2010 West Coast Eagles season

The 2010 season was the West Coast Eagles' 24th season in the AFL. The Eagles finished 16th and last to record their first wooden spoon in the competition, just four years after their premiership season of 2006. West Coast played 22 games, including 12 at Subiaco Oval, winning just four and losing the remaining eighteen.[1]

West Coast Eagles
2010 season
PresidentMark Barnaba
CoachJohn Worsfold
Captain(s)Darren Glass
Home groundSubiaco Oval
Pre-season competitionQuarter-finals
AFL season16th (last)
Finals seriesDid not compete
Best & FairestMark LeCras
Leading goalkickerMark LeCras (63)
Highest home attendance40,886 vs. Fremantle, 2 May
Lowest home attendance26,976 vs. Adelaide, 10 July
Average home attendance34 931

Pre-season

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Trades

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West Coast was involved in one trade before the 2010 season - a three-way trade involving Brisbane Lions and Sydney. West Coast traded Brent Staker and draft picks 39 and 55 to Brisbane in exchange for Bradd Dalziell, and then traded Mark Seaby to Sydney in exchange for draft picks 22 and 118. Sydney then traded Amon Buchanan to Brisbane in exchange for pick 28.

Draft selections

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7 - Brad Sheppard (East Fremantle)
22 - Gerrick Weedon (Claremont)
23 - Koby Stevens (Gippsland Power)
5 - Ryan Neates (Claremont)
11 - Lewis Broome (Claremont)
27 - Andrew Strijk (West Perth)
40 - Ashton Hams (South Fremantle)
53 - Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls (Richmond)

NAB Cup

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Home team's score listed in bold.

Round Date Score Opponent Opponent's Score Result Venue Attendance
1 Friday, 12 February 5:40pm 1.16.12 (117) Essendon 0.12.10 (82) Won by 35 points Subiaco Oval 23 860
QF Saturday, 27 February 5:40pm 2.8.14 (80) Port Adelaide 4.19.8 (158) Lost by 78 points Subiaco Oval 16 231

List

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Squad

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West Coast Eagles
Senior list Rookie list Coaching staff

Head coach



Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice-captain(s)



Leadership group

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The leadership group was composed of the captain Darren Glass, Dean Cox, Shannon Hurn, Josh Kennedy, Matt Priddis, Adam Selwood and Beau Waters. During the games when Glass was injured, all of these players rotated the captaincy.

Results

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Regular season results[2]
Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance Ladder
G B T G B T
1 Saturday 27 March Lost 12 10 82 Brisbane Lions 16 18 114 The Gabba A 29,201 13th
2 Saturday 3 April Lost 12 14 86 Port Adelaide 13 11 89 Subiaco Oval H 37,010 11th
3 Saturday 10 April Lost 13 13 91 North Melbourne 17 14 116 Etihad Stadium A 18,394 14th
4 Friday 16 April Won 15 11 101 Essendon 11 12 78 Subiaco Oval H 38,676 12th
5 Saturday 24 April Lost 9 9 63 Sydney 17 13 115 Sydney Cricket Ground A 28,422 13th
6 Sunday 2 May Lost 10 13 73 Fremantle 17 9 111 Subiaco Oval H 40,886 14th
7 Saturday 8 May Won 15 12 102 Hawthorn 14 10 94 Subiaco Oval H 35,864 13th
8 Saturday 15 May Won 10 15 75 Melbourne 6 10 46 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 28,592 13th
9 Sunday 23 May Lost 8 8 56 St Kilda 13 13 91 Subiaco Oval H 36,244 14th
10 Sunday 30 May Lost 11 10 76 Carlton 15 15 105 Etihad Stadium A 29,175 14th
11 Saturday 5 June Lost 14 14 98 Geelong 18 14 122 Subiaco Oval H 33,784 14th
12 Sunday 13 June Lost 11 11 77 Richmond 19 12 126 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 30,870 14th
13 Sunday 20 June Lost 9 5 59 Western Bulldogs 17 17 119 Subiaco Oval H 34,280 15th
14 Saturday 3 July Lost 7 10 52 Collingwood 20 15 135 Etihad Stadium A 38,781 16th
15 Saturday 10 July Lost 14 11 95 Adelaide 17 15 117 Subiaco Oval H 26,976 16th
16 Saturday 17 July Won 20 12 132 Essendon 14 16 100 Etihad Stadium A 26,991 16th
17 Saturday 24 July Lost 11 17 83 Carlton 15 19 109 Subiaco Oval H 35,925 16th
18 Sunday 1 August Lost 13 7 85 Fremantle 24 16 160 Subiaco Oval A 40,451 16th
19 Saturday 7 August Lost 9 11 65 Brisbane Lions 10 10 70 Subiaco Oval H 32,587 16th
20 Saturday 14 August Lost 8 12 60 Port Adelaide 8 13 61 AAMI Stadium A 14,113 16th
21 Sunday 22 August Lost 14 10 94 North Melbourne 16 14 110 Subiaco Oval H 32,007 16th
22 Saturday 28 August Lost 10 8 68 Geelong 16 16 112 Skilled Stadium A 24,099 16th
Key
H Home game
A Away game

