2012 Queensland Firebirds season

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Queensland Firebirds
2012 season
Head coachRoselee Jencke[1]
CaptainLauren Nourse
Main venueBrisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre
Season results
Wins–losses7–6
Regular season6th
Finals placingDid not qualify
Team colours
Team colours
Team colours
Queensland Firebirds seasons

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[edit]

Player movements[edit]

Gains and losses
Increase Gains Decrease Losses

Sources:[2][3][6][7][8]

2012 roster[edit]

2012 Queensland Firebirds roster
Players Coaching staff
Nat. Name Position(s) DoB Height
Australia Candice Adams GA, GS, WA (1988-11-23)23 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Jamaica Romelda Aiken GS, GA (1988-11-19)19 November 1988 (aged 23) 1.96 m (6 ft 5 in)
Australia Shannon Eagland (TRP) GD, WD (1990-05-16)16 May 1990 (aged 21) 1.82 m (6 ft 0 in)
Australia Laura Geitz GK, GD (1987-11-04)4 November 1987 (aged 24) 1.85 m (6 ft 1 in)
Australia Nicola Gray (TRP) GA, WA –
Australia Elissa Macleod C, WD, WA (1984-03-19)19 March 1984 (aged 28) 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Australia Natalie Medhurst GA, GS (1984-01-20)20 January 1984 (aged 28) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Australia Jacinta Messer GD, GK (1986-08-13)13 August 1986 (aged 25) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Australia Lauren Nourse (c) WA, C (1982-08-10)10 August 1982 (aged 29) 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Australia Chelsea Pitman GA, WA (1988-06-08)8 June 1988 (aged 23) 1.81 m (5 ft 11 in)
Australia Amy Steel GD, GK (1989-04-07)7 April 1989 (aged 22) 1.90 m (6 ft 3 in)
Australia Keirra Trompf WD (1985-09-16)16 September 1985 (aged 26) 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Australia Ameliaranne Wells GS, GA (1991-01-11)11 January 1991 (aged 21) 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Australia Stephanie Wood (TRP) GA, WA (1991-11-28)28 November 1991 (aged 20) 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Head coach


Notes
  • (c) – Captain
  • (cc) – Co-captain
  • (vc) – Vice-captain
  • Injured or on maternity leave – Injury / maternity leave
  • (TRP) – Temporary Replacement Player

Sources:[9][10]

Notes

Tauranga Pre-Season Tournament[edit]

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
Sunday 4 March Queensland Firebirds 50–30 Melbourne Vixens TECT Arena  

Sources:[2][14][15][16]

Regular season[edit]

Fixtures and results[edit]

