{{Multiple issues| {{More citations needed|date=October 2025}} {{No footnotes|date=October 2025}} }} {{Use dmy dates|date=December 2017}} {{Use Australian English|date=December 2017}} {{Infobox Australian rules football season | competition = tsl | year = 2012 | teams = {{plainlist}} * [[Burnie Dockers Football Club|Burnie Dockers]] * [[Clarence Football Club|Clarence Kangaroos]] * [[Devonport Football Club|Devonport Magpies]] * [[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy Magpies]] * [[Hobart Football Club|Hobart Tigers]] * [[Lauderdale Football Club|Lauderdale Bombers]] * [[Launceston Football Club|Launceston Blues]] * [[North Hobart Demons]] * [[North Launceston Football Club|North Launceston Bombers]] * [[South Launceston Football Club|South Launceston Bulldogs]] {{endplainlist}} | premiers = [[Burnie Dockers|Burnie]] | prevseason = [[2011 TSL season|2011]] | nextseason = [[2013 TSL season|2013]] |date=31 March – 22 September 2012}} The '''2012 [[AFL Tasmania]] [[Tasmanian Football League|TSL]] premiership season''' was an [[Australian rules football]] competition staged across [[Tasmania]], [[Australia]], over eighteen roster rounds plus one Regional round and six finals series matches, between 31 March and 22 September 2012.
The League is known as the Wrest Point Tasmanian State League under a commercial naming-rights sponsorship agreement with [[Wrest Point Casino]] in [[Hobart]] and [[Federal Group]].
==Participating Clubs== *[[Burnie Dockers Football Club]] *[[Clarence Football Club|Clarence District Football Club]] *[[Devonport Football Club]] *[[Glenorchy Football Club|Glenorchy District Football Club]] *[[Hobart Football Club]] *[[Lauderdale Football Club]] *[[Launceston Football Club]] *[[North Hobart Demons|North Hobart Football Club]] *[[North Launceston Football Club]] *[[South Launceston Football Club]]
===2012 TSL Club Coaches=== *Brent Plant (Burnie) *Matthew Drury (Clarence) *Glen Lutwyche (Devonport) *[[Ben Beams]] (Glenorchy) *Anthony McConnon (Hobart) *Darren Winter (Lauderdale) *Anthony Taylor (Launceston) *Lance Spaulding (North Hobart) *Zane Littlejohn (North Launceston) *[[Mitch Thorp]] (South Launceston)
===Current Leading Goalkickers: Tasmanian State League=== *Mitchell Williamson (Clarence) - 83 *Adam Derbyshire (Launceston) - 71 *Trent Standen (Clarence) - 50 *Jaye Bowden (Glenorchy) - 48 *Michael Cassidy (Lauderdale) - 46 *Aaron McNab (Devonport) - 45
===Medal Winners=== *Jaye Bowden (Glenorchy) - Tassie Medal (TSL Seniors) *Joe Edwards (Lauderdale) - Eade Medal (TSL Colts) *[[Jason Laycock]] (Burnie) - Darrel Baldock Medal (Best player in TSL Grand Final) *Mitchell Williamson (Clarence) - Hudson Medal (TSL Leading Goalkicker) *Aaron McNab (Devonport) - TSL Rookie of the Year.
===TSL Colts Grand Final=== *Nth Launceston 11.9 (75) v Launceston 10.13 (73) - [[Aurora Stadium]]
===Interstate Matches=== '''Interstate Match''' (Saturday, 26 May 2012) *[[Victorian Football League|Victoria]] 20.17 (137) v [[Tasmanian Football League|Tasmania]] 3.11 (29) – [[Sports attendance|Att]]: 1,236 at [[Bellerive Oval|Blundstone Arena]]
===[[2012 Foxtel Cup]]=== (Saturday, 31 March 2012) - *[[Morningside Australian Football Club|Morningside]] ([[North East Australian Football League|NEAFL]]) 12.10 (82) v Launceston ([[Tasmanian Football League|TSL]]) 7.7 (49) – [[Metricon Stadium]], [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]] * <small>Note: This match was played as a curtain-raiser to the Gold Coast Suns v Adelaide Crows AFL fixture which drew an attendance of 12,790.</small>
