2012 Queensland Firebirds season explained
Year: | 2012 |
Team: | Queensland Firebirds |
Head Coach: | Roselee Jencke[1] |
Wins: | 7 |
Losses: | 6 |
Placing: | 6th |
Finals: | Did not qualify |
Pattern B1: | anzcfbirds1 |
The 2012 Queensland Firebirds season saw Queensland Firebirds compete in the 2012 ANZ Championship. As both defending champions and winners of the Tauranga Pre-Season Tournament, Firebirds began the season as favorites.[2] [3] However they subsequently won just seven games and finished sixth during the regular season, failing to qualify for the play-offs.[4] In October 2012, after three seasons as Firebirds' captain, Lauren Nourse announced her retirement.[5]
Players
Player movements
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2012 roster
- Notes
Tauranga Pre-Season Tournament
On 2, 3 and 4 March, Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic hosted a pre-season tournament at the TECT Arena in Tauranga. For the first time since 2008, all ten ANZ Championship teams competed at the same tournament. The ten teams were divided into two pools of five. Teams within each pool played each other once and the winners qualified for the final. Queensland Firebirds won both their pool and the tournament overall after defeating Melbourne Vixens 50–30 in the final.
- Final
Regular season
Fixtures and results
- Round 1
Round 2
Round 3
Round 4
Round 5
Round 6
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12Queensland Firebirds received a bye.
Round 13
Round 14
Final table
Notes and References
- Web site: Re-signed Firebirds coach focuses on stars. www.abc.net.au. 3 June 2011. 29 March 2021.
- News: ANZ 2012 Netball Championship review. www.theroar.com.au. 19 March 2012. 20 March 2021.
- News: Netball: Team-by-team guide. www.nzherald.co.nz. 29 March 2012. 16 December 2020.
- Web site: ANZ Championship - 2012 Season Ladder. www.anz-championship.com. 28 March 2021. 23 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210423212442/http://www.anz-championship.com/matches/ladder.html. dead.
- Web site: Lauren Nourse to retire, Gray Signs on. www.anz-championship.com. 9 October 2012. 9 March 2021. 30 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210430201333/http://www.anz-championship.com/Features/ArtMID/1933/ArticleID/30/Lauren-Nourse-to-retire-Gray-Signs-on.html. dead.
- Web site: Stephanie Wood – inner strength. netballscoop.com. 12 June 2019. 25 December 2020.
- Web site: Sunshine Coast Lightning Star Steph Wood out for revenge against Queensland Firebirds. www.couriermail.com.au. 7 August 2018. 24 December 2020.
- Web site: Melbourne Vixens 52–51 Queensland Firebirds . championdata.com. 29 April 2012. 30 March 2021.