2011 Shardball season: Difference between revisions

From Fanverse
Jump to navigation Jump to search
VisualWikitext
Line 945: Line 945:
| RD2 = Grand final
| RD2 = Grand final


| team-width = 450
| team-width = 250
| score-width = 90
| boldwinner = high
| boldwinner = high


Revision as of 15:24, 15 September 2025

2011 AFL premiership season
File:2011SBSlogo.png
Date7 March – 27 September 2011
Teams8
Matches played?
2012 →

The 2011 Shardball season was the inaugural season of the Australian Shardball League (ASL), the newly established national competition for senior men’s Shardball in Australia. Serving as the highest level of organized play in the sport, the season marked the formal introduction of Shardball as a professional code, bringing together foundation clubs from across the country in a unified league structure. The competition set the groundwork for the ASL’s rules, scheduling format, and finals system, and its outcomes shaped the development of the sport in subsequent years.

Background

In October 2010, the Australian Shardball League (ASL) was officially established as the governing body for the new national Shardball competition. The league announced an initial five-year, $320 million broadcast agreement with the Nine Network and Fox Sports, marking the largest commercial investment in the sport to date. Key details of the deal included:

  • Nine would broadcast one Friday night match and one Sunday afternoon match each round on free-to-air television, along with all finals matches including the grand final live nationwide.
  • Fox Sports would hold exclusive rights to broadcast every regular-season match live, as well as provide dedicated commentary teams and weekly panel programs focused on Shardball.
  • Nine’s digital platform, ninemsn, would stream all of its televised matches, while Fox Sports launched its new streaming service, FoxPlay, to simulcast its coverage of the competition.
  • Saturday night matches were scheduled to be exclusive to Fox Sports for the first 12 rounds of the season, before Nine gained rights to a limited number of Saturday fixtures in the closing stages of the year.

In December 2010, ahead of the official fixture release, the ASL confirmed that the inaugural season would feature a 22-round home-and-away format, with each of the eight foundation clubs playing one another three times. The fixture also included a series of themed rounds such as Heritage Round, Indigenous Round, and the "Northern Clash" between Darwin and Brisbane.

During the same period, several clubs undertook branding launches to mark the new competition. The Sydney Shardhawks unveiled a crimson-and-black colour scheme with a stylised hawk emblem, while the Melbourne Titans introduced a navy-and-gold identity. Hobart Crags and Canberra Sentinels also released new guernseys designed to emphasise their regional roots. In February 2011, a pre-season exhibition match between the All-Stars and a composite “Rising Squad” took place at the Sydney Football Stadium, attracting over 28,000 spectators and building momentum ahead of the league’s opening round.

Teams

Club Coach Leadership group
Captain(s) Vice-captain(s) Other leader(s)
Sydney Shardhawks Daniel Kerrigan Blake Foster Aaron Kane, Riley Thomas Marcus O’Neill, Ethan Ward
Melbourne Titans Stephen Doyle Nathan Cross Dylan Marks, Corey Ellison Jack Harrington, Lucas Webb, Trent Miles
Brisbane Breakers Craig Morton Liam Drummond Connor Hayes, Josh Farrelly Tyson Cole, Brandon Harper
Adelaide Forge Peter Lawton Mitchell Grant Zachary Doyle Patrick Laird, Cameron Bishop
Perth Ironfangs Darren McIntyre Owen Marshall Jared Collins Heath Stanton, Kyle Rivers, Damien Cole
Hobart Crags Anthony Preston Samuel Clarke Oliver Kent Matthew Dunbar, Lachlan Frost
Darwin Cyclones Paul Hennessy Jacob Reynolds Daniel McCallum Kieran Hunt, Sean Parker, Aaron Talbot
Canberra Sentinels Michael Kerr Ryan Gallagher Matthew O’Connor Dean Wallace, Corey Summers, Josh Hammond

