2012 All-Australian team
# 2012 All-Australian team

The 2012 All-Australian team represents the best performed Australian Football League (AFL) players during the 2012 season. It was announced on 17 September as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players. The team is honorary and does not play any games.

## Selection panel

The selection panel for the 2012 All-Australian team consisted of chairman Andrew Demetriou, Adrian Anderson, Kevin Bartlett, Luke Darcy, Danny Frawley, Gerard Healy, Glen Jakovich and Mark Ricciuto.

## Team

### Initial squad

At the conclusion of the 2012 AFL home and away season, a provisional squad of 40 players was chosen and later announced on 5 September.

| Club | Total | Player(s) |
| - | - | - |
| Adelaide | 5 | Patrick Dangerfield, Sam Jacobs, Brent Reilly, Scott Thompson, Taylor Walker |
| Brisbane Lions | 0 | |
| Carlton | 1 | Eddie Betts |
| Collingwood | 3 | Dayne Beams, Scott Pendlebury, Dane Swan |
| Essendon | 1 | Jobe Watson |
| Fremantle | 2 | Luke McPharlin, Matthew Pavlich |
| Geelong | 5 | Corey Enright, Tom Hawkins, Tom Lonergan, Joel Selwood, Harry Taylor |
| Gold Coast | 1 | Gary Ablett Jr. |
| Greater Western Sydney | 0 | |
| Hawthorn | 4 | Grant Birchall, Lance Franklin, Sam Mitchell, Cyril Rioli |
| Melbourne | 0 | |
| North Melbourne | 2 | Drew Petrie, Andrew Swallow |
| Port Adelaide | 0 | |
| Richmond | 4 | Trent Cotchin, Brett Deledio, Ivan Maric, Jack Riewoldt |
| St Kilda | 4 | Sean Dempster, Lenny Hayes, Stephen Milne, Nick Riewoldt |
| Sydney | 4 | Kieren Jack, Lewis Jetta, Josh Kennedy, Ted Richards |
| West Coast | 4 | Dean Cox, Darren Glass, Nic Naitanui, Beau Waters |
| Western Bulldogs | 0 | |

### Final team

Darren Glass of West Coast was named as the All-Australian captain, with Gary Ablett Jr. of Gold Coast named as vice-captain.

2012 All-Australian team :

| B: | Sean Dempster (St Kilda) | Luke McPharlin (Fremantle) | Darren Glass (West Coast) (captain) |
| - | - | - | - |
| HB: | Beau Waters (West Coast) | Ted Richards (Sydney) | Grant Birchall (Hawthorn) |
| C: | Trent Cotchin (Richmond) | Jobe Watson (Essendon) | Dayne Beams (Collingwood) |
| HF: | Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide) | Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) | Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn) |
| F: | Stephen Milne (St Kilda) | Tom Hawkins (Geelong) | Dean Cox (West Coast) |
| Foll: | Nic Naitanui (West Coast) | Scott Thompson (Adelaide) | Gary Ablett Jr. (Gold Coast) (vice-captain) |
| Int: | Brett Deledio (Richmond) | Josh Kennedy (Sydney) | Scott Pendlebury (Collingwood) |
| | Dane Swan (Collingwood) | | |
| Coach: | John Longmire (Sydney) | John Longmire (Sydney) | John Longmire (Sydney) |

Note: the position of coach in the All-Australian team is traditionally awarded to the coach of the premiership team.

