2011 NAB Cup

The 2011 NAB Cup was the Australian Football League (AFL) pre-season competition played before the 2011 home and away season. The games were played between 11 February and 11 March. The first match was between Adelaide and Melbourne in Adelaide at AAMI Stadium.

2011 NAB Cup
Season2011
Teams18
WinnersCollingwood (1st title)
Matches played25
Attendance518,572 (average 20,743 per match)
Michael Tuck MedallistHeath Shaw (Collingwood)
2010
2012

This was the first time since 2003 that the competition format had changed. With the introduction of the Gold Coast Football Club and Greater Western Sydney Giants (the latter required to make the competition feature a manageable 18 teams), the format for the 2011 NAB Cup was as follows:[1]

  • Weeks 1 and 2: The eighteen teams are split into six pools of three teams each. The three teams in each pool play each other in games of two 20-minute halves, with all three games being played over a three-hour period at the one venue.
  • Week 3: The first ranked teams from each pool progress to the quarter-finals, with the two next best ranked teams joining them, allowing an eight team quarter-finals weekend.
  • Week 4: The winners from the quarter-finals progress to the semi-finals.
  • Week 5: The two winners of the semi-finals progress to the NAB Cup Grand Final.

Games

The first round fixtures were announced by the AFL on 26 October 2010.[2][3]

Round 1

Pool 1
Friday, 11 February 7:15 pm Adelaide 0.3.6 (24) def. by Melbourne 0.5.4 (34) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 18,202) Report
Friday, 11 February 8:20 pm Melbourne 0.5.6 (36) def. Port Adelaide 1.2.6 (27) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 18,202) Report
Friday, 11 February 9:25 pm Adelaide 0.6.4 (40) def. Port Adelaide 0.1.2 (8) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 18,202) Report
Pool 2
Saturday, 12 February 7:15 pm Carlton 0.6.5 (41) def. Richmond 0.3.5 (23) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 40,300) Report
Saturday, 12 February 8:20 pm Richmond 0.1.1 (7) def. by Collingwood 0.7.8 (50) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 40,300) Report
Saturday, 12 February 9:25 pm Carlton 0.3.8 (26) def. by Collingwood 0.5.3 (33) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 40,300) Report
Pool 3
Sunday, 13 February 4:45 pm West Coast 0.5.1 (31) def. Hawthorn 0.4.5 (29) Patersons Stadium (crowd: 25,776) Report
Sunday, 13 February 5:50 pm Hawthorn 1.4.4 (37) def. Fremantle 0.3.5 (23) Patersons Stadium (crowd: 25,776) Report
Sunday, 13 February 6:55 pm West Coast 0.5.7 (37) def. Fremantle 0.4.1 (25) Patersons Stadium (crowd: 25,776) Report
Pool 4
Friday, 18 February 7:15 pm Essendon 1.11.1 (76) def. Brisbane Lions 0.2.2 (14) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 24,158) Report
Friday, 18 February 8:20 pm Brisbane Lions 0.2.3 (15) def. by St Kilda 1.5.5 (44) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 24,158) Report
Friday, 18 February 9:25 pm Essendon 0.5.8 (38) drew with St Kilda 0.6.2 (38) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 24,158) Report
Pool 5
Saturday, 19 February 7:15 pm Greater Western Sydney 0.0.4 (4) def. by Sydney 0.13.5 (83) Blacktown Olympic Park (crowd: 9,447) Report
Saturday, 19 February 8:20 pm Sydney 0.3.4 (22) def. by Gold Coast 0.4.1 (25) Blacktown Olympic Park (crowd: 9,447) Report
Saturday, 19 February 9:25 pm Greater Western Sydney 0.4.3 (27) def. by Gold Coast 0.8.4 (52) Blacktown Olympic Park (crowd: 9,447) Report
Pool 6
Sunday, 20 February 3:45 pm Geelong 0.4.8 (32) def. North Melbourne 0.2.2 (14) Skilled Stadium (crowd: 13,232) Report
Sunday, 20 February 4:50 pm North Melbourne 1.2.2 (23) def. by Western Bulldogs 0.8.6 (54) Skilled Stadium (crowd: 13,232) Report
Sunday, 20 February 5:55 pm Geelong 0.7.4 (46) def. Western Bulldogs 0.4.1 (25) Skilled Stadium (crowd: 13,232) Report

Quarter-finals

Quarter-finals
Thursday, 24 February 7:10 pm Melbourne 1.11.7 (82) def. by Essendon 1.17.10 (121) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 13,863) Report
Friday, 25 February 7:40 pm Collingwood 1.12.12 (93) def. Sydney 1.10.10 (79) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 10,773) Report
Saturday, 26 February 7:10 pm Geelong 1.6.6 (51) def. by St Kilda 1.15.7 (106) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 9,670) Report
Sunday, 27 February 4:40 pm West Coast 0.12.15 (87) def. Gold Coast 1.5.11 (50) Patersons Stadium (crowd: 12,625) Report

Semi-finals

Semi-finals
Friday, 4 March 7:40 pm Essendon 0.12.12 (84) def. St Kilda 0.6.9 (45) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 17,632) Report
Saturday, 5 March 5:40 pm West Coast 0.8.8 (56) def. by Collingwood 1.9.17 (80) Patersons Stadium (crowd: 15,360) Report