Games

Round 1 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 25 March (7:40 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 14.11 (95) def. Canberra Sentinels 10.8 (68) Sydney Football Stadium (32,450)
Saturday, 26 March (1:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 18.9 (117) def. Hobart Crags 12.7 (79) Docklands Stadium (28,360)
Saturday, 26 March (7:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 15.13 (103) def. Darwin Cyclones 13.10 (88) The Gabba (24,210)
Sunday, 27 March (2:40 pm) Adelaide Forge 16.14 (110) def. Perth Ironfangs 11.12 (78) AAMI Stadium (29,875)
Round 2 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 1 April (7:40 pm) Darwin Cyclones 13.14 (92) def. Hobart Crags 9.12 (66) Marrara Oval (16,200)
Saturday, 2 April (2:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 15.10 (100) def. Perth Ironfangs 12.9 (81) Docklands Stadium (27,900)
Saturday, 2 April (7:20 pm) Canberra Sentinels 11.11 (77) def. Adelaide Forge 10.13 (73) Manuka Oval (14,850)
Sunday, 3 April (3:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 12.15 (87) def. Sydney Shardhawks 11.16 (82) The Gabba (25,400)
Round 3 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 8 April (7:40 pm) Perth Ironfangs 14.12 (96) def. Hobart Crags 12.13 (85) Subiaco Oval (19,750)
Saturday, 9 April (2:10 pm) Adelaide Forge 13.15 (93) def. Sydney Shardhawks 11.9 (75) AAMI Stadium (26,180)
Saturday, 9 April (7:20 pm) Melbourne Titans 12.16 (88) def. Brisbane Breakers 12.10 (82) MCG (34,420)
Sunday, 10 April (3:10 pm) Canberra Sentinels 14.9 (93) def. Darwin Cyclones 12.14 (86) Manuka Oval (15,650)
Round 4 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 15 April (7:40 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 15.13 (103) def. Hobart Crags 9.12 (66) Sydney Football Stadium (29,850)
Saturday, 16 April (2:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 14.14 (98) def. Perth Ironfangs 11.11 (77) The Gabba (23,400)
Saturday, 16 April (7:20 pm) Darwin Cyclones 12.10 (82) def. Adelaide Forge 11.12 (78) Marrara Oval (17,150)
Sunday, 17 April (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 17.11 (113) def. Canberra Sentinels 12.14 (86) MCG (36,900)
Round 5 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 22 April (7:40 pm) Adelaide Forge 14.11 (95) def. Hobart Crags 10.9 (69) AAMI Stadium (21,300)
Saturday, 23 April (2:10 pm) Perth Ironfangs 12.15 (87) def. Canberra Sentinels 11.10 (76) Subiaco Oval (20,150)
Saturday, 23 April (7:20 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 13.14 (92) def. Brisbane Breakers 12.12 (84) Sydney Football Stadium (30,200)
Sunday, 24 April (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 16.12 (108) def. Darwin Cyclones 14.13 (97) MCG (35,100)
Round 6 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 29 April (7:40 pm) Canberra Sentinels 14.12 (96) def. Hobart Crags 11.9 (75) Manuka Oval (15,300)
Saturday, 30 April (2:10 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 12.15 (87) def. Perth Ironfangs 10.12 (72) Sydney Football Stadium (28,450)
Saturday, 30 April (7:20 pm) Melbourne Titans 18.13 (121) def. Adelaide Forge 13.11 (89) Docklands Stadium (33,900)
Sunday, 1 May (3:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 15.10 (100) def. Darwin Cyclones 13.15 (93) The Gabba (24,700)
Round 7 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 6 May (7:40 pm) Adelaide Forge 13.16 (94) def. Canberra Sentinels 12.12 (84) AAMI Stadium (24,200)
Saturday, 7 May (2:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 14.11 (95) def. Hobart Crags 10.13 (73) The Gabba (22,900)
Saturday, 7 May (7:20 pm) Perth Ironfangs 15.9 (99) def. Darwin Cyclones 13.14 (92) Subiaco Oval (18,850)
Sunday, 8 May (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 17.14 (116) def. Sydney Shardhawks 13.10 (88) MCG (38,200)
Round 8 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 13 May (7:40 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 14.12 (96) def. Canberra Sentinels 11.14 (80) Sydney Football Stadium (27,600)
Saturday, 14 May (2:10 pm) Adelaide Forge 13.13 (91) def. Brisbane Breakers 12.11 (83) AAMI Stadium (25,200)
Saturday, 14 May (7:20 pm) Hobart Crags 12.10 (82) def. Perth Ironfangs 11.11 (77) Bellerive Oval (14,950)
