2012 NRL season

2012 National Rugby League
Teams 16
Premiers Melbourne Storm (2nd title)
Minor premiers Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs (7th title)
Wooden spoon Parramatta Eels
Matches played 201
Attendance 3486494
Top points scorer(s) Jarrod Croker (226)
Player of the year Ben Barba (Dally M Medal)
Top try-scorer(s) Ben Barba (22)

The 2012 NRL season was the 105th season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the first run by the newly formed Australian Rugby League Commission. The main competition, called the 2012 NRL Telstra Premiership due to sponsorship from Telstra Corporation was contested by the sixteen teams of the National Rugby League. The season started with the 2012 NRL All Stars match and culminated in the 2012 NRL grand final. The 2012 Toyota Cup season also took place alongside the Premiership. The McIntyre Final Eight System, in use since 1999, was replaced with the finals system previously used by the ARL in the 1990s.[1]

The 2012 Premiership was won by the Melbourne Storm, officially the club's second following the removal of their 2007 and 2009 premierships, among other titles, due to salary cap breaches exposed in April 2010. They defeated minor premiers the Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 14-4 in the Grand Final, which was held on Sunday 30 September at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.

Season summary

Halfway through the 2012 season, the NRL's Chief Executive Officer David Gallop stood down from his role after just over a decade in the role.

Records Set on 2012

  • The Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs won twelve consecutive matches between Rounds 11 and 24, the longest winning streak for the club in 8 years. They also won their first minor premiership in 18 years.
  • The Melbourne Storm lost five consecutive matches from rounds 16 to 21 (around a bye in round 17), the longest losing streak in Craig Bellamy's coaching career and the second longest losing streak in the club's history.
  • For the first time since 1989, the South Sydney Rabbitohs finished in the top four, and they also won their first finals match since 1987.

Teams

Brisbane Broncos
25th season
Ground: Suncorp Stadium
Coach: Wayne Bennett
Captain: Justin Hodges
Canberra Raiders
31st season
Ground: Canberra Stadium
Coach: David Furner
Captain: Terry Campese→David Shillington
Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
78th season
Ground: ANZ Stadium
Coach:Des Hasler
Captain: Michael Ennis		 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
46th season
Ground: Toyota Stadium
Coach: Shane Flanagan
Captain: Paul Gallen
Gold Coast Titans
6th season
Ground: Skilled Park
Coach: John Cartwright
Captain: Scott Prince		 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
63rd season
Grounds: Brookvale Oval
Coach: Geoff Toovey
Captains: Jamie Lyon & Jason King		 Melbourne Storm
15th season
Ground: AAMI Park
Coach: Craig Bellamy
Captain: Cameron Smith
Newcastle Knights
25th season
Ground: Hunter Stadium
Coach: Wayne Bennett
Captain: Kurt Gidley→Danny Buderus
New Zealand Warriors
18th season
Ground: Mt Smart Stadium
Coach: Brian McClennan→Tony Iro
Captain: Simon Mannering		 North Queensland Cowboys
18th season
Ground: Dairy Farmers Stadium
Coach: Neil Henry
Captains: Johnathan Thurston & Matt Scott		 Parramatta Eels
66th season
Ground: Parramatta Stadium
Coach: Stephen Kearney→Brad Arthur
Captain: Nathan Hindmarsh		 Penrith Panthers
46th season
Ground: Centrebet Stadium
Coach:Ivan Cleary
Captain: Luke Lewis→Kevin Kingston
South Sydney Rabbitohs
103rd season
Ground: ANZ Stadium
Coach: Michael Maguire
Captains: Michael Crocker, Roy Asotasi, John Sutton, Matt King, Sam Burgess,		 Sydney Roosters
105th season
Ground: Allianz Stadium
Coach: Brian Smith
Captain: Braith Anasta
St. George Illawarra Dragons
14th season
Grounds: WIN Jubilee Oval & WIN Stadium
Coach: Steve Price
Captain: Ben Hornby		 Wests Tigers
13th season
Grounds: Allianz Stadium, Campbelltown Stadium & Leichhardt Oval
Coach: Tim Sheens
Captain: Robbie Farah

