2010 AFL season explained

Competition:	afl
Year:	2010
Teams:	16
Count:	15
Mpcount:	18
Pscount:	1
Matches:	186
Attendance:	7146738
Highattend:	100,016 (Grand Final, vs.)
Top Goal Scorer:	Jack Riewoldt 78 goals
Brownlow Medal:	Chris Judd 30 votes
Prevseason:	2009
Nextseason:	2011

The 2010 AFL season was the 114th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 25 March until 2 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

The premiership was won by the Collingwood Football Club for the 15th time, after it defeated by 56 points in the 2010 AFL Grand Final Replay.

Pre-season

NAB Cup

See main article: 2010 NAB Cup.

Summary of results

Premiership season

The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season was produced by the AFL with the intention of producing a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22 rounds, it is not possible for all teams to play each other twice. These factors combine to create some of the following anomalies:^[1]

• Six teams played each other for the first time in round 21;
• Of the Victorian-based teams played six games interstate while travelled only three times;
• Of the six games played in Melbourne, none were at the MCG, while defending premiers played seven games at the MCG despite not being one of the tenants at this ground;
• and played only two of 2009's top eight teams twice, while and played five of these teams twice.

Round 22

Win/loss table

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	F1	F2	F3	GF1	GF2	Ladder
	Frem -56	Syd -43	Melb -16	Carl -48	WB -49	PA -23	Rich +50	NM -9	BL +12	StK -47	Frem +23	Haw -47	Melb +44	Ess +84	WCE +22	Geel +11	PA -19	Rich -20	WB -8	BL +7	Coll -3	StK +28	X	X	X	X	X	11
	WCE +32	Carl +19	PA +27	WB +22	Melb -50	Syd -20	Frem -13	Geel -81	Adel -12	Coll +8	NM -1	WB -65	Rich -19	Carl -55	StK -14	Haw -75	Geel -63	Melb -10	WCE +5	Adel -7	Ess +27	Syd -38	X	X	X	X	X	13
	Rich +56	BL -19	Ess -20	Adel +48	Geel +36	Coll -53	StK +61	PA +26	Haw -50	WCE +29	Melb +41	NM -29	Frem -9	BL +55	WB -68	Syd -39	WCE +26	Coll -48	Ess +76	Rich +89	Geel -42	Frem -6	Syd -5	X	X	X	X	8
	WB +36	Melb +1	StK -28	Haw +64	Ess +65	Carl +53	NM +66	Frem +36	Geel -36	BL -8	WB +10	Melb 0	Syd +25	WCE +83	PA +26	StK +48	Rich +82	Carl +48	Geel +22	Ess +98	Adel +3	Haw -3	WB +62	X	Geel +41	StK 0	StK +56	1
	Geel -31	Frem -44	Carl +20	WCE -23	Coll -65	Haw +43	PA -3	StK +12	Rich +35	WB +9	Syd -9	Geel -71	Haw -16	Adel -84	Melb -19	WCE -32	NM +3	StK +33	Carl -76	Coll -98	BL -27	WB -29	X	X	X	X	X	14