(Saturday, 14 April 2012) *<!-- Deleted image removed: [[File:Werribee Tigers Jumper.svg|14px]] -->– [[Werribee Football Club|Werribee]] ([[Victorian Football League|VFL]]) 26.9 (165) v Burnie ([[Tasmanian Football League|TSL]]) 5.2 (32) – [[Docklands Stadium|Etihad Stadium]], [[Melbourne, Victoria|Melbourne]] * <small>Note: This match was played as a curtain-raiser to the St Kilda v Western Bulldogs AFL fixture which drew an attendance of 28,971.</small>
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===Regional Season Openers=== (Saturday, 31 March 2012) *Burnie 20.12 (132) v Nth Hobart 10.14 (74) – [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] *Lauderdale 11.19 (85) v Hobart 6.8 (44) – [[Lauderdale Oval|Lauderdale Sports Ground]] (Twilight) *Nth Launceston 14.14 (98) v Devonport 11.5 (71) – [[York Park|Aurora Stadium]] (Saturday Night)
===Round 1=== (Wednesday, 4 April & Friday, 6 April 2012) *Clarence 15.10 (100) v Glenorchy 9.6 (60) – [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] (Wednesday Night) *Nth Hobart 17.17 (119) v Hobart 10.8 (68) – [[North Hobart Oval]] (Friday) *Lauderdale 17.18 (120) v Sth Launceston 13.12 (90) – [[Lauderdale Oval|Lauderdale Sports Ground]] (Friday) *Launceston 13.19 (97) v Nth Launceston 12.15 (87) – [[York Park|Aurora Stadium]] (Friday Night) *Burnie 25.14 (164) v Devonport 8.2 (50) – [[Devonport Oval]] (Friday Night)
===Round 2=== (Friday, 13 April & Saturday, 14 April 2012) *Lauderdale 13.9 (87) v Glenorchy 6.12 (48) – [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] (Friday Night) *Clarence 28.20 (188) v Hobart 4.7 (31) – [[TCA Ground]] *Launceston 22.12 (144) v Devonport 11.8 (74) – [[Windsor Park, Tasmania|Windsor Park]] *Sth Launceston 14.11 (95) v Nth Launceston 8.11 (59) – Youngtown Memorial Ground
===Round 3=== (Friday, 20 April & Saturday, 21 April 2012) *Clarence 20.16 (136) v Nth Hobart 5.9 (39) - [[Bellerive Oval|Blundstone Arena]] (Friday Night) *Glenorchy 16.17 (113) v Hobart 9.8 (62) - [[TCA Ground]] *Burnie 17.15 (117) v Lauderdale 8.9 (57) - [[Lauderdale Oval|Lauderdale Sports Ground]] *Launceston 11.13 (79) v Sth Launceston 7.11 (53) - [[Windsor Park, Tasmania|Windsor Park]] *Nth Launceston 19.20 (134) v Devonport 10.12 (72) - [[Devonport Oval]] (Saturday Night)
===Round 4=== (Saturday, 28 April & Sunday, 29 April 2012) *Clarence 18.12 (120) v Devonport 4.8 (32) - [[Bellerive Oval|Blundstone Arena]] *Sth Launceston 15.17 (107) v Hobart 6.5 (41) - Youngtown Memorial Ground *Glenorchy 9.13 (67) v Nth Launceston 3.12 (30) - [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] (Night) *Burnie 22.17 (149) v Launceston 3.5 (23) - [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] (Sunday) *Lauderdale 13.8 (86) v Nth Hobart 11.8 (74) - [[North Hobart Oval]] (Sunday)
===Round 5=== (Saturday, 5 May & Sunday, 6 May 2012) *Clarence 16.19 (115) v Lauderdale 10.10 (70) - [[Bellerive Oval|Blundstone Arena]] *Burnie 20.14 (134) v Nth Launceston 14.8 (92) - [[Aurora Stadium]] *Launceston 13.11 (89) v Glenorchy 12.10 (82) - [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] (Night) *Sth Launceston 13.12 (90) v Devonport 10.15 (75) - [[Devonport Oval]] (Night) *Nth Hobart 12.17 (89) v Hobart 13.5 (83) - [[TCA Ground]] (Sunday)
===Round 6=== (Saturday, 12 May 2012) *Nth Launceston 14.11 (95) v Nth Hobart 8.12 (60) - [[North Hobart Oval]] *Clarence 14.18 (102) v Sth Launceston 10.10 (70) - Youngtown Memorial Ground *Burnie 9.11 (65) v Glenorchy 9.4 (58) - [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] *Launceston 18.15 (123) v Devonport 11.8 (74) - [[York Park|Aurora Stadium]]
