2010 AFL season
The 2010 Australian Football League season commenced on 25 March 2010 and concluded on 2 October 2010. It was the 114th season of the elite Australian rules football competition and the 21st under the name 'Australian Football League', having switched from 'Victorian Football League' after 1989. The premiership was won by, who defeated by 56 points in the Grand Final Replay, which was played after the first Grand Final was drawn. Collingwood's win marked the 15th VFL/AFL premiership in the club's history.
The 2010 AFL season had a total attendance of 7,146,738 people and an average attendance of 38,423 per game, both of which were the highest in league history. The record for total attendance was broken in 2017, but the record for average attendance still stands. It was the 16th and final season to be played with sixteen teams. An expansion of the league occurred over the following two seasons, with and joining in 2011 and 2012 respectively.
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 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 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
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
Week one
Week two
Week three
Weeks four/five
Grand final replay
Season records
- Biggest margin: 116 points –, 24.11 vs 5.9, Aurora Stadium, round 21
- Smallest margin : 1 point –
- *, 12.14 vs 12.13, MCG, round 2
- *, 8.13 vs 8.12, AAMI Stadium, round 20
- Drawn Games:
- * 11.10 vs 9.22, MCG, round 12
- * 14.3 vs 13.9, Etihad Stadium, round 17
- * 9.14 vs 10.8, MCG, Grand Final
- Highest Score: 24.18 –, 10.4 vs 24.18 , MCG, round 20
- Highest Aggregate Score: 40.17 – 16.6 vs 24.11, MCG, round 6
- Lowest Score: 3.12 –, 3.12 vs 10.17, AAMI Stadium, round 10
- Lowest Aggregate Score: 13.17 – 6.10 vs 7.7, 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 – Mark LeCras, Final score: 14.16 vs 20.12 , 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.
- 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
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.
;Nominations
- Round 1 – Chris Yarran
- Round 2 – Dan Hannebery
- Round 3 – Ryan Bastinac
- Round 4 – Nic Naitanui
- Round 5 – Jack Trengove
- Round 6 – Todd Banfield
- Round 7 – Tom Scully
- Round 8 – Jake Melksham
- Round 9 – Nathan Fyfe
- Round 10 – Dustin Martin†
- Round 11 – Jordan Gysberts
- Round 12 – Ben Reid
- Round 13 – Tom Rockliff
- Round 14 – Ben Stratton
- Round 15 – Jack Redden
- Round 16 – Phil Davis
- Round 17 – Jarrad Grant†
- Round 18 – Michael Hurley
- Round 19 – Jeff Garlett
- Round 20 – Jackson Trengove
- Round 21 – Sam Wright
- Round 22 – Anthony Morabito
;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
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
- Round 2 – Michael Osborne
- Round 3 – Matthew Pavlich
- Round 4 – Carl Peterson
- Round 5 – Stephen Milne
- Round 6 – Daniel Bradshaw
- Round 7 – Jamie Bennell
- Round 8 – Brent Harvey
- Round 9 – Brendan Fevola
- Round 10 – Marc Murphy
- Round 11 – Stephen Milne
- Round 12 – Stephen Milne
- Round 13 – Lance Franklin
- Round 14 – Patrick Dangerfield
- Round 15 – Rhyce Shaw
- Round 16 – Mark LeCras
- Round 17 – Mark LeCras
- Round 18 – Alan Didak
- Round 19 – Chance Bateman
- Round 20 – Liam Jurrah
- Round 21 – Cyril Rioli
- Round 22 – Lynden Dunn
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
- Round 2 – Nick Riewoldt
- Round 3 – Brett Ebert
- Round 4 – Jesse White
- Round 5 – David Wojcinski
- Round 6 – Colin Sylvia
- Round 7 – Jamie Bennell
- Round 8 – Justin Koschitzke
- Round 9 – Jack Riewoldt
- Round 10 – Carl Peterson
- Round 11 – Jack Riewoldt
- Round 12 – Justin Koschitzke
- Round 13 – Michael Osborne
- Round 14 – Scott Gumbleton
- Round 15 – Jack Riewoldt
- Round 16 – Luke McPharlin
- Round 17 – Aaron Edwards
- Round 18 – Darren Jolly
- Round 19 – Dale Thomas
- Round 20 – Nick Riewoldt
- Round 21 – Brendon Goddard
- Round 22 – Brendon Goddard
- Overall winner: Liam Jurrah
Club leadership