The 2010 AFL season was the 114th season of the

Australian Football League The Australian Football League (AFL) is the only fully professional competition of Australian rules football. Through the AFL Commission, the AFL also serves as the sport's governing body and is responsible for controlling the laws of the gam ...

(AFL), the highest level senior

Australian rules football Australian football, also called Australian rules football or Aussie rules, or more simply football or footy, is a contact sport played between two teams of 18 players on an oval field, often a modified cricket ground. Points are scored by k ...

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 Final, Finals or The Final may refer to: *Final (competition), the last or championship round of a sporting competition, match, game, or other contest which decides a winner for an event ** Another term for playoffs, describing a sequence of cont ...

featuring the top eight clubs. The premiership was won by the

Collingwood Football Club The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed the Magpies or colloquially the Pies, is a professional Australian rules football club based in Melbourne that competes in the Australian Football League (AFL), the sport's elite competition. The club w ...

for the 15th time, after it defeated by 56 points in the 2010 AFL Grand Final Replay.

Pre-season

AFL pre-season draft

AFL rookie draft

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: *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

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, while defending premiers played seven games at the

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 1

Round 2

Round 3

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6

Round 7

Round 8

Round 9

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Win/loss table

Bold – Home game

Ladder

Ladder progression

Finals series

Week one

Week two

Week three

Weeks four/five

Grand final replay

Season records

*Biggest margin: 116 points – , 24.11 (155) vs 5.9 (39),

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, round 21 *Smallest margin (excluding draws): 1 point – **, 12.14 (86) vs 12.13 (85),

, round 2 **, 8.13 (61) vs 8.12 (60), AAMI Stadium, round 20 *Drawn Games: ** 11.10 (76) vs 9.22 (76),

, round 12 ** 14.3 (87) vs 13.9 (87),

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, round 17 ** 9.14 (68) vs 10.8 (68),

, Grand Final *Highest Score: 24.18 (162) – , 10.4 (64) vs 24.18 (162),

, round 20 *Highest Aggregate Score: 40.17 (257) – 16.6 (102) vs 24.11 (155),

, 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),

, 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),

, round 16

Awards

*The

Brownlow Medal The Charles Brownlow Trophy, better known as the Brownlow Medal (and informally as "Charlie"), is awarded to the " best and fairest" player in the Australian Football League (AFL) during the home-and-away season, as determined by votes cast by ...

was awarded to

Chris Judd Christopher Dylan Judd (born 8 September 1983) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and captain of both the West Coast Eagles and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Widely regarded as one of the bes ...

of who received 30 votes. *The

Norm Smith Medal The Norm Smith Medal is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best on ground in the Grand Final of the Australian Football League (AFL). Prior to 1990 the competition was known as the Victorian Football ...

was awarded to

Lenny Hayes Lenny Hayes (born 14 January 1980) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL) from 1999 to 2014. He is currently an assistant coach at the St Kilda Fo ...

of for the drawn Grand Final.

Scott Pendlebury Scott Pendlebury (born 7 January 1988) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as the Collingwood captain since the 2014 season. In round ...

was awarded the second medal in the Replay. *The

AFL Rising Star The AFL Rising Star is an Australian rules football award presented annually to the player adjudged the best young player in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the year. It was first presented in the 1993 season, and was won by Nathan Buc ...

was awarded to

Dan Hannebery Daniel Hannebery (born 24 February 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Sydney Swans from 2009 to 2018 and for the St Kilda Football Club fro ...

of , who received the maximum number of votes (45). *The

Coleman Medal The Coleman Medal is an Australian rules football award given annually to the Australian Football League (AFL) player who kicks the most goals A goal is an objective that a person or a system plans or intends to achieve. Goal may also refer ...

was awarded to

Jack Riewoldt Jack Riewoldt ( ; born 31 October 1988) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a three-time premiership player, a three-time Coleman Medallist, a ...

of , who kicked 78 goals during the home and away season. *The

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was "awarded" to the

West Coast Eagles The West Coast Eagles are a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth, Western Australia. The club was founded in 1986 as one of two expansion teams in the Australian Football League (AFL), then known as the Victorian Football ...

