2010 season | |||
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President | Mark Barnaba | ||
Coach | John Worsfold | ||
Captain(s) | Darren Glass | ||
Home ground | Subiaco Oval | ||
Pre-season competition | Quarter-finals | ||
AFL season | 16th (last) | ||
Finals series | Did not compete | ||
Best & Fairest | Mark LeCras | ||
Leading goalkicker | Mark LeCras (63) | ||
Highest home attendance | 40,886 vs. Fremantle, 2 May | ||
Lowest home attendance | 26,976 vs. Adelaide, 10 July | ||
Average home attendance | 34 931 | ||
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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]
Pre-season
Trades
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
- National draft selections
- 7 - Brad Sheppard (East Fremantle)
- 22 - Gerrick Weedon (Claremont)
- 23 - Koby Stevens (Gippsland Power)
- Pre-season draft selections
- 5 - Ryan Neates (Claremont)
- Rookie draft selections
- 11 - Lewis Broome (Claremont)
- 27 - Andrew Strijk (West Perth)
- 40 - Ashton Hams (South Fremantle)
- 53 - Jarrad Oakley-Nicholls (Richmond)
NAB Cup
Home team's score listed in bold.
Round | Date | Score | Opponent | Opponent's Score | Result | Venue | Attendance |
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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
Squad
Senior list | Rookie list | Coaching staff | |||||||
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Head coach
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Leadership group
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
Round | Date | Result | Score | Opponent | Score | Ground | Attendance | Ladder | |||||
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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 03 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 02 May | Lost | 10 | 13 | 73 | Fremantle | 17 | 9 | 111 | Subiaco Oval | H | 40,886 | 14th |
7 | Saturday 08 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 05 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 03 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 01 August | Lost | 13 | 7 | 85 | Fremantle | 24 | 16 | 160 | Subiaco Oval | A | 40,451 | 16th |
19 | Saturday 07 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 |
H | Home game |
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A | Away game |
Ladder
Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
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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 |
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers
Awards
League awards
- Mark LeCras was selected in the forward pocket for the 2010 All-Australian team.[3]
- Nic Naitanui was nominated for the 2010 AFL Rising Star Award.[4]
- Mark LeCras placed third in the Coleman Medal, scoring 63 goals for the season.[5]
- Matt Priddis received the most votes for the club in the 2010 Brownlow Medal, receiving 13 votes out of the club's total of 31 votes.[6]
Club awards
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]
Position | Name | Votes |
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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
Team records
- Highest home attendance: 40 886 vs. Fremantle at Subiaco Oval, 2 May
- Highest away attendance: 38 781 vs. Collingwood at Etihad Stadium, 3 July
- Highest team score for: 20.12 (132) vs. Essendon at Etihad Stadium, 17 July
- Highest team score against: 24.16 (160) by Fremantle at Subiaco Oval, 1 August
- Lowest team score for: 7:10 (52) vs. Collingwood at Etihad Stadium, 3 July
- Lowest team score against: 6.10 (46) by Melbourne at the MCG, 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. North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, 10 April
- 2nd quarter - 6.4 (40) vs. Essendon at Etihad Stadium, 17 July
- 3rd quarter - 6.2 (38) vs. Essendon at Etihad Stadium, 17 July
- 4th quarter - 5.4 (34) vs. Hawthorn at Subiaco Oval, 8 May
Source: AFL Tables
Player records
- Most games: 22 - Dean Cox, Brad Ebert, Josh J. Kennedy and Nic Naitanui
- Most goals: 63 - Mark LeCras
- Most goals in a game: 12.2 - Mark LeCras vs Essendon at Etihad Stadium, 17 July
- Most kicks: 267 - Brad Ebert
- Most kicks in a game: 21 - Shannon Hurn vs Geelong at Subiaco Oval, 5 June
- Most handballs: 336 - Matt Priddis
- Most handballs in a game: 29 - Matt Priddis vs St Kilda at Subiaco Oval, 23 May
- Most possessions: 488 - Matt Priddis
- Most possession in a game: 36 - Matt Priddis vs North Melbourne at Etihad Stadium, 10 April
- Most contested possessions: 226 - Matt Priddis
- Most marks: 146 - Beau Waters
- Most marks in a game: 17 - Beau Waters vs Geelong at Subiaco Oval, 5 June
- Most contested marks: 28 - Josh J. Kennedy
- Most Inside-50s: 84 - Andrew Embley
- Most tackles: 130 - Matt Priddis
- Most tackles in a game: 15 - Matt Priddis vs Fremantle at Subiaco Oval, 2 May
- Most hit-outs: 502 - Dean Cox
- Most hit-outs in a game: 35 - Dean Cox vs AFL Haw at Subiaco Oval, 8 May
Milestones
- Andrew Embley played his 200th game.
- Dean Cox played his 200th game.
- Brett Jones played his 100th game.
- Josh J. Kennedy played his 50th game, and his 50th game for the Eagles.
- Brad Ebert played his 50th game.
Debuts
- Luke Shuey (round 1)
- Ashton Hams (round 4)
- Lewis Stevenson (round 5)
- Brad Sheppard (round 7)
- Andrew Strijk (round 13)
- Koby Stevens (round 13)
- Ashley Smith (round 15)
- Jordan Jones (round 21)
References
- ↑ AFL Tables - West Coast All Games - By Season
- ↑ "2010 Season Scores and Results". AFL Tables. Retrieved 18 June 2021.
- ↑ LeCras, Sandi named in All-Australian side - The West Australian
- ↑ "West Coast ruckman Nic Naitanui takes Round 4 Rising Star nomination - PerthNow". Archived from the original on 6 June 2012. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ↑ "West Coast Eagles Blog: 2010 All-Australian Team - Mark LeCras". Archived from the original on 3 October 2010. Retrieved 4 February 2011.
- ↑ ABC Sport - Leaderboard: Brownlow Medal 2010
- ↑ 2010 West Coast statistics - Official AFL website of the West Coast Eagles
- ↑ LeCras' wins Eagles' club champion award - The West Australian