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The 2010 Australian Football League season will commence in March 2010.
Pre-season
AFL pre-season draft
AFL rookie draft
NAB Cup
Main article:
2010 NAB CupSummary of results
Premiership season
The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce 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 teams to play each other twice. These factors combine to create some of the following anomalies[1]
- six of the teams play each other for the first time in round 22;
- of the Victorian based teams St Kilda play 6 games interstate while Essendon only need to travel 3 times;
- of the 6 games Fremantle play in Melbourne none are at the MCG, while Geelong will play 7 games at the MCG despite not being one of the tenants at this ground;
- North Melbourne and Port Adelaide only play two of last year's top eight teams twice, while Essendon and Collingwood play five of these teams twice.
With the introduction of two additional teams over the following two years the draw is likely to become more complicated with greater anomalies.
The times listed for each game below are the local time of the venue.
Round 1 (Season Launch)
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Round 1 (Season Launch)[2] |
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| Thursday, 25 March 7:10pm |
Richmond |
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Carlton |
MCG |
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| Friday, 26 March 7:40pm |
Geelong |
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Essendon |
MCG |
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| Saturday, 27 March 2:10pm |
Melbourne |
vs. |
Hawthorn |
MCG |
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| Saturday, 27 March 7:10pm |
Brisbane Lions |
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West Coast |
Gabba |
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| Saturday, 27 March 7:10pm |
Sydney |
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St Kilda |
ANZ Stadium |
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| Sunday, 28 March 12:40pm |
Port Adelaide |
vs. |
North Melbourne |
AAMI Stadium |
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| Sunday, 28 March 5:10pm |
Fremantle |
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Adelaide |
Subiaco Oval |
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| Sunday, 28 March 2:10pm |
Western Bulldogs |
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Collingwood |
Etihad Stadium |
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- Richmond v Carlton will play the season opening match on the Thursday Night of Round 1 for the third consecutive year. It is also the fourth consecutive year the sides have played each other in the opening round.
- AFL Premiers Geelong will start their title defence against Essendon. This was an abandonment of the AFL's policy for the previous three seasons, where the grand finalists would meet again in round 1. It would also be the first time since 2006 that Essendon would have to play a defending premier in the first round, and also with a new captain.
- If he plays, Western Bulldogs v Collingwood will be Brad Johnson's 350th match.
- For the third year in succession St Kilda and Sydney will clash in the opening round as well as the Brisbane Lions and West Coast.
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Round 2 (Easter)
Round 3
Round 4
Round 6 (Rivalry Round)
Round 7
Round 8
Round 9 (Indigenous Round)
Round 10
Round 11
Round 12 (Queen's Birthday)
Round 13 (Split Round)
Round 14
Round 15
Round 16
Round 17
Round 18
Round 19
Round 20
Round 21
Round 22
Awards
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.
Goal of the Year
The Australian Football League celebrates the best goal of the season through the annual Goal of the Year competition. From 2009 onwards, the commercial name for the award is the AFL Stores Goal of the Year.
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 Jacks Mark of the Year.
AFL Army Award
Main article:
AFL Army AwardThe Australian Football League, with the support of the Australian Army, recognises players who produce act(s) of bravery or selflessness to promote the cause of his team during a game. Each week three players and what they did are made available on the AFL Army Award website for supporters to vote on. The player with the highest percentage of the vote is the AFL Army Award nominee for that round.
