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.
However they subsequently won just seven games and finished sixth during the regular season, failing to qualify for the play-offs.
In October 2012, after three seasons as Firebirds' captain,
Lauren Nourse
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announced her retirement.
Players
Player movements
2012 roster
;Notes
* Nicola Gray made her
ANZ Championship and Firebirds debut, as a temporary replacement player for
Chelsea Pitman
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, in the
Round 5
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match against
Melbourne Vixens.
*
Stephanie Wood was called up as a temporary replacement player. However she never made a senior appearance for Firebirds.
Tauranga Pre-Season Tournament
On 2, 3 and 4 March,
Waikato Bay of Plenty Magic hosted a pre-season tournament at the
TECT Arena
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in
Tauranga. For the first time since
2008
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, 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 12
''
Queensland Firebirds received a bye.''
;Round 13
;Round 14
Final table
References
{{2012 ANZC season nav
Queensland Firebirds seasons
Queensland Firebirds