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 2418062568369+19940
2 Melbourne Storm (P) 2417072579361+21838
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 2416082559438+12136
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 2416082497403+9436
5 North Queensland Cowboys 2415092597445+15234
6 Canberra Raiders 24130112545536+930
7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24121112445441+429
8 Brisbane Broncos 24120122481447+3428
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 24110132405438-3326
10 Wests Tigers 24110132506551-4526
11 Gold Coast Titans 24100142449477-2824
12 Newcastle Knights 24100142448488-4024
13 Sydney Roosters 2481152462626-16421
14 New Zealand Warriors 2480162497609-11220
15 Penrith Panthers 2480162409575-16620
16 Parramatta Eels 2460182431674-24316

Ladder progression

  • Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
  • Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished last place on the ladder in that round.
  • Underlined numbers indicate that the team had a bye during that round.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
1 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24668888101012141618202224262830323436383840
2 Melbourne Storm 246810121416181820222424262628282828283032343638
3 South Sydney Rabbitohs 00224668101214161618202022242628303232323436
4 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24444668101214141618182022242424262830323436
5 North Queensland Cowboys 02446688101214141416182020222426262628303234
6 Canberra Raiders 022446666810101012141416181820202224262830
7 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 0024681012121414161618202224252525252727292929
8 Brisbane Broncos 22468101214141416161820202222242626262626262628
9 St. George Illawarra Dragons 224666810101010121214141616182020222222222426
10 Wests Tigers 2222224681012141618181820202222222426262626
11 Gold Coast Titans 22222244468101212141416161820222222242424
12 Newcastle Knights 022446688810101010121416161820222224242424
13 Sydney Roosters 22446888101010101212141416171717171919192121
14 New Zealand Warriors 0224446681010121214141618202020202020202020
15 Penrith Panthers 0224444446681010101010121214161616182020
16 Parramatta Eels 0000222222446881010101012141416161616

Finals series

For details on the finals see 2012 NRL season results.

The NRL returned to the top-eight system used by the ARL in the 1990s to decide the grand finalists from the top eight finishing teams. This replaced the McIntyre Final Eight System that was used for the past 12 seasons. Only four of last year's finalists will feature in this year's finals series: Melbourne Storm, Manly Sea Eagles, Brisbane Broncos and the North Queensland Cowboys. For the teams that did not feature last year, the Canberra Raiders last appeared in 2010, the Canterbury Bulldogs in 2009, the Cronulla Sharks in 2008 and the South Sydney Rabbitohs in 2007. The Rabbitohs will make only their second finals appearance since 1989.

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time (Local) Venue Referees Crowd
QUALIFYING & ELIMINATION FINALS
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 16 – 10 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 7 September 2012, 7:45pm ANZ Stadium Ben Cummins
Ashley Klein		 36,420
Melbourne Storm 24 – 6 South Sydney Rabbitohs 8 September 2012, 5:45pm AAMI Park Shayne Hayne
Jason Robinson		 19,750
North Queensland Cowboys 33 – 16 Brisbane Broncos 8 September 2012, 7:45pm Dairy Farmers Stadium Matt Cecchin
Gerard Sutton		 21,307
Canberra Raiders 34 – 16 Cronulla Sutherland Sharks 9 September 2012, 4:00pm Canberra Stadium Tony Archer
Chris James		 24,450
SEMI FINALS
Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 22 – 12 North Queensland Cowboys 14 September 2012, 7:45pm Allianz Stadium Shayne Hayne
Ben Cummins		 16,678
South Sydney Rabbitohs 38 – 16 Canberra Raiders 15 September 2012, 7:45pm ANZ Stadium Tony Archer
Matt Cecchin		 35,874
PRELIMINARY FINALS
Melbourne Storm 40 – 12 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 21 September 2012, 7:45pm AAMI Park Matt Cecchin
Tony Archer		 25,543
Canterbury Bankstown Bulldogs 32 – 8 South Sydney Rabbitohs 22 September 2012, 7:45pm ANZ Stadium Shayne Hayne
Ben Cummins		 70,354