	Adel +56	Ess +44	Geel +7	StK -15	Rich +39	WCE +38	BL +13	Coll -36	Syd +37	NM +61	Adel -23	StK -18	Carl +9	PA +57	Rich -19	Melb +11	WB -82	WCE +75	NM -54	Syd -9	Haw -116	Carl +6	Haw +30	Geel -69	X	X	X	6
	Ess +31	Haw +9	Frem -7	PA +95	Carl -36	Rich +108	Syd +67	BL +81	Coll +36	Melb +54	WCE +24	Ess +71	StK -24	NM +35	Haw +2	Adel -11	BL +63	Syd +53	Coll -22	WB +101	Carl +42	WCE +44	StK -4	Frem +69	Coll -41	X	X	2
	Melb +56	Geel -9	WB -16	Coll -64	NM -12	Ess -43	WCE -8	Rich +3	Carl +50	Syd +2	PA +11	Adel +47	Ess +16	WB +3	Geel -2	BL +75	StK 0	PA -8	Syd -44	Melb +21	Frem +116	Coll +3	Frem -30	X	X	X	X	7
	Haw -56	Coll -1	Adel +16	Rich +55	BL +50	NM -26	WB -4	WCE -29	PA +1	Geel -54	Carl -41	Coll 0	Adel -44	StK -35	Ess +19	Frem -11	Syd +73	BL +10	Rich +29	Haw -21	PA -29	NM -10	X	X	X	X	X	12
	PA -14	StK -104	WCE +25	Syd -40	Haw +12	Melb +26	Coll -66	Adel +9	WB -70	Frem -61	BL +1	Carl +29	PA +36	Geel -35	Syd -30	Rich +50	Ess -3	WB -71	Frem +54	StK -52	WCE +16	Melb +10	X	X	X	X	X	9
	NM +14	WCE +3	BL -27	Geel -95	StK +10	Adel +23	Ess +3	Carl -26	Melb -1	Rich -47	Haw -11	Syd -38	NM -36	Frem -57	Coll -26	WB -36	Adel +19	Haw +8	StK -94	WCE +1	Melb +29	Rich +10	X	X	X	X	X	10
	Carl -56	WB -72	Syd -55	Melb -55	Frem -39	Geel -108	Adel -50	Haw -3	Ess -35	PA +47	StK -38	WCE +49	BL +19	Syd +4	Frem +19	NM -50	Coll -82	Adel +20	Melb -29	Carl -89	StK -24	PA -10	X	X	X	X	X	15
	Syd +8	NM +104	Coll +28	Frem +15	PA -10	WB +3	Carl -61	Ess -12	WCE +35	Adel +47	Rich +38	Frem +18	Geel +24	Melb +35	BL +14	Coll -48	Haw 0	Ess -33	PA +94	NM +52	Rich +24	Adel -28	Geel +4	X	WB +24	Coll 0	Coll -56	3
	StK -8	Adel +43	Rich +55	NM +40	WCE +56	BL +20	Geel -67	WB -38	Frem -37	Haw -2	Ess +9	PA +38	Coll -25	Rich -4	NM +30	Carl +39	Melb -73	Geel -53	Haw +44	Frem +9	WB +44	BL +38	Carl +5	WB -5	X	X	X	5
	BL -32	PA -3	NM -25	Ess +23	Syd -56	Frem -38	Haw +8	Melb +29	StK -35	Carl -29	Geel -24	Rich -49	WB -60	Coll -83	Adel -22	Ess +32	Carl -26	Frem -75	BL -5	PA -1	NM -16	Geel -44	X	X	X	X	X	16
	Coll -36	Rich +72	Haw +16	BL -22	Adel +49	StK -3	Melb +4	Syd +38	NM +70	Ess -9	Coll -10	BL +65	WCE +60	Haw -3	Carl +68	PA +36	Frem +82	NM +71	Adel +8	Geel -101	Syd -44	Ess +29	Coll -62	Syd +5	StK -24	X	X	4
Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	F1	F2	F3	GF1	GF2	Ladder

Bold – Home game

Ladder

Ladder progression

Finals series

See main article: 2010 AFL finals series.

Weeks four/five

See main article: 2010 AFL Grand Final.