Sunday, 15 May (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 15.15 (105) def. Darwin Cyclones 13.12 (90) MCG (34,400)
Round 9 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 20 May (7:40 pm) Darwin Cyclones 14.11 (95) def. Hobart Crags 11.12 (78) Marrara Oval (15,900)
Saturday, 21 May (2:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 16.12 (108) def. Perth Ironfangs 12.14 (86) Docklands Stadium (32,100)
Saturday, 21 May (7:20 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 13.13 (91) def. Adelaide Forge 12.12 (84) Sydney Football Stadium (29,500)
Sunday, 22 May (3:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 15.9 (99) def. Canberra Sentinels 13.15 (93) The Gabba (23,600)
Round 10 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 27 May (7:40 pm) Perth Ironfangs 13.12 (90) def. Adelaide Forge 12.13 (85) Subiaco Oval (19,300)
Saturday, 28 May (2:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 14.15 (99) def. Sydney Shardhawks 12.12 (84) The Gabba (26,100)
Saturday, 28 May (7:20 pm) Melbourne Titans 18.11 (119) def. Hobart Crags 10.15 (75) MCG (33,450)
Sunday, 29 May (3:10 pm) Darwin Cyclones 14.13 (97) def. Canberra Sentinels 13.11 (89) Marrara Oval (16,400)
Round 11 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 3 June (7:40 pm) Adelaide Forge 15.10 (100) def. Darwin Cyclones 12.12 (84) AAMI Stadium (23,700)
Saturday, 4 June (2:10 pm) Canberra Sentinels 13.12 (90) def. Perth Ironfangs 11.14 (80) Manuka Oval (15,250)
Saturday, 4 June (7:20 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 14.15 (99) def. Hobart Crags 11.11 (77) Sydney Football Stadium (28,600)
Sunday, 5 June (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 17.13 (115) def. Brisbane Breakers 14.12 (96) MCG (37,200)
Round 12 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 10 June (7:40 pm) Brisbane Breakers 15.12 (102) def. Hobart Crags 10.14 (74) The Gabba (22,800)
Saturday, 11 June (2:10 pm) Adelaide Forge 14.13 (97) def. Canberra Sentinels 12.12 (84) AAMI Stadium (24,500)
Saturday, 11 June (7:20 pm) Perth Ironfangs 13.11 (89) def. Sydney Shardhawks 12.13 (85) Subiaco Oval (20,100)
Sunday, 12 June (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 16.14 (110) def. Darwin Cyclones 13.12 (90) Docklands Stadium (32,700)
Round 13 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 17 June (7:40 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 15.11 (101) def. Darwin Cyclones 12.12 (84) Sydney Football Stadium (27,900)
Saturday, 18 June (2:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 13.15 (93) def. Perth Ironfangs 12.12 (84) The Gabba (24,500)
Saturday, 18 June (7:20 pm) Adelaide Forge 14.14 (98) def. Hobart Crags 10.9 (69) AAMI Stadium (22,400)
Sunday, 19 June (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 17.12 (114) def. Canberra Sentinels 12.13 (85) MCG (36,100)
Round 14 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 24 June (7:40 pm) Canberra Sentinels 14.11 (95) def. Hobart Crags 11.13 (79) Manuka Oval (14,800)
Saturday, 25 June (2:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 15.10 (100) def. Darwin Cyclones 12.12 (84) The Gabba (23,900)
Saturday, 25 June (7:20 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 13.12 (90) def. Adelaide Forge 12.11 (83) Sydney Football Stadium (28,200)
Sunday, 26 June (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 18.13 (121) def. Perth Ironfangs 12.9 (81) Docklands Stadium (34,400)
Round 15 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 1 July (7:40 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 16.11 (107) def. Perth Ironfangs 12.12 (84) Sydney Football Stadium (28,750)
Saturday, 2 July (2:10 pm) Adelaide Forge 14.15 (99) def. Brisbane Breakers 13.13 (91) AAMI Stadium (25,300)
Saturday, 2 July (7:20 pm) Darwin Cyclones 13.14 (92) def. Canberra Sentinels 12.13 (85) Marrara Oval (15,600)
Sunday, 3 July (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 17.10 (112) def. Hobart Crags 11.14 (80) MCG (33,700)
Round 16 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 8 July (7:40 pm) Canberra Sentinels 14.13 (97) def. Brisbane Breakers 12.14 (86) Manuka Oval (16,100)
Saturday, 9 July (2:10 pm) Adelaide Forge 15.12 (102) def. Perth Ironfangs 12.9 (81) AAMI Stadium (23,900)