===Round 7=== (Saturday, 19 May & Sunday, 20 May 2012) *Burnie 22.24 (156) v Hobart 4.8 (32) - [[TCA Ground]] *Glenorchy 14.17 (101) v Nth Hobart 8.14 (62) - [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] *Lauderdale 16.12 (108) v Devonport 13.7 (85) - [[Devonport Oval]] *Clarence 12.20 (92) v Launceston 11.6 (72) - [[Bellerive Oval|Blundstone Arena]] (Night) *Sth Launceston 13.8 (86) v Nth Launceston 12.9 (81) - Youngtown Memorial Ground (Sunday)
===Round 8=== (Saturday, 2 June & Sunday, 3 June 2012) *Nth Hobart 16.9 (105) v Devonport 13.12 (90) - [[North Hobart Oval]] *Burnie 17.17 (119) v Sth Launceston 7.11 (53) - [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] *Clarence 22.13 (145) v Hobart 7.6 (48) - [[TCA Ground]] (Sunday) *Lauderdale 17.7 (109) v Glenorchy 8.6 (54) - [[Lauderdale Oval|Lauderdale Sports Ground]] (Sunday) *Launceston 10.10 (70) v Nth Launceston 8.6 (54) - [[Windsor Park, Tasmania|Windsor Park]] (Sunday)
===Round 9=== (Friday, 8 June. Saturday, 9 June & Sunday, 10 June 2012) *Glenorchy 17.15 (117) v Hobart 6.1 (37) - [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] (Friday Night) *Lauderdale 12.21 (93) v Nth Hobart 9.8 (62) - [[Lauderdale Oval|Lauderdale Sports Ground]] *Clarence 14.12 (96) v Nth Launceston 10.9 (69) - [[York Park|Aurora Stadium]] *Launceston 17.10 (112) v Sth Launceston 6.13 (49) - Youngtown Memorial Ground *Burnie 11.18 (84) v Devonport 9.13 (67) - [[Devonport Oval]] (Sunday)
===Round 10=== (Saturday, 16 June & Sunday, 17 June 2012) *Glenorchy 15.10 (100) v Clarence 10.10 (70) - [[Bellerive Oval|Blundstone Arena]] *Nth Hobart 8.8 (56) v Sth Launceston 4.9 (33) - Youngtown Memorial Ground *Burnie 13.10 (88) v Launceston 6.10 (46) - [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] *Lauderdale 16.11 (107) v Hobart 8.7 (55) - [[TCA Ground]] (Sunday)
===Round 11=== (Saturday, 23 June 2012) *Clarence 16.12 (108) v Burnie 13.4 (82) - [[Bellerive Oval|Blundstone Arena]] *Nth Hobart 17.16 (118) v Hobart 5.4 (34) - [[North Hobart Oval]] *Lauderdale 17.14 (116) v Nth Launceston 11.11 (77) - [[Aurora Stadium]] *Launceston 14.11 (95) v Glenorchy 12.6 (78) - [[Windsor Park, Tasmania|Windsor Park]] *Devonport 11.16 (82) v Sth Launceston 12.9 (81) - [[Devonport Oval]]
===Round 12 A=== (Saturday, 30 June & Sunday, 1 July 2012) *Devonport 17.11 (113) v Hobart 14.14 (98) - [[TCA Ground]] *Clarence 12.7 (79) v Lauderdale 11.9 (75) - [[Lauderdale Oval|Lauderdale Sports Ground]] *Launceston 10.8 (68) v Nth Hobart 9.4 (58) - [[Windsor Park, Tasmania|Windsor Park]] *Burnie 14.15 (99) v Nth Launceston 7.5 (47) - [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] * *Glenorchy 15.12 (102) v Sth Launceston 7.17 (59) - [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] (Sunday) <small>Note: Burnie wore Black and Gold playing colours to honour the 1962 Burnie Tigers NWFU premiership team.</small>
===Round 12 B=== (Sunday, 8 July 2012) *Burnie 19.16 (130) v Sth Launceston 11.9 (75) - Youngtown Memorial Ground *<small>Bye: Clarence, Lauderdale, Launceston, Glenorchy, Nth Hobart, Nth Launceston, Devonport & Hobart.</small>
===Round 13=== (Saturday, 14 July & Sunday, 15 July 2012) *Glenorchy 18.4 (112) v Lauderdale 7.13 (55) - [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] *Clarence 13.5 (83) v Nth Hobart 10.9 (69) - [[Bellerive Oval|Blundstone Arena]] *Nth Launceston 14.14 (98) v Hobart 2.9 (21) - [[Aurora Stadium]] *Launceston 12.21 (93) v Devonport 7.7 (49) - [[Devonport Oval]]
===Round 14=== (Friday, 20 July. Saturday, 21 July & Sunday 22 July 2012) *Nth Launceston 10.9 (69) v Sth Launceston 5.8 (38) - [[Aurora Stadium]] (Friday Night) *Nth Hobart 14.14 (98) v Glenorchy 9.11 (65) - [[North Hobart Oval]] *Clarence 30.14 (194) v Hobart 2.6 (18) - [[Bellerive Oval|Blundstone Arena]] *Burnie 23.15 (153) v Devonport 8.7 (55) - [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]] *Lauderdale 15.18 (108) v Launceston 10.11 (71) - [[Lauderdale Oval|Lauderdale Sports Ground]] (Sunday)