Grand final replay

Season records

• Biggest margin: 116 points –, 24.11 (155) vs 5.9 (39), Aurora Stadium, round 21
• Smallest margin (excluding draws): 1 point –
  • , 12.14 (86) vs 12.13 (85), MCG, round 2
  • , 8.13 (61) vs 8.12 (60), AAMI Stadium, round 20
• Drawn games:
  • 11.10 (76) vs 9.22 (76), MCG, round 12
  • 14.3 (87) vs 13.9 (87), Etihad Stadium, round 17
  • 9.14 (68) vs 10.8 (68), MCG, Grand Final
• Highest score: 24.18 (162) –, 10.4 (64) vs 24.18 (162), MCG, round 20
• Highest aggregate score: 40.17 (257) – 16.6 (102) vs 24.11 (155), MCG, round 6
• Lowest score: 3.12 (30) –, 3.12 (30) vs 10.17 (77), AAMI Stadium, round 10
• Lowest aggregate score: 13.17 (95) – 6.10 (46) vs 7.7 (49), Etihad Stadium, round 6
• Longest winning streak: 9 games –, rounds 13–21
• Longest losing streak: 9 games –
  • , rounds 1–9
  • , rounds 8–16
• Most goals kicked by a player in a match: 12.2 (74) – Mark LeCras, Final score: 14.16 (100) vs 20.12 (132), Etihad Stadium, round 16

Awards

• The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Chris Judd of who received 30 votes.
• The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Lenny Hayes of for the drawn Grand Final. Scott Pendlebury was awarded the second medal in the Replay.
• The AFL Rising Star was awarded to Dan Hannebery of, who received the maximum number of votes (45).
• The Coleman Medal was awarded to Jack Riewoldt of, who kicked 78 goals during the home and away season.
• The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to the West Coast Eagles.
• The McClelland Trophy was awarded to .
• The AFL Players Association awards were as follows:
  • The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Dane Swan of, for being the Most Valuable Player throughout the premiership season.
  • The Robert Rose Award went to Luke Hodge of, for being the Most Courageous Player throughout the premiership season.
  • The Best Captain award went to Brett Kirk of, in his final season.
  • The best first year player award was won by Michael Barlow of, despite only playing 13 games for the season.

Best and fairest

Club	Award name	Player	class=unsortable	Ref.
	Malcolm Blight Medal		^[2]
	Merrett–Murray Medal		^[3]
	John Nicholls Medal		^[4]
	Copeland Trophy		^[5]
	Crichton Medal		^[6]
	Doig Medal		^[7]
	Carji Greeves Medal		^[8]
	Peter Crimmins Medal		^[9]
	Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal		^[10]
	Syd Barker Medal	and Brady Rawlings	^[11]
	John Cahill Medal		^[12]
	Jack Dyer Medal		^[13]
	Trevor Barker Award		^[14]
	Bob Skilton Medal		^[15]
	Club Champion Award		^[16]
	Charles Sutton Medal		^[17]

AFL Rising Star

See main article: 2010 AFL Rising Star.

The AFL Rising Star is awarded to the best player who, as of the beginning of the season, is under the age of 21 and has played fewer than 10 games. Each week one player is nominated and at the end of the season a selection panel votes to select the overall winner.

Sydney's Dan Hannebery won the award for 2010, with the maximum 45 votes awarded to him.^[18]

Nominations

• Round 1 – Chris Yarran (Carlton)^[19]
• Round 2 – Dan Hannebery (Sydney)^[20]
• Round 3 – Ryan Bastinac (North Melbourne)^[21]
• Round 4 – Nic Naitanui (West Coast)^[22]
• Round 5 – Jack Trengove (Melbourne)^[23]
• Round 6 – Todd Banfield (Brisbane)^[24]
• Round 7 – Tom Scully (Melbourne)^[25]
• Round 8 – Jake Melksham (Essendon)^[26]
• Round 9 – Nathan Fyfe (Fremantle)^[27]
• Round 10 – Dustin Martin† (Richmond)^[28]
• Round 11 – Jordan Gysberts (Melbourne)^[29]
• Round 12 – Ben Reid (Collingwood)^[30]
• Round 13 – Tom Rockliff (Brisbane Lions)^[31]
• Round 14 – Ben Stratton (Hawthorn)^[32]
• Round 15 – Jack Redden (Brisbane Lions)^[33]
• Round 16 – Phil Davis (Adelaide)^[34]
• Round 17 – Jarrad Grant† (Western Bulldogs)^[35]
• Round 18 – Michael Hurley (Essendon)^[36]
• Round 19 – Jeff Garlett (Carlton)^[37]
• Round 20 – Jackson Trengove (Port Adelaide)^[38]
• Round 21 – Sam Wright (North Melbourne)^[39]
• Round 22 – Anthony Morabito (Fremantle)^[40]

