The 2012
All Stars Match was the third of the annual representative exhibition matches played between the
Indigenous All Stars and the
NRL All Stars team which was held on 4 February 2012 at the
Gold Coast
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Places Africa
* Gold Coast (region), in West Africa, which was made up of the following colonies, before being established as the independent nation of Ghana:
** Portuguese Gold Coast (Portuguese, 1482–1642)
** Dutch G ...
's
Skilled Park
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Teams
1 -
Cameron Smith was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Aaron Payne
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.
2 -
Tony Williams was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Anthony Watmough
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.
3 -
Ben Hornby was originally selected to play but withdrew due to injury. He was replaced by
Nathan Fien.
Result
Women All Stars Teams
The second Women's and Indigenous Women's All Stars match was again held as a curtain-raiser to the men's fixture. Captained by Teresa Anderson, the
Indigenous team included Bianca Ambrum, Tash Baggow (Mackay), Candice Clay (Newcastle), Natalie Gala (Bundaberg), Julie Young (Newcastle), Rebecca Young (Newcastle), try-scorers Sarah Sailor and Chloe Caldwell, and player of the match Naomi Bobongie (Proserpine).
Renae Kunst
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captained the All Stars team.
The full team line-ups were originally published by the Australian Women's Rugby League on a defunct website, however, the press release was copied onto and remains on available on a fan forum.
References
External links
NRL All Stars site
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All Stars match
Rugby league on the Gold Coast, Queensland
NRL All Stars match