. *The

McClelland Trophy The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy which has been awarded each year since 1951 by the Australian Football League (known prior to 1990 as the Victorian Football League) to the best-performing club in the home-and-away sea ...

was awarded to . *The AFL Players Association awards were as follows: **The

Leigh Matthews Trophy The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was st ...

was awarded to

Dane Swan Dane Swan (born 25 February 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL).

of , for being the

Most Valuable Player In team sports, a most valuable player award, abbreviated 'MVP award', is an honor typically bestowed upon an individual (or individuals, in the instance of a tie) whose individual performance is the greatest in an entire league, for a particu ...

throughout the premiership season. **The Robert Rose Award went to

Luke Hodge Luke Hodge (born 15 June 1984) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the Hawthorn Football Club from 2002 to 2017, c ...

of , for being the Most Courageous Player throughout the premiership season. **The Best Captain award went to

Brett Kirk Brett Kirk (born 25 October 1976) is a former Australian rules football player of the Sydney Swans and was the AFL's International Ambassador. Kirk is currently serving as an assistant coach with the Sydney Swans. AFL career Kirk grew up in Al ...

of , in his final season. **The best first year player award was won by

Michael Barlow Michael Barlow (born 18 December 1987) is a former professional Australian rules football who played for the Fremantle and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Barlow grew up in regional Victoria town ...

of , despite only playing 13 games for the season.

Best and fairest

AFL Rising Star

The

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

won the award for 2010, with the maximum 45 votes awarded to him. ;Nominations * Round 1 – Chris Yarran (Carlton) * Round 2 –

(Sydney) * Round 3 –

Ryan Bastinac Ryan Bastinac (born 22 June 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bastinac could play as an inside and outside midfield ...

(North Melbourne) * Round 4 –

Nic Naitanui Nicholas Mark Naitanui (; born 4 May 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was born in Sydney to Fijian parents, and his family moved to Perth, Western Austra ...

(West Coast) * Round 5 –

Jack Trengove Jack Trengove (born 2 September 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer who most recently played for the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A midfielder, tall and weighing , Trengove is capable ...

(Melbourne) * Round 6 – Todd Banfield (Brisbane) * Round 7 –

Tom Scully Tom Scully (born 15 May 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer. He played for the Melbourne Football Club, Greater Western Sydney Giants, and Hawthorn Football Club. A star midfielder at junior level, Scully was originally s ...

(Melbourne) * Round 8 – Jake Melksham (Essendon) * Round 9 –

Nathan Fyfe Nathan Fyfe (born 18 September 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He has served as Fremantle captain since the 2017 season. Fyfe is a dual Brown ...

(Fremantle) * Round 10 –

Dustin Martin Dustin Martin (born 26 June 1991) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Martin was drafted by Richmond with the third pick in the 2009 national draft, a ...

† (Richmond) * Round 11 –

Jordan Gysberts Jordan Gysberts (born 11 June 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who previously played for the Melbourne Football Club and the North Melbourne Football Club in Australian Football League (AFL). Junior career Gysberts played his junior ...

(Melbourne) * Round 12 –

Ben Reid Ben Reid (born 29 April 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood in the Australian Football League (AFL). Personal life Reid grew up in Wangaratta Victoria, attending Galen Catholic College. He is the son ...

(Collingwood) * Round 13 –

Tom Rockliff Thomas Rockliff (born 22 February 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and previously played for the Brisbane Lions Football Club for 154 games between 2009 and 2017. In 2008 ...

(Brisbane Lions) * Round 14 – Ben Stratton (Hawthorn) * Round 15 – Jack Redden (Brisbane Lions) * Round 16 – Phil Davis (Adelaide) * Round 17 –

Jarrad Grant Jarrad Grant (born 6 July 1989) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the and Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Recruited from his TAC Cup team, the Dandenong Stingrays, Grant is ...

† (Western Bulldogs) * Round 18 – Michael Hurley (Essendon) * Round 19 –

Jeff Garlett Jeffrey Garlett (born 3 August 1989) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is of Indigenous descent. Background Garlett ...

(Carlton) * Round 20 –

Jackson Trengove Jackson Trengove (born 2 November 1990) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Port Adelaide Football Club and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League (AFL). AFL career Port Adelaide (2010&ndas ...

(Port Adelaide) * Round 21 – Sam Wright (North Melbourne) * Round 22 –

Anthony Morabito Anthony Morabito (born 29 October 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was delisted in 2016 after multiple knee reconstructions and sev ...

(Fremantle) † 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

The

celebrates the best

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of the season through the annual Goal of the Year competition. From 2010 onwards, the commercial name for the award is the ''

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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. ;Nominations * Round 1 – Brendan Fevola (Brisbane) * Round 2 – Michael Osborne (Hawthorn) * Round 3 –

Matthew Pavlich Matthew Pavlich (born 31 December 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A versatile player, Pavlich is widely regarded as one of the premi ...

(Fremantle) * Round 4 –

Carl Peterson Carl D. Peterson (born May 26, 1943) For more than 50 years, Carl Peterson was a creative force in the world of American Football, starting at the high school level, through small college ball, to major college football, and on to professional fo ...

(Hawthorn) * Round 5 – Stephen Milne (St Kilda) * Round 6 –

Daniel Bradshaw Daniel Mark Bradshaw (born 21 November 1978) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Brisbane Bears, Brisbane Lions and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). Bradshaw is best known as being a dual premiership ...