Ladder

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2010 AFL ladder
Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Collingwood (P) 22 17 4 1 2349 1658 141.7 70 Finals series
2 Geelong 22 17 5 0 2518 1702 147.9 68
3 St Kilda 22 15 6 1 1935 1591 121.6 62
4 Western Bulldogs 22 14 8 0 2174 1734 125.4 56
5 Sydney 22 13 9 0 2017 1863 108.3 52
6 Fremantle 22 13 9 0 2168 2087 103.9 52
7 Hawthorn 22 12 9 1 2044 1847 110.7 50
8 Carlton 22 11 11 0 2143 1983 108.1 44
9 North Melbourne 22 11 11 0 1930 2208 87.4 44
10 Port Adelaide 22 10 12 0 1749 2123 82.4 40
11 Adelaide 22 9 13 0 1763 1870 94.3 36
12 Melbourne 22 8 13 1 1863 1971 94.5 34
13 Brisbane Lions 22 7 15 0 1775 2158 82.3 28
14 Essendon 22 7 15 0 1930 2402 80.3 28
15 Richmond 22 6 16 0 1714 2348 73.0 24
16 West Coast 22 4 18 0 1773 2300 77.1 16
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Awards

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League awards

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Club awards

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The 2010 West Coast Eagles Club Champion Awards were held on Saturday, 11 September at Crown Perth. Mark LeCras was named Club Champion, Mark Nicoski received the Best Clubman award and Nic Naitanui was awarded Rookie of the Year. Mark LeCras was also leading goal-kicker, kicking 63 goals for the year. Josh Kennedy was next, with 41 goals.[7] The voting for the Club Champion Award went as follows:[8]

2010 Club Champion
Position Name Votes
1 Mark LeCras 294
2 Matt Priddis 286
3 Beau Waters 281
4 Dean Cox 271
5 Nic Naitanui 252
6 Josh Kennedy 251
7 Matt Rosa 247
8 Andrew Embley 246
9 Brad Ebert 241
10 Scott Selwood 227

Season records and milestones

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Team records

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Source: AFL Tables

Player records

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Source: West Coast Eagles 2010 Statistics

Milestones

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Debuts

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References

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  1. ^ AFL Tables - West Coast All Games - By Season
  2. ^ "2010 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
  3. ^ LeCras, Sandi named in All-Australian side - The West Australian
  4. ^ "West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui takes Round 4 Rising Star nomination - PerthNow". Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  5. ^ "West Coast Eagles Blog: 2010 All-Australian Team - Mark LeCras". Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
  6. ^ ABC Sport - Leaderboard: Brownlow Medal 2010
  7. ^ 2010 West Coast statistics - Official AFL website of the West Coast Eagles
  8. ^ LeCras' wins Eagles' club champion award - The West Australian
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