Chart

  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1: 7 Sept, ANZ Stadium  
1   Canterbury-Bankstown 16  
4   Manly-Warringah 10     SF1: 14 Sept, Allianz Stadium  
      Manly-Warringah 22    
EF1: 8 Sept, Dairy Farmers Stadium       North Queensland 12       PF1: 21 Sept, ANZ Stadium
5   North Queensland 33         Canterbury-Bankstown 32  
8   Brisbane 16           South Sydney 8     GF: 30 Sept, ANZ Stadium
          Canterbury-Bankstown 4
  EF2: 9 Sept, Canberra Stadium       PF2: 22 Sept, AAMI Park       Melbourne 14
6   Canberra 34           Melbourne 40  
7   Cronulla-Sutherland 16     SF2: 15 Sept, ANZ Stadium         Manly-Warringah 12  
      South Sydney 38    
QF2: 8 Sept, AAMI Park       Canberra 16    
2   Melbourne 24  
3   South Sydney 6  

Grand final

Sunday, 30 September
17:00
Melbourne Storm 14 – 4 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Tries:
Ryan Hoffman
Justin O'Neill
Billy Slater
Goals:
Cameron Smith (1/4)		 report Tries:
Sam Perrett


Goals:
Krisnan Inu (0/1)
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Attendance: 82,976
Referee: Tony Archer & Ben Cummins
Man of the Match: Cooper Cronk

Player statistics

The following statistics are inclusion of the finals series.

Attendance figures

Home ground figures

ClubTotalAverageBest Crowd
Brisbane Broncos 400,528 33,377 43,171 vs North Queensland Cowboys, Round 2
Canterbury Bulldogs 282,864 23,572 70,354 vs South Sydney Rabbitohs, Finals Week 3
Newcastle Knights 251,024 20,919 29,482 vs Canterbury Bulldogs, Round 22
South Sydney Rabbitohs 226,848 18,904 35,874 vs Canberra Raiders, Finals Week 2
New Zealand Warriors 205,334 17,111 37,502 vs Manly Sea Eagles, Round 1 2
Parramatta Eels 201,663 16,803 45,863 vs St George Illawarra Dragons, Round 26
St George Illawarra Dragons 197,111 16,426 40,164 vs Sydney Roosters, Round 8 3
Wests Tigers 194,726 16,227 25,608 vs South Sydney Rabbitohs, Round 5
Manly Sea Eagles 175,120 14,593 20,095 vs New Zealand Warriors, Round 21 4
North Queensland Cowboys 172,978 14,415 20,367 vs Brisbane Broncos, Round 15
Gold Coast Titans 172,865 14,405 20,187 vs South Sydney Rabbitohs, Round 22
Cronulla Sharks 158,802 13,234 21,380 vs St George Illawarra Dragons, Round 6
Melbourne Storm 152,217 12,685 25,534 vs Manly Sea Eagles, Finals Week 3
Sydney Roosters 149,790 12,482 19,934 vs South Sydney Rabbitohs, Round 19
Penrith Panthers 130,301 10,858 15,579 vs Wests Tigers, Round 7
Canberra Raiders 122,274 10,190 24,450 vs Cronulla Sharks, Finals Week 1

Transfers

Players

Coaches

Coach 2011 Club 2012 Club
Wayne Bennett St. George Illawarra Dragons Newcastle Knights
Steve Price St. George Illawarra Dragons (assistant coach) St. George Illawarra Dragons
Ivan Cleary New Zealand Warriors Penrith Panthers
Brian McClennan Auckland Rugby League (development officer) New Zealand Warriors
Michael Maguire Wigan Warriors South Sydney Rabbitohs
Des Hasler Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
Geoff Toovey Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles (assistant coach) Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles

See also

References

  1. ↑ AAP (22 February 2012). "NRL dumps McIntyre system". ABC News. Retrieved 12 September 2012.
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