(Sydney) * Round 7 – Jamie Bennell (Melbourne) * Round 8 –

Brent Harvey Brent Harvey (born 14 May 1978), often known by his nickname "Boomer", is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He holds the record for most matches playe ...

(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 Lance Franklin (born 30 January 1987), also known as Buddy Franklin, is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Hawthorn Football Club from ...

(Hawthorn) * Round 14 –

Patrick Dangerfield Patrick Dangerfield (born 5 April 1990) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for the Adelaide Football Club. Drafted by Adelaide in 2007, Dangerfi ...

(Adelaide) * Round 15 –

Rhyce Shaw Rhyce Shaw (born 16 October 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is the former senior coach of the North Melbourne ...

(Sydney) * Round 16 – Mark LeCras (West Coast) * Round 17 – Mark LeCras (West Coast) * Round 18 – Alan Didak (Collingwood) * Round 19 –

Chance Bateman Chance Bateman (born 21 June 1981) is an Australian rules football coach and former player who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Bateman was Hawthorn's first indigenous player to reach 100 games, first Ab ...

(Hawthorn) * Round 20 – Liam Jurrah (Melbourne) * Round 21 –

Cyril Rioli Cyril Rioli (born 14 July 1989) is a former Australian rules football player who played with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League. Rioli was a member of four premiership teams and the Norm Smith Medallist from the 2015 ...

(Hawthorn) * Round 22 –

Lynden Dunn Lynden Dunn (born 14 May 1987) is a retired professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for Melbourne from 2005 to 2016 and for Collingwood from 2017 to 2020. He kicked 99 goals in 198 games. ...

(Melbourne)

Mark of the Year

The

celebrates the best

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of the season through the annual

Mark of the Year The annual Australian Football League Mark of the Year competition (currently also known as the Four'N Twenty AFL Mark of the Year) is a sporting award that celebrates each season's best mark. A mark is the action of a player cleanly catchin ...

competition. From 2009 onwards, the commercial name for the award is the ''

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Mark of the Year''. Liam Jurrah, of the

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, won the award for his mark over the top of

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Nick Salter Nick Salter (born 30 July 1987) is an Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted from the Woodville-West Torrens Football Club in the South Australian National ...

, 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 Trent William Cotchin (born 7 April 1990) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is a Brownlow Medallist, an All-Australian, a three-time Richmond best and fairest ...

(Richmond) * Round 2 –

Nick Riewoldt Nicholas Fredrick Riewoldt ( ; born 17 October 1982) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL draft. He was the ...

(St Kilda) * Round 3 –

Brett Ebert Brett Ebert (born 18 November 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer. He is the son of Port Adelaide legend Russell Ebert and cousin of Port Adelaide's Brad Ebert. AFL career Early career (2004–2005) Brett Ebert began his career wit ...

(Port Adelaide) * Round 4 – Jesse White (Sydney) * Round 5 –

David Wojcinski David Wojcinski (born 18 September 1980) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Career Wojcinski made his debut in 1998 . He won the club's Most Improved Playe ...

(Geelong) * Round 6 –

Colin Sylvia Colin Martin Sylvia (8 November 1985 – 28 October 2018) was an Australian rules footballer who played for the Melbourne Football Club and Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Football career At 15 years of age, ...

(Melbourne) * Round 7 – Jamie Bennell (Melbourne) * Round 8 – Justin Koschitzke (St Kilda) * Round 9 –

(Richmond) * Round 10 –

(Hawthorn) * Round 11 –

(Richmond) * Round 12 – Justin Koschitzke (St Kilda) * Round 13 – Michael Osborne (Hawthorn) * Round 14 –

Scott Gumbleton Scott Gumbleton (born 3 August 1988) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the and Fremantle Football Clubs in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early career He was drafted by Essendon with the second selection in the ...

(Essendon) * Round 15 –

(Richmond) * Round 16 –

Luke McPharlin Luke McPharlin (born 1 December 1981) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the Fremantle Football Club between 2002 and 2015, after two seasons with the Hawthorn Football ...

(Fremantle) * Round 17 –

Aaron Edwards Aaron Edwards (born 2 March 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles, North Melbourne Football Club and Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). Edwards also pla ...

(North Melbourne) * Round 18 – Darren Jolly (Collingwood) * Round 19 – Dale Thomas (Collingwood) * Round 20 –

(St Kilda) * Round 21 –

Brendon Goddard Brendon Goddard (born 20 May 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda and Essendon in the Australian Football League (AFL). He played for the St Kilda Football Club from 2003 to 2012, then with Essendo ...

(St Kilda) * Round 22 –

(St Kilda) * Overall winner: Liam Jurrah (Melbourne, round 21)

Club leadership

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. 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.

Coach changes

References

External links

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