The 2010 season was the

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' 24th season in the

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. The Eagles finished 16th and last to record their first

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in the competition, just four years after their premiership season of

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. West Coast played 22 games, including 12 at

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, winning just four and losing the remaining eighteen.

Pre-season

Trades

West Coast was involved in one

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before the 2010 season - a three-way trade involving and . West Coast traded

Brent Staker Brent Allen Staker (born 23 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and in the Australian Football League (AFL). Early life Staker grew up in Broken Hill in remote country New South ...

and draft picks 39 and 55 to Brisbane in exchange for

Bradd Dalziell Bradd Dalziell (born 15 March 1987) is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was drafted to the Brisbane Lions with selection 52 of 2007 AFL Draft, 2007 AFL National Draft fro ...

, and then traded

Mark Seaby Mark Seaby (born 1 May 1984) is a former professional Australian rules football player. He is best known as a former premiership player with the West Coast Eagles as well as being a backup ruckman for the Sydney Swans. Biography Originally fro ...

to Sydney in exchange for draft picks 22 and 118. Sydney then traded

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to Brisbane in exchange for pick 28.

Draft selections

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selections ::7 -

Brad Sheppard Bradley Sheppard (born 23 May 1991) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected seventh overall in the 2009 AFL Draft#2009 National Draft, 2009 National Dr ...

(

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) ::22 -

Gerrick Weedon Gerrick Peter Weedon (born 25 May 1991) is an Australian rules footballer who previously played with the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League (WAFL) and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Or ...

( Claremont) ::23 -

Koby Stevens Koby Stevens (born 18 June 1991) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast, Western Bulldogs, and St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was selected as a second round pick (n ...

(

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) * Pre-season draft selections ::5 -

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( Claremont) *

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selections ::11 -

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( Claremont) ::27 - Andrew Strijk ( West Perth) ::40 -

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( South Fremantle) ::53 -

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NAB Cup

Home team's score listed in bold.

List

Squad

Leadership group

The leadership group was composed of the captain

Darren Glass Darren Glass (born 14 May 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a full-back for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Northam, Western Australia, he attended Carine Senior High Sc ...

Dean Cox Dean Michael Cox (born 1 August 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer and current assistant coach of the Sydney Swans who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Dampier, Western Austr ...

Shannon Hurn Shannon William Hurn (born 4 September 1987) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). From South Australia, he excelled at both cricket and football at junior level, and at one ...

, Josh Kennedy,

Matt Priddis Matthew Harley Priddis (born 21 March 1985) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Prior to being drafted, Priddis won two premierships with the Subia ...

Adam Selwood Adam Murray Selwood (born 1 May 1984) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from Bendigo, Victoria, Selwood played under-18 football for the Bendigo Pion ...

and

Beau Waters Beau Waters (born 30 March 1986) is a former professional Australian rules footballer and vice-captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Originally from the Happy Valley Football Club, South Australia, he playe ...

. During the games when Glass was injured, all of these players rotated the captaincy.

Results

Ladder

Awards

League awards

Mark LeCras Mark LeCras (born 30 August 1986) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He was predominantly used as a small forward, though he has occasionally played in the midfie ...

was selected in the forward pocket for the

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. *

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 ...

was nominated for the 2010 AFL Rising Star Award. *

placed third in the

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, scoring 63 goals for the season. *

received the most votes for the club in the

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, receiving 13 votes out of the club's total of 31 votes.

Club awards

The 2010 West Coast Eagles Club Champion Awards were held on Saturday, 11 September at

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was named Club Champion,

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received the Best Clubman award and

was awarded Rookie of the Year.

was also leading goal-kicker, kicking 63 goals for the year. Josh Kennedy was next, with 41 goals. The voting for the Club Champion Award went as follows:LeCras' wins Eagles' club champion award - The West Australian
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Season records and milestones

Team records

*Highest home attendance: 40 886 vs. at

, 2 May *Highest away attendance: 38 781 vs. Collingwood at

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, 3 July *Highest team score for: 20.12 (132) vs. at

, 17 July *Highest team score against: 24.16 (160) by at

, 1 August *Lowest team score for: 7:10 (52) vs. Collingwood at

, 3 July *Lowest team score against: 6.10 (46) by

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at the

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, 15 May *Most consecutive wins: 2 (rounds 7 and 8) *Most consecutive losses: 7 (between rounds 9 and 15) *Highest score by quarter: **1st quarter - 6.5 (41) vs. at

, 10 April **2nd quarter - 6.4 (40) vs. at

, 17 July **3rd quarter - 6.2 (38) vs. at

, 17 July **4th quarter - 5.4 (34) vs. at

, 8 May Source
AFL Tables
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Player records

*Most games: 22 -

Brad Ebert Bradley Ebert (born 2 April 1990) is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League (AFL) for the West Coast Eagles and . His father Craig Ebert played 112 games for during the 1980s. He is the nephew of R ...

Josh J. Kennedy Joshua J. Kennedy (born 25 August 1987) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He previously played for Carlton from 2006 to 2007 and is regarded as one of the b ...

and

*Most goals: 63 -

*Most goals in a game: 12.2 -

vs at

, 17 July *Most kicks: 267 -

*Most kicks in a game: 21 -

vs at

, 5 June *Most handballs: 336 -

*Most handballs in a game: 29 -

vs at

, 23 May *Most possessions: 488 -

*Most possession in a game: 36 -

vs at

, 10 April *Most contested possessions: 226 -

*Most marks: 146 -

*Most marks in a game: 17 -

vs at

, 5 June *Most contested marks: 28 -

*Most Inside-50s: 84 -

Andrew Embley Andrew Embley (born 27 June 1981) is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). He is known for winning the Norm Smith Medal as the best player in the 2006 AFL Grand Final ...

*Most tackles: 130 -

*Most tackles in a game: 15 -

vs at

, 2 May *Most hit-outs: 502 -

*Most hit-outs in a game: 35 -

vs AFL Haw at

, 8 May Source
West Coast Eagles 2010 Statistics
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Milestones

played his 200th game. *

played his 200th game. * Brett Jones played his 100th game. *

played his 50th game, and his 50th game for the Eagles. *

played his 50th game.

Debuts

Luke Shuey Luke Shuey (born 2 June 1990) is an Australian rules footballer and the captain of the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League (AFL). Shuey was recruited from the Oakleigh Chargers with pick 20 in the 2008 National Draft. After a ...

(round 1) *

(round 4) * Lewis Stevenson (round 5) *

(round 7) * Andrew Strijk (round 13) *

(round 13) * Ashley Smith (round 15) * Jordan Jones (round 21)

References

External links

West Coast Eagles 2010 Statistics
{{2010 AFL season

West Coast Eagles seasons