Club leadership
| Club |
Coach |
Captain(s) |
Vice Captain(s)/Leadership Group |
| Adelaide |
Neil Craig |
Simon Goodwin |
Brad Symes, Scott Stevens, Nathan van Berlo, Ben Rutten, Michael Doughty, Brett Burton and Tyson Edwards.[4] |
| Brisbane Lions |
Michael Voss |
Jonathan Brown |
Simon Black, Luke Power, Jed Adcock and Daniel Merrett |
| Carlton |
Brett Ratten |
Chris Judd |
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| Collingwood |
Mick Malthouse |
Nick Maxwell |
Scott Pendlebury(v.c.), Dane Swan (deputy v.c.), Darren Jolly, Heath Shaw, Harry O'Brien, Shane O'Bree[5] |
| Essendon |
Matthew Knights |
Jobe Watson |
Andrew Welsh[6] |
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| Fremantle |
Mark Harvey |
Matthew Pavlich |
Paul Duffield, Michael Johnson, David Mundy, Aaron Sandilands, Antoni Grover and Des Headland[7] |
| Geelong |
Mark Thompson |
Cameron Ling |
Gary Ablett, Jr., Jimmy Bartel, Joel Corey, Corey Enright, Joel Selwood, James Kelly and Harry Taylor[8] |
| Hawthorn |
Alastair Clarkson |
Sam Mitchell |
Luke Hodge |
| Melbourne |
Dean Bailey |
James McDonald |
Aaron Davey, Jared Rivers, Brent Moloney, Brad Green, Cameron Bruce and Brad Miller[9] |
| North Melbourne |
Brad Scott |
Brent Harvey |
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| Port Adelaide |
Mark Williams |
Domenic Cassisi |
Dean Brogan and Jacob Surjan[10] |
| Richmond |
Damien Hardwick |
Chris Newman |
Nathan Foley, Brett Deledio, Daniel Jackson, Trent Cotchin and Troy Simmonds[11] |
| St Kilda |
Ross Lyon |
Nick Riewoldt |
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| Sydney |
Paul Roos |
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| West Coast |
John Worsfold |
Darren Glass |
Dean Cox, Matthew Priddis, Adam Selwood, Beau Waters, Shannon Hurn, Josh J. Kennedy[12] |
| Western Bulldogs |
Rodney Eade |
Brad Johnson |
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Umpiring and rule changes
Player changes
Retirements, sackings and delistings
References
- ^ Broad, Ben (30 October 2009). "Luck of the draw". AFL Bigpond Network. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/86496/default.aspx. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ AFL. "2010 AFL fixture". http://www.afl.com.au. http://www.afl.com.au/premiership%20fixture/tabid/10586/default.aspx.
- ^ Wilson, Caroline (20 October 2009). "AFL floats a 'floating' final round". Brisbane Times. http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/sport/afl-floats-a-floating-final-round-20091020-h5ec.html. Retrieved 20 October 2009.
- ^ "Simon Goodwin stays Adelaide skipper". Herald Sun, Melbourne. 18 December 2009. http://www.heraldsun.com.au/sport/afl/simon-goodwin-stays-adelaide-skipper/story-e6frf9jf-1225811811863. Retrieved 18 December 2009.
- ^ "Pies promote Shaw". http://afl.com.au, Melbourne. 15 March 2010. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/90567/default.aspx. Retrieved 15 March 2010.
- ^ "Watson to lead Dons in 2010". http://www.bombersfc.com.au. http://www.bombersfc.com.au/tabid/6477/default.aspx?newsid=88339. Retrieved 21 December 2009.
- ^ Morfesse, Luke (09 December 2009). "Duffield, Johnson and Mundy boost leadership group". http://www.fremantlefc.com.au. http://www.fremantlefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7009/newsid/87974/default.aspx. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ Pace, Richie (20 January 2010). "Ling captain; Kelly & Taylor added to PLG". http://www.geelongcats.com.au. http://www.gfc.com.au/geelongnews/newsarticle/tabid/3933/newsid/88794/default.aspx. Retrieved 20 January 2010.
- ^ Phelan, Jason (08 December 2009). "Davey, Rivers join leadership group". http://www.melbournefc.com.au. http://www.melbournefc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/7415/newsid/87921/default.aspx. Retrieved 08 December 2009.
- ^ Gill, Katrina (05 February 2010). "Psych test uncovers Power's leadership trio". AFL Bigpond Network. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/89253/default.aspx. Retrieved 05 February 2010.
- ^ "Tigers announce leadership group". http://www.richmondfc.com.au. http://www.richmondfc.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/6301/newsid/90419/default.aspx. Retrieved 12 March 2010.
- ^ O'Donoghue, Craig (18 January 2010). "Glass expects early handover of captaincy". The West Australian. http://au.news.yahoo.com/thewest/sport/a/-/afl/6690342/glass-expects-early-handover-of-captaincy. Retrieved 18 January 2010.
- ^ Lavell, Steve; Cullen, Mic (6 January 2010). "Injury forces Hawk Croad into retirement". AFL BigPond Network. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/88514/default.aspx. Retrieved 6 January 2010.
- ^ Schmook, Nathan (18 February 2010). "Solomon's mind willing, body beat". AFL BigPond Network. http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/89669/default.aspx. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
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