2012 NRL Under-20s season

2012 NRL Under-20s season
Teams	16
Premiers	Wests Tigers (1st title)
Minor premiers	Canterbury Bulldogs (1st title)
Matches played	198
Points scored	10466
Top points scorer(s)	Manaia Rudolph 216
Top try-scorer(s)	Kieran Moss 21

The 2012 NRL Under-20s season was the fifth season of the National Rugby League's Under-20s competition. Known commercially as the 2012 Toyota Cup due to sponsorship from Toyota, the competition was solely for under-20 players. The draw and structure of the competition mirrored that of the NRL's 2012 Telstra Premiership season.

Season summary

See also: 2012 NRL Under-20s season results

Ladder

2012 National Youth Competition season[1] v t e
Pos.	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Canterbury Bulldogs	24	17	1	6	2	774	517	+257	39
2	New Zealand Warriors	24	17	1	6	2	680	516	+164	39
3	Canberra Raiders	24	16	0	8	2	766	599	+167	36
4	Wests Tigers (P)	24	15	0	9	2	666	514	+152	34
5	Penrith Panthers	24	14	1	9	2	694	501	+193	33
6	South Sydney Rabbitohs	24	14	1	9	2	734	592	+142	33
7	Sydney Roosters	24	13	2	9	2	694	570	+124	32
8	St. George Illawarra Dragons	24	13	1	10	2	638	553	+85	31
9	Melbourne Storm	24	12	2	10	2	547	556	−9	30
10	Cronulla Sharks	24	11	2	11	2	619	684	−65	28
11	Newcastle Knights	24	10	1	13	2	646	574	+72	25
12	Brisbane Broncos	24	9	0	15	2	629	790	−161	22
13	North Queensland Cowboys	24	7	2	15	2	545	732	−187	20
14	Manly Sea Eagles	24	6	2	16	2	519	811	−292	18
15	Parramatta Eels	24	5	0	19	2	558	814	−256	14
16	Gold Coast Titans	24	5	0	19	2	424	810	−386	14

Finals series

	Qualifying and elimination finals					Semi-finals						Preliminary finals					Grand final
	7 September, ANZ Stadium, Sydney
	1	Canterbury	20
	4	Wests Tigers	24			14 September, Aillanz Stadium Sydney
						Canterbury		20
	7 September, ANZ Stadium, Sydney					St. George Illawarra		46
	5	Penrith	20									Wests Tigers		28
	8	St. George Illawarra	44									Sydney		22			30 September, ANZ Stadium, Sydney
																	Wests Tigers		46
	8 September, AAMI Park, Melbourne																Canberra		6
	6	South Sydney	22									Canberra		44
	7	Sydney	24			15 September, ANZ Stadium, Sydney						St. George Illawarra		26
						New Zealand		10
	9 September, Canberra Stadium, Canberra					Sydney		26
	2	New Zealand	38
	3	Canberra	39

Player statistics

Leading try scorers

Top 10 try scorers
Pos	Name	Tries	Team
1	Kieren Moss	21	Penrith Panthers
2=	Kirisome Auva'a	20	Melbourne Storm
2=	Luke Keary	20	South Sydney Rabbitohs
2=	Chanel Mata'utia	20	Newcastle Knights
5=	Zac Santo	19	North Queensland Cowboys
5=	Charly Runciman	19	St. George Illawarra Dragons
5=	Caleb Timu	19	Brisbane Broncos
8=	Vaipuna Tia Kilifi	18	Penrith Panthers
8=	Jordan Tongahai	18	South Sydney Rabbitohs
10	Jon Sila	17	Canterbury Bulldogs

Most tries in a game

Top 5 most tries in a game
Pos	Name	Team	Opponent	Round	Tries
1	Gerard McCallum	Canterbury Bulldogs	Gold Coast Titans	5	5
2=	Kirisome Auva'a	Melbourne Storm	North Queensland Cowboys	19	4
2=	Zac Mackay	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Titans	25	4
2=	Ed Murphy	Canterbury Bulldogs	Gold Coast Titans	10	4
2=	Jon Sila	Canterbury Bulldogs	Manly Sea Eagles	8	4

Leading point scorers

Top 10 overall point scorers
Pos	Player	Team	T	G	FG	Points
1	Manaia Rudolph	Wests Tigers	13	82	-	216
2	Apisai Koroisau	South Sydney Rabbitohs	12	82	-	212
3=	Daniel Burke	St. George Illawarra Dragons	2	82	-	172
3=	Frederick Robinson	Canterbury Bulldogs	3	80	-	172
5	Mitch Cornish	Canberra Raiders	11	57	-	158
6	Jake Walsh	Cronulla Sharks	3	66	-	144
7	Mason Lino	New Zealand Warriors	3	63	-	138
8	Josh Drinkwater	Manly Sea Eagles	10	48	1	137
9	Anthony Milford	Canberra Raiders	12	39	1	127
10=	Harry Siejka	Penrith Panthers	6	51	-	126
10=	Will Smith	Newcastle Knights	10	43	-	126