Round 1
Sunday 1 April Queensland Firebirds 42 – 47 Melbourne Vixens Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre  
14:20 (UTC+10:00) Romelda Aiken Goals scored 29/35 (83%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 13/21 (62%) 		Report
Stats 		Kate Beveridge Goals scored 15/19 (79%)
Karyn Howarth Goals scored 26/38 (68%)
Tegan Caldwell Goals scored 6/8 (75%)
Round 2
Sunday 8 April Queensland Firebirds 44 – 54 Adelaide Thunderbirds Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre  
12:10 (UTC+10:00) Romelda Aiken Goals scored 34/43 (79%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 10/11 (91%)
Chelsea Pitman Goals scored 0/1 (0%) 		Stats Erin Bell Goals scored 22/29 (76%)
Carla Borrego Goals scored 32/35 (91%)
Round 3
Sunday 15 April Queensland Firebirds 58 – 32 Central Pulse Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre  
12:10 (UTC+12:00) Romelda Aiken Goals scored 38/48 (79%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 20/22 (91%) 		Stats Amber Bellringer Goals scored 7/10 (70%)
Paula Griffin Goals scored 4/12 (33%)
Caitlin Thwaites Goals scored 21/28 (75%)
Round 4
Sunday 22 April New South Wales Swifts 54 – 49 Queensland Firebirds Sydney Olympic Park Sports Centre  
14:20 (UTC+10:00) Carla Dziwoki Goals scored 14/17 (82%)
Susan Pratley Goals scored 30/34 (88%)
Amorette Wild Goals scored 10/12 (83%) 		Stats Romelda Aiken Goals scored 30/39 (77%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 19/22 (86%)
Round 5
Sunday 29 April Melbourne Vixens 52 – 51 Queensland Firebirds Hisense Arena  
14:20 (UTC+10:00) Kate Beveridge Goals scored 12/16 (75%)
Tegan Caldwell Goals scored 27/33 (82%)
Karyn Howarth Goals scored 13/16 (81%) 		Stats Romelda Aiken Goals scored 33/36 (92%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 18/23 (78%)
Round 6
Sunday 6 May Queensland Firebirds 56 – 43 Northern Mystics Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre  
14:20 (UTC+10:00) Romelda Aiken Goals scored 34/47 (72%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 22/24 (92%) 		Stats Cathrine Latu Goals scored 19/19 (100%)
Grace Rasmussen Goals scored 0/1 (0%)
Maria Tutaia Goals scored 24/32 (75%)
Round 7
Monday 14 May Queensland Firebirds 64 – 48 Canterbury Tactix Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre  
19:40 (UTC+10:00) Romelda Aiken Goals scored 38/43 (88%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 26/29 (90%) 		Stats Ellen Halpenny Goals scored 20/30 (67%)
Joanne Harten Goals scored 23/29 (79%)
Anna Thompson Goals scored 5/9 (56%)
Round 8
Sunday 20 May Southern Steel 60 – 61 Queensland Firebirds Stadium Southland  
19:20 (UTC+12:00) Jodi Brown Goals scored 32/40 (80%)
Donna Wilkins Goals scored 28/30 (93%) 		Stats Romelda Aiken Goals scored 37/42 (88%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 24/27 (89%)
Round 9
Sunday 27 May West Coast Fever 55 – 56 Queensland Firebirds Challenge Stadium  
10:10 (UTC+08:00) Caitlin Bassett Goals scored 34/37 (92%)
Catherine Cox Goals scored 21/29 (72%) 		Stats Romelda Aiken Goals scored 32/34 (94%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 24/31 (77%)
Round 10
Sunday 3 June Queensland Firebirds 50 – 45 New South Wales Swifts Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre  
12:10 (UTC+10:00) Romelda Aiken Goals scored 38/43 (88%)
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 12/20 (60%) 		Report
 Susan Pratley Goals scored 29/33 (88%)
Amorette Wild Goals scored 9/12 (75%)
Carla Dziwoki Goals scored 7/9 (78%)
Round 11
Sunday 10 June Adelaide Thunderbirds 54 – 49 Queensland Firebirds Netball SA Stadium  
13:40 (UTC+09:30) Erin Bell Goals scored 19/21 (90%)
Carla Borrego Goals scored 35/35 (100%) 		Report
 Romelda Aiken Goals scored ?
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored ?
Round 12

Queensland Firebirds received a bye.

Round 13
Sunday 24 June Queensland Firebirds 63 – 43 West Coast Fever Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre  
14:20 (UTC+10:00) Romelda Aiken Goals scored
Natalie Medhurst Goals scored 38 		Report
 Caitlin Bassett Goals scored 35
Catherine Cox Goals scored
Round 14
Monday 2 July Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 53 – 43 Queensland Firebirds Claudelands Arena  
19:40 (UTC+12:00) Report

Sources:[17]

Final table[edit]

2012 ANZ Championship ladder
Pos Team Pld W L GF GA GD G% Pts
1 Melbourne Vixens 13 10 3 645 569 76 113.36 20
2 Northern Mystics 13 10 3 667 633 34 105.37 20
3 Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic 13 9 4 699 594 105 117.68 18
4 Adelaide Thunderbirds 13 9 4 670 589 81 113.75 18
5 New South Wales Swifts 13 8 5 624 638 -14 97.81 16
6 Queensland Firebirds 13 7 6 686 640 46 107.19 14
7 Central Pulse 13 5 8 585 626 -41 93.45 10
8 West Coast Fever 13 3 10 608 673 -65 90.34 6
9 Southern Steel 13 2 11 639 728 -89 87.77 4
10 Canterbury Tactix 13 2 11 634 767 -133 82.66 4
Updated 28 March 2021

  Qualified for Major semi-final
  Qualified for Minor semi-final

  • Pld = Games played
  • W = Win (2 points)
  • L = Loss (0 points)
  • GF = Goals For
  • GA = Goals Against
  • GD = Goals Difference (= GF−GA)
  • G% = Goal percentage (= 100 × GF/GA)

Pts = Points


References[edit]

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  12. ^ "Sunshine Coast Lightning Star Steph Wood out for revenge against Queensland Firebirds". www.couriermail.com.au. 7 August 2018. Retrieved 24 December 2020.
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