Grand Final

2011 NAB Cup Grand Final
Friday, 11 March 7:45 pm Essendon def. by Collingwood Etihad Stadium (crowd: 45,304) Report
0.2.2 (14)
0.3.4 (22)
0.9.5 (59)
 0.13.8 (86)
Q1
Q2
Q3
 Final
0.3.4 (22)
0.7.6 (48)
1.11.7 (82)
 1.15.9 (108)
Umpires: Rosebury, Stevic, Nicholls, Jennings
Michael Tuck Medal: Heath Shaw
Television broadcast: Seven Network
Super Goals Buckley 1
Hurley, Monfries 3
Ryder, Watson, Zaharakis 2
Hocking 1
Goals Krakouer, Dawes 3
Cloke 2
Ball, Beams, McCarthy, Pendlebury, Swan, Thomas, Wellingham 1
Hardingham (groin) Injuries Nil
  • By winning this NAB Cup Collingwood became the first team since their opponent Essendon, in 1993/1994, to win a pre-season premiership after winning the previous years' grand final. This was also just Collingwood's second pre-season premiership, the previous one coming in 1979.
  • This is Collingwood's first pre-season premiership in 32 years, which coincidentally was the same number of years difference between VFL/AFL premiership wins when they defeated Essendon in 1990.

NAB Challenge

Teams that are eliminated from the NAB Cup are scheduled to play against each other, mostly at regional venues, to provide all teams warm-up games for the main season and expose regional audiences to AFL level football.

On 16 December 2010, the AFL announced the towns that will play host to the NAB Challenge competition. In week 1, the Adelaide suburb of Thebarton hosted an AFL pre-season game for the first time at Thebarton Oval where SANFL team Woodville-West Torrens plays. Traeger Park in Alice Springs, Manuka Oval, Visy Park and Skilled Stadium also hosted matches. Week 2 saw matches played at Lavington for the first time since 2006 as well as games at Southport, Bunbury, Shepparton, Visy Park and AAMI Stadium. In the final week of the competition, matches were played at Coffs Harbour, North Ballarat, Southport, Willaston near Gawler (SA), Fremantle, Aurora Stadium and Visy Park.[4]

Week 1
Friday 25 February 7:00 pm Port Adelaide 13.11 (89) def. by Richmond 14.8 (92) Traeger Park Report
Saturday 26 February 1:00 pm Hawthorn 15.9 (99) def. North Melbourne 10.10 (70) Skilled Stadium Report
Saturday 26 February 1:00 pm Western Bulldogs 20.8 (128) def. Brisbane Lions 8.10 (58) Visy Park Report
Saturday 26 February 3:30 pm Adelaide 22.9 (141) def. Fremantle 10.6 (66) Thebarton Oval (crowd: 4,721) Report
Saturday 26 February 4:00 pm Greater Western Sydney 4.2 (26) def. by Carlton 29.9 (183) Manuka Oval (crowd: 5,991) Report
Week 2
Friday 4 March 4:00 pm Carlton 15.10 (100) def. Adelaide 11.10 (76) Visy Park (crowd: 3,000 est.) Report
Friday 4 March 7:00 pm Hawthorn 12.17 (89) def. Richmond 7.6 (48) Deakin Reserve, Shepparton (crowd: 6,108) Report
Friday 4 March 7:00 pm Port Adelaide 19.21 (135) def. Geelong 7.9 (51) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 4,110) Report
Saturday 5 March 12:00 pm Melbourne 12.6 (78) def. by Brisbane Lions 16.11 (107) Visy Park (crowd: 3,000 est.) Report
Saturday 5 March 3:00 pm Gold Coast 3.5 (23) def. by Sydney 14.11 (95) Fankhauser Reserve, Southport (crowd: 2,859) Report
Saturday 5 March 3:30 pm Fremantle 9.14 (68) def. by Western Bulldogs 14.14 (98) Hands Oval (crowd: 4,000 est.)

Report

Saturday 5 March 7:00 pm Greater Western Sydney 8.2 (50) def. by North Melbourne 18.15 (123) Lavington Oval (crowd: 6,122) Report
Week 3
Friday 11 March 4:00 pm Richmond 8.6 (54) def. by Adelaide 18.14 (122) Visy Park (crowd: 2,000 est.) Report
Friday 11 March 7:00 pm Hawthorn 15.14 (104) def. Melbourne 12.3 (75) Aurora Stadium (crowd: 4,010) Report
Saturday 12 March 11:00 am Fremantle 13.12 (90) def. West Coast 11.15 (81) Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6,583) Report
Saturday 12 March 1:00 pm North Melbourne 18.10 (118) def. Western Bulldogs 16.9 (105) Eureka Stadium (crowd: 7,000) Report
Saturday 12 March 1:00 pm Carlton 11.15 (81) def. by Geelong 14.8 (92) Visy Park (crowd: 8,000) Report
Saturday 12 March 4:00 pm Port Adelaide 21.13 (139) def. Greater Western Sydney 6.8. (44) Willaston Oval, Willaston, South Australia (crowd: 4,164) Report
Saturday 12 March 7:00 pm Sydney 12.12 (84) def. St Kilda 8.5 (53) BCU International Stadium, Coffs Harbour (crowd: 4,827) Report
Sunday 13 March 3:00 pm Gold Coast 7.12 (54) def. by Brisbane Lions 17.20 (122) Fankhauser Reserve, Southport (crowd: 4,053) Report

See also

Footnotes

Notes
    References
    1. Pies' blockbuster pool Archived 29 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine
    2. "Blockbuster start to NAB Cup". Herald Sun. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 26 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
    3. "2011 NAB Cup Fixture". AFL.com.au. 26 October 2010. Archived from the original on 27 October 2010. Retrieved 26 October 2010.
    4. New regional venues to host NAB Challenge
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