† players ineligible due to tribunal sanction

Voting

• Dan Hannebery – 45
• Tom Scully – 35
• Tom Rockliff – 24
• Jack Trengove – 11
• Ryan Bastinac – 6
• Jeff Garlett – 5
• Nathan Fyfe – 3
• Michael Hurley – 2
• Nic Naitanui – 2
• Ben Reid – 1
• Ben Stratton – 1

Goal of the Year

See main article: Goal of the Year (Australia).

The Australian Football League celebrates the best goal of the season through the annual Goal of the Year competition. From 2010 onwards, the commercial name for the award is the Panasonic Goal of the Year.

Lance 'Buddy' Franklin won the award for his running goal against Essendon in round 13. By winning the award Franklin became the fifth indigenous player to win the award since 2004.^[41]

Nominations

• Round 1 – Brendan Fevola (Brisbane)
• Round 2 – Michael Osborne (Hawthorn)
• Round 3 – Matthew Pavlich (Fremantle)
• Round 4 – Carl Peterson (Hawthorn)
• Round 5 – Stephen Milne (St Kilda)
• Round 6 – Daniel Bradshaw (Sydney)
• Round 7 – Jamie Bennell (Melbourne)
• Round 8 – Brent Harvey (North Melbourne)
• Round 9 – Brendan Fevola (Brisbane)
• Round 10 – Marc Murphy (Carlton)
• Round 11 – Stephen Milne (St Kilda)
• Round 12 – Stephen Milne (St Kilda)
• Round 13 – Lance Franklin (Hawthorn)
• Round 14 – Patrick Dangerfield (Adelaide)
• Round 15 – Rhyce Shaw (Sydney)
• Round 16 – Mark LeCras (West Coast)
• Round 17 – Mark LeCras (West Coast)
• Round 18 – Alan Didak (Collingwood)
• Round 19 – Chance Bateman (Hawthorn)
• Round 20 – Liam Jurrah (Melbourne)
• Round 21 – Cyril Rioli (Hawthorn)
• Round 22 – Lynden Dunn (Melbourne)

Mark of the Year

See main article: Mark of the Year.

The Australian Football League celebrates the best mark of the season through the annual Mark of the Year competition. From 2009 onwards, the commercial name for the award is the Hungry Jack's Mark of the Year.

Liam Jurrah, of the Melbourne Football Club, won the award for his mark over the top of Port Adelaide's Nick Salter, in round 21. However, he hadn't been nominated as Mark of the Week, which was won by Brendon Goddard. This inconsistency arose because the Mark of the Week is decided by an online public vote, while the Mark of the Year is decided separately by a panel of experts.

Weekly winners

• Round 1 – Trent Cotchin (Richmond)
• Round 2 – Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
• Round 3 – Brett Ebert (Port Adelaide)
• Round 4 – Jesse White (Sydney)
• Round 5 – David Wojcinski (Geelong)
• Round 6 – Colin Sylvia (Melbourne)
• Round 7 – Jamie Bennell (Melbourne)
• Round 8 – Justin Koschitzke (St Kilda)
• Round 9 – Jack Riewoldt (Richmond)
• Round 10 – Carl Peterson (Hawthorn)
• Round 11 – Jack Riewoldt (Richmond)
• Round 12 – Justin Koschitzke (St Kilda)
• Round 13 – Michael Osborne (Hawthorn)
• Round 14 – Scott Gumbleton (Essendon)
• Round 15 – Jack Riewoldt (Richmond)
• Round 16 – Luke McPharlin (Fremantle)
• Round 17 – Aaron Edwards (North Melbourne)
• Round 18 – Darren Jolly (Collingwood)
• Round 19 – Dale Thomas (Collingwood)
• Round 20 – Nick Riewoldt (St Kilda)
• Round 21 – Brendon Goddard (St Kilda)
• Round 22 – Brendon Goddard (St Kilda)
• Overall winner: Liam Jurrah (Melbourne, round 21)