Most points in a game

Top 5 most points in a game
Pos	Player	Team	Opponent	Round	T	G	FG	Points
1	Zac Mackay	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Titans	25	4	11	-	38
2	Kurt French	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Brisbane Broncos	4	3	9	-	30
3=	Mitch Cornish	Canberra Raiders	Cronulla Sharks	8	3	7	-	26
3=	Adam Quinlan	St. George Illawarra Dragons	Canterbury Bulldogs	SF	3	7	-	26
3=	Manaia Rudolph	Wests Tigers	New Zealand Warriors	11	3	7	-	26
3=	Patrick Templeman	Canterbury Bulldogs	Canberra Raiders	25	3	7	-	26

Leading goal scorers

Top 10 goal scorers
Pos	Player	Goals	Team
1=	Daniel Burke	82	St. George Illawarra Dragons
1=	Apisai Koroisau	82	South Sydney Rabbitohs
1=	Manaia Rudolph	82	Wests Tigers
4	Frederick Robinson	80	Canterbury Bulldogs
5	Jake Walsh	66	Cronulla Sharks
6	Mason Lino	63	New Zealand Warriors
7	Mitch Cornish	57	Canberra Raiders
8	Harry Siejka	51	Penrith Panthers
9	Josh Drinkwater	48	Manly Sea Eagles
10=	Sam Foster	47	North Queensland Cowboys

Most goals in a game

Top 5 most goals in a game
Pos	Player	Team	Opponent	Round	Goals
1=	Zac Mackay	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Titans	25	11
1=	Jake Walsh	Cronulla Sharks	Manly Sea Eagles	3	11
3=	Mitch Cornish	Canberra Raiders	Parramatta Eels	10	9
3=	Kurt French	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Brisbane Broncos	4	9
3=	Frederick Robinson	Canterbury Bulldogs	Parramatta Eels	9	9

Leading field goal scorers

Top 10 field goal scorers
Pos	Player	Team	FG
1=	Jamal Fogerty	Gold Coast Titans	2
1=	Jacob Miller	Wests Tigers	2
3=	Chris Binge	Brisbane Broncos	1
3=	Tim Dengate	Penrith Panthers	1
3=	Josh Drinkwater	Manly Sea Eagles	1
3=	Sam Foster	North Queensland Cowboys	1
3=	Chris Knight	Penrith Panthers	1
3=	Penani Manumalealii	Cronulla Sharks	1
3=	Matt McGahan	Melbourne Storm	1
3=	Anthony Milford	Canberra Raiders	1

Club statistics

Biggest Wins

Top 10 biggest winning margins
Pos	Winning Team	Losing Team	Round	Score	Margin
1	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Titans	25	78–0	78
2	Cronulla Sharks	Manly Sea Eagles	3	78–10	68
3	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Parramatta Eels	25	54–6	48
4	Canterbury Bulldogs	Gold Coast Titans	10	52–6	46
5	Penrith Panthers	Manly Sea Eagles	6	44–0	44
6=	Canberra Raiders	Cronulla Sharks	8	54–12	42
6=	Melbourne Storm	Brisbane Broncos	24	60–18	42
6=	South Sydney Rabbitohs	Gold Coast Titans	22	48–6	42
6=	Wests Tigers	New Zealand Warriors	11	54–12	42
10=	Canterbury Bulldogs	Gold Coast Titans	5	60–20	40
10=	Newcastle Knights	Cronulla Sharks	2	40–0	40
10=	Penrith Panthers	Gold Coast Titans	15	52–12	40
10=	Wests Tigers	Canberra Raiders	GF	46–6	40

Winning Streaks

Winning streak still active

Top 5 longest winning streaks
Pos	Team	First Win	Round	Last Win	Round	Wins
1	Canberra Raiders	42–18 vs North Queensland Cowboys	5	36–24 vs South Sydney Rabbitohs	12	7
2=	New Zealand Warriors	24–18 vs Cronulla Sharks	15	42–22 vs Manly Sea Eagles	21	6
2=	Penrith Panthers	20–18 vs St. George Illawarra Dragons	10	24–12 vs Parramatta Eels	16	6
2=	Canterbury Bulldogs	38–26 vs Newcastle Knights	22	36–28 vs Sydney Roosters	26	5
4=	St. George Illawarra Dragons	32–30 vs Canberra Raiders	17	28–26 vs Sydney Roosters	22	5

• QF = Qualifying Finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• PF = Preliminary Finals
• GF = Grand Final

Losing Streaks

Losing streak still active

Top 5 longest losing streaks
Pos	Team	First Loss	Round	Last Loss	Round	Losses
1	Parramatta Eels	22–24 vs Manly Sea Eagles	18	Current Streak	-	9
2	Newcastle Knights	20–28 vs Canberra Raiders	14	26–38 vs Canterbury Bulldogs	23	8
3=	Gold Coast Titans	26–34 vs North Queensland Cowboys	1	24–28 vs Manly Sea Eagles	7	7
3=	North Queensland Cowboys	20–26 vs Brisbane Broncos	2	14–36 vs South Sydney Rabbitohs	8	7
3=	Parramatta Eels	22–58 vs Canterbury Bulldogs	9	12–24 vs Penrith Panthers	16	7

• QF = Qualifying Finals
• SF = Semi-finals
• PF = Preliminary Finals
• GF = Grand Final

References

1. Middleton, David (ed.). 2012 Official Rugby League Annual. Sydney: NewsLifeMedia. p. 107.

External links

• Official website
• Statistics & Match Reports