Saturday, 9 July (7:20 pm) Melbourne Titans 18.11 (119) def. Sydney Shardhawks 13.12 (90) Docklands Stadium (35,200)
Sunday, 10 July (3:10 pm) Darwin Cyclones 13.10 (88) def. Hobart Crags 11.13 (79) Marrara Oval (14,500)
Round 17 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 15 July (7:40 pm) Brisbane Breakers 14.11 (95) def. Sydney Shardhawks 13.12 (90) The Gabba (27,200)
Saturday, 16 July (2:10 pm) Adelaide Forge 13.14 (92) def. Canberra Sentinels 12.10 (82) AAMI Stadium (22,900)
Saturday, 16 July (7:20 pm) Perth Ironfangs 15.13 (103) def. Hobart Crags 11.12 (78) Subiaco Oval (18,600)
Sunday, 17 July (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 16.15 (111) def. Darwin Cyclones 13.9 (87) MCG (35,500)
Round 18 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 22 July (7:40 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 14.14 (98) def. Canberra Sentinels 12.12 (84) Sydney Football Stadium (27,100)
Saturday, 23 July (2:10 pm) Adelaide Forge 13.13 (91) def. Darwin Cyclones 12.11 (83) AAMI Stadium (23,400)
Saturday, 23 July (7:20 pm) Melbourne Titans 17.12 (114) def. Perth Ironfangs 13.11 (89) Docklands Stadium (34,200)
Sunday, 24 July (3:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 15.11 (101) def. Hobart Crags 10.14 (74) The Gabba (22,300)
Round 19 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 29 July (7:40 pm) Perth Ironfangs 14.10 (94) def. Canberra Sentinels 12.13 (85) Subiaco Oval (18,900)
Saturday, 30 July (2:10 pm) Adelaide Forge 16.12 (108) def. Brisbane Breakers 14.11 (95) AAMI Stadium (25,800)
Saturday, 30 July (7:20 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 15.14 (104) def. Hobart Crags 10.12 (72) Sydney Football Stadium (27,500)
Sunday, 31 July (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 17.15 (117) def. Darwin Cyclones 13.11 (89) MCG (36,400)
Round 20 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 5 August (7:40 pm) Canberra Sentinels 13.12 (90) def. Darwin Cyclones 12.11 (83) Manuka Oval (15,200)
Saturday, 6 August (2:10 pm) Brisbane Breakers 14.13 (97) def. Sydney Shardhawks 13.14 (92) The Gabba (27,800)
Saturday, 6 August (7:20 pm) Adelaide Forge 15.14 (104) def. Hobart Crags 10.10 (70) AAMI Stadium (24,400)
Sunday, 7 August (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 16.12 (108) def. Perth Ironfangs 12.14 (86) Docklands Stadium (35,600)
Round 21 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 12 August (7:40 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 15.12 (102) def. Adelaide Forge 13.13 (91) Sydney Football Stadium (29,200)
Saturday, 13 August (2:10 pm) Perth Ironfangs 14.15 (99) def. Darwin Cyclones 13.11 (89) Subiaco Oval (19,400)
Saturday, 13 August (7:20 pm) Brisbane Breakers 16.10 (106) def. Canberra Sentinels 12.12 (84) The Gabba (26,700)
Sunday, 14 August (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 18.14 (122) def. Hobart Crags 10.9 (69) MCG (37,800)
Round 22 – 2011 ASL Season
Date & Time Home Team Score Result Away Team Venue (Crowd)
Friday, 19 August (7:40 pm) Brisbane Breakers 14.12 (96) def. Perth Ironfangs 12.13 (85) The Gabba (28,200)
Saturday, 20 August (2:10 pm) Adelaide Forge 15.11 (101) def. Darwin Cyclones 13.12 (90) AAMI Stadium (25,100)
Saturday, 20 August (7:20 pm) Sydney Shardhawks 16.13 (109) def. Hobart Crags 10.14 (74) Sydney Football Stadium (30,400)
Sunday, 21 August (3:10 pm) Melbourne Titans 17.12 (114) def. Canberra Sentinels 13.10 (88) MCG (38,600)

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Melbourne Titans 22 22 0 0 2472 1883 131.3 88
2 Adelaide Forge 22 15 7 0 2058 1879 109.5 60
3 Brisbane Breakers 22 15 7 0 2088 2001 104.3 60
4 Sydney Shardhawks 22 14 8 0 2065 1901 108.6 56
5 Perth Ironfangs 22 8 14 0 1909 2079 91.8 32
6 Canberra Sentinels 22 7 15 0 1891 2048 92.3 28
7 Darwin Cyclones 22 6 16 0 1961 2117 92.6 24
8 Hobart Crags 22 1 21 0 1643 2222 73.9 4
Updated to match(es) played on after Round 22. Source: ASL Official Records
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) points for


Finals

Semi-finals Grand final
      
1 Melbourne Titans 15.14 (104)
3 Brisbane Breakers 13.10 (88)
1 Melbourne Titans
4 Sydney Shardhawks
2 Adelaide Forge 13.13 (91)
4 Sydney Shardhawks 14.12 (96)

Records

Retrieved from "https://fanverse.click/index.php?title=2011_Shardball_season&oldid=7624"