Club leadership

Club	Coach	Captain(s)	Vice-captain(s) and/or "leadership group"
	Neil Craig	Simon Goodwin	Brad Symes, Scott Stevens, Nathan van Berlo, Ben Rutten, Michael Doughty, Brett Burton and Tyson Edwards^[42]
	Michael Voss	Jonathan Brown	Simon Black, Luke Power, Jed Adcock and Daniel Merrett
	Brett Ratten	Chris Judd	Andrew Carrazzo, Michael Jamison, Kade Simpson, Heath Scotland and Simon Wiggins
	Mick Malthouse	Nick Maxwell	Scott Pendlebury (vc), Dane Swan (deputy vc), Darren Jolly, Heath Shaw, Harry O'Brien, Shane O'Bree and Luke Ball^[43]
	Matthew Knights	Jobe Watson	Andrew Welsh^[44]
	Mark Harvey	Matthew Pavlich	Paul Duffield, Michael Johnson, David Mundy, Aaron Sandilands, Antoni Grover and Des Headland^[45]
	Mark Thompson	Cameron Ling	Gary Ablett, Jr., Jimmy Bartel, Joel Corey, Corey Enright, Joel Selwood, James Kelly and Harry Taylor^[46]
	Alastair Clarkson	Sam Mitchell	Luke Hodge
	Dean Bailey	James McDonald	Aaron Davey, Jared Rivers, Brent Moloney, Brad Green, Cameron Bruce and Brad Miller^[47]
	Brad Scott	Brent Harvey	Drew Petrie
	Matthew Primus	Domenic Cassisi	Dean Brogan and Jacob Surjan^[48]
	Damien Hardwick	Chris Newman	Nathan Foley, Brett Deledio, Daniel Jackson, Trent Cotchin and Troy Simmonds^[49]
	Ross Lyon	Nick Riewoldt	Lenny Hayes (vc)
	Paul Roos	Craig Bolton, Adam Goodes and Brett Kirk
	John Worsfold	Darren Glass	Dean Cox, Matthew Priddis, Adam Selwood, Beau Waters, Shannon Hurn and Josh Kennedy^[50]
	Rodney Eade	Brad Johnson	Daniel Giansiracusa, Matthew Boyd, Adam Cooney, Robert Murphy, Daniel Cross, Dale Morris and Shaun Higgins

Umpiring and rule changes

No major changes to the rules were introduced for the 2010 season. Minor adjustments to the tribunal rules were made, including adding a provision to report players for diving or staging.^[51] The 2010 NAB Cup pre-season competition trialled three new rules: allowing boundary umpires to award free kicks, letting the players, not the umpire, decide if they want to use the advantage rule and penalising players who push the ball under another player.^[52]

Coach changes

Coach	width=9%	Club	width=9%	Date	New coach	Notes
			Matthew Primus	Retirement, effective after round 15 match against Collingwood.^[53]
			James Hird^[54]	Sacked, after final match of season.^[55]
			John Longmire	Retired at the end of the season.
^[56]			^[57]	Resignation.^[58]

External links

• Official AFL website
• 2010 Season – AFL Tables

Notes and References

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46. Web site: Richie. Pace. Ling captain; Kelly & Taylor added to PLG. Official AFL Website of the Geelong Football Club. 20 January 2010. 20 January 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20100123171901/http://www.gfc.com.au/geelongnews/newsarticle/tabid/3933/newsid/88794/default.aspx. 23 January 2010. dead.
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56. Web site: McNicol. Adam. Thompson confirms Cat exit. AFL BigPond Network. 18 October 2010. 4 October 2010. https://web.archive.org/web/20101008055343/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/103680/default.aspx. 8 October 2010 . dead.
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