstown Football Club
2012 Thomas Lee Claremont Football Club
2013 Chris Schmidt West Adelaide Football Club
2014 Ben Davies Williamstown Football Club

List of participants

GuernseyClubNicknameLocationState LeagueCup championshipsCup appearances
Ainslie Jumper.png Ainslie Football Club [16]
Tri-colours
 Ainslie, Australian Capital Territory 02011–2012
Aspley Hornets Jumper.svg Aspley Football Club [17]
Hornets
 Carseldine, Queensland 02014
Belconnen Magpies Jumper nologo.jpg Belconnen Football Club [18]
Magpies
 Belconnen, Australian Capital Territory 02014
Hawthorn Jumper.png Box Hill Hawks Football Club [19]
Hawks
 Box Hill, Victoria 02014
Fremantledocks.png Burnie Dockers Football Club [20]
Dockers
 Burnie, Tasmania 02012–2013
Claremont Tigers Jumper.svg Claremont Football Club [21]
Tigers
 Claremont, Western Australia 12011–2013
Clarence Roos Jumper.svg Clarence Football Club [22]
Kangaroos
 Clarence, Tasmania 02011
East Fremantle Sharks Jumper nologo.jpg East Fremantle Football Club [23]
Sharks
 East Fremantle, Western Australia 02013
East Perth Royals Jumper.svg East Perth Football Club [24]
Royals
 Leederville, Western Australia 02011, 2014
Greater Western Sydney Giants [25]
Giants
 Blacktown, New South Wales 02011
Glenelg Tigers Jumper.svg Labrador Australian Football Club [26]
Tigers
 Labrador, Queensland 02011
Launceston Football Club [27]
Blues
 Launceston, Tasmania 02012
Ainslie Jumper.png Morningside Australian Football Club [28]
Panthers
 Hawthorne, Queensland 02011–2012
Kangaroos Jumper.png Mount Gravatt Football Club [29]
Vultures
 Mount Gravatt, Queensland 02012
North Adelaide Roosters Jumper.svg North Adelaide Football Club [30]
Roosters
 North Adelaide, South Australia 02011
North Ballarat Roosters Jumper.svg North Ballarat Football Club [31]
Roosters
 Ballarat, Victoria 02011
North Bullants Jumper nologo.jpg Northern Bullants Football Club [32]
Bullants
 Preston, Victoria 02011
Northern Territory Football Club [33]
Thunder
 Darwin, Northern Territory 02011–2013
Norwood Redlegs Jumper.svg Norwood Football Club [34]
Redlegs
 Norwood, South Australia 02013–2014
Port Adelaide Magpies Jumper.svg Port Adelaide Football Club [35]
Magpies
 Alberton, South Australia 02011–2012
Port Melbourne Borough Jumper.svg Port Melbourne Football Club [36]
Borough
 Port Melbourne, Victoria 02012–2013
Glenelg Tigers Jumper.svg Queanbeyan Football Club [37]
Tigers
 Queanbeyan, New South Wales 02013
South Adelaide Panthers Jumper.svg South Adelaide Football Club [38]
Panthers
 Noarlunga Downs, South Australia 02012
Southport Sharks Jumper.svg Southport Australian Football Club [39]
Sharks
 Southport, Queensland 02013
Subiaco Football Club [40]
Lions
 Subiaco, Western Australia 02012
Swan Districts Jumper.svg Swan Districts Football Club [41]
Swans
 Bassendean, Western Australia 02011
East Coast Eagles jumper nologo.jpg Sydney Hills Eagles Australian Football Club [42]
Eagles
 Rouse Hill, New South Wales 02011–2012
Werribee Tigers Jumper nologo.jpg Werribee Football Club [43]
Tigers
 Werribee, Victoria 02012–2013
West Adelaide Bloods Jumper.svg West Adelaide Football Club [44]
Bloods
 Richmond, South Australia 12011–2014
West Perth Falcons Jumper.svg West Perth Football Club [45]
Falcons
 Joondalup, Western Australia 02012, 2014
Western Storm Jumper.png Western Storm Football Club [46]
Storm
 Prospect, Tasmania 02014
Williamstown Seagulls Jumper.svg Williamstown Football Club [47]
Seagulls
 Williamstown, Victoria 22011 - 2012, 2014

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