===Round 15 A=== (Saturday, 26 July & Monday, 28 July 2012) *Sth Launceston 18.16 (124) v Hobart 6.6 (42) - [[TCA Ground]] *Glenorchy 14.14 (98) v Clarence 10.10 (70) - [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] (Monday Night)
===Round 15 B=== (Saturday, 4 August 2012) *Nth Hobart 14.17 (101) v Nth Launceston 10.8 (68) - [[North Hobart Oval]] *Launceston 13.14 (92) v Burnie 10.5 (65) - [[Windsor Park, Tasmania|Windsor Park]] *Lauderdale 21.6 (132) v Devonport 14.6 (90) - [[Devonport Oval]]
===Round 16=== (Saturday, 11 August 2012) *Glenorchy 22.18 (150) v Hobart 3.3 (21) - [[KGV Oval|KGV Football Park]] *Lauderdale 14.12 (96) v Nth Hobart 9.9 (63) - [[Lauderdale Oval|Lauderdale Sports Ground]] *Launceston 24.14 (158) v Nth Launceston 3.3 (21) - [[Windsor Park, Tasmania|Windsor Park]] *Sth Launceston 19.16 (130) v Devonport 11.5 (71) - Youngtown Memorial Ground *Burnie 17.19 (121) v Clarence 9.9 (63) - [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]]
===Round 17=== (Saturday, 18 August & Sunday, 19 August 2012) *Lauderdale 16.27 (123) v Hobart 3.3 (21) - [[TCA Ground]] (Twilight Match) *Burnie 16.17 (113) v Nth Launceston 6.8 (44) - [[Aurora Stadium]] *Launceston 9.11 (65) v Sth Launceston 8.10 (58) - Youngtown Memorial Ground *Glenorchy 18.12 (120) v Devonport 9.13 (67) - [[Devonport Oval]] *Clarence 17.15 (117) v Nth Hobart 15.11 (101) - [[North Hobart Oval]] (Sunday)
===Round 18=== (Saturday, 25 August 2012) *Glenorchy 17.23 (125) v Nth Hobart 13.2 (80) - [[North Hobart Oval]] *Lauderdale 14.15 (99) v Clarence 13.8 (86) - [[Lauderdale Oval|Lauderdale Sports Ground]] *Nth Launceston 16.15 (111) v Devonport 10.11 (71) - [[Aurora Stadium]] *Launceston 21.18 (144) v Hobart 3.4 (22) - [[Windsor Park, Tasmania|Windsor Park]] *Burnie 8.15 (63) v Sth Launceston 2.8 (20) - [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]]
===Elimination Final=== (Saturday, 1 September 2012) *Lauderdale: 3.1 (19) | 6.2 (38) | 10.3 (63) | 14.8 (92) *Glenorchy: 6.0 (36) | 9.3 (57) | 13.5 (83) | 13.5 (83) *[[Sports attendance|Attendance]]: 3,172 at [[North Hobart Oval]] (Double-Header)
===Qualifying Final=== (Saturday, 1 September 2012) *Launceston: 5.0 (30) | 6.3 (39) | 12.3 (75) | 18.9 (117) *Clarence: 1.4 (10) | 4.7 (31) | 6.10 (46) | 8.16 (64) *[[Sports attendance|Attendance]]: 3,172 at [[North Hobart Oval]] (Double-Header)
===First Semi Final=== (Sunday, 9 September 2012) *Clarence: 4.2 (26) | 7.8 (50) | 10.8 (68) | 16.11 (107) *Lauderdale: 6.4 (40) | 10.6 (66) | 12.7 (79) | 14.8 (92) *[[Sports attendance|Attendance]]: 2,174 at [[North Hobart Oval]]
===Second Semi Final=== (Sunday, 9 September 2012) *Burnie: 5.4 (34) | 6.5 (41) | 15.9 (99) | 17.10 (112) *Launceston: 1.0 (6) | 4.6 (30) | 5.6 (36) | 9.13 (67) *[[Sports attendance|Attendance]]: 1,692 at [[West Park (Burnie)|West Park Oval]]
===Preliminary Final=== (Saturday, 15 September 2012) *Launceston: 2.4 (16) | 4.10 (34) | 5.12 (42) | 9.14 (68) *Clarence: 1.1 (7) | 3.2 (20) | 7.8 (50) | 8.12 (60) *[[Sports attendance|Attendance]]: 1,727 at [[Aurora Stadium]] (Night)
===Grand Final=== (Sunday, 22 September 2012) *Burnie: 3.5 (23) | 8.9 (57) | 13.11 (89) | 16.14 (110) *Launceston: 2.3 (15) | 3.4 (22) | 4.6 (30) | 9.8 (62) *[[Sports attendance|Attendance]]: 5,569 at [[Aurora Stadium]]
==References== {{reflist}} *https://web.archive.org/web/20121026204829/http://australianfootball.com/seasons/season/TSL/2012
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