The 2012 NEAFL season was the second season of the North East Australian Football League (NEAFL).
League structure The league is split into two divisions called the Northern Conference and the Eastern Conference.
In 2012 two new teams were added to the Eastern Conference from the AFL Sydney competition - and . With the admission of Greater Western Sydney to the AFL, the club's NEAFL side became a reserves team and played under the name of University of Western Sydney.
Participating clubs Eastern Conference Participating ClubsClubLocationHome ground Canberra, ACT Ainslie Oval Canberra, ACT Manuka Oval Canberra, ACT Manuka Oval Canberra, ACT Dairy Farmers Park Sydney, NSW Bruce Purser Reserve Sydney, NSW Sydney Cricket Ground Sydney, NSW Sydney University Oval Canberra, ACT Greenway Oval Sydney, NSW Blacktown Olympic Park Northern Conference Participating ClubsClubLocationHome ground Brisbane, QLD Graham Road Brisbane, QLD Gabba Gold Coast, QLD H & A Oval Gold Coast, QLD Metricon Stadium Gold Coast, QLD Cooke-Murphy Oval Brisbane, QLD Jack Esplen Oval Brisbane, QLD Dittmer Park Darwin, NT TIO Stadium Brisbane, QLD Tidbold Park Gold Coast, QLD Fankhauser Reserve
Regular season
Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12
Round 13
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Ladder
Finals series
Week 1
Week 2
Week 3
Week 4
Week 5
Foxtel Cup
Round of 16
Quarter-finals
Semi-finals
Awards The Grogan Medal was shared between Ryan Davey of , Fraser Pope of and Tom Salter of . All three polled 14 votes to be judged as the best and fairest players in the Northern Conference of the NEAFL. The Mulrooney Medal was won by Shane Harris of the . He polled 16 votes to be judged as the best and fairest player in the Eastern Conference of the NEAFL.
Best and fairest Club Award name Player Hibberson Cup Perpetual Trophy Carl Herbert Medal Matt Payne Shane Harris Syd Guildford Trophy Justin Mesman Danny Newman Medal Devery-Kelly Medal Jim Fletcher Medal Jason Roe Tony Wynd Medal Dowling Medal Scott Clouston Jamie Vlarko Marc Dragicevic
Team of the year
Eastern conference
Northern conference
AFL draftees
Draft pick Player Club Drafted to58N Clay Cameron 35R Adam Oxley 46R Craig Moller 51R Joseph Redfern 55R Andrew Boston 63R Jordon Bourke N – national draft R – rookie draft
References
External links http://www.neafl.com.au/ Official NEAFL website