Fremantle Football Club
2010 season
PresidentSteve Harris
CoachMark Harvey
Captain(s)Matthew Pavlich
Home groundSubiaco Oval
Pre-season competitionSemi finals
AFL season6th
Finals seriesSemi finals
Best and FairestDavid Mundy
Leading goalkickerMatthew Pavlich (61)
Highest home attendance42,719 vs. Hawthorn (Elimination Final) (4 September 2010)
Lowest home attendance30,976 vs. Adelaide (28 March 2010)
Average home attendance36,574 (home and away)[1]
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The 2010 Fremantle Football Club season was the club's 16th season of competition in the Australian Football League (AFL). The club reached the finals for the third time and won its first ever Elimination Final, beating Hawthorn at Subiaco Oval before losing to Geelong at the MCG to end the season.

Personnel changes

Fremantle was not a major participant in the trade period, with no recruits and only fringe players Brett Peake and Marcus Drum traded for late third round selections. In the draft, however, Fremantle would recruit two significant members of its future midfield in Nathan Fyfe and Michael Barlow, as well as the injury prone Anthony Morabito. Adam McPhee returned to the club via the pre-season draft after spending the seven previous seasons with Essendon.

Dean Solomon retired during the pre-season due to a recurrence of a past knee injury.[2] Scott Thornton announced his retirement mid year after breaking his leg whilst playing for South Fremantle.[3] Paul Hasleby declared prior to the final home and away game that he would retire at the end of the season.[4]

Off-field, Rick Hart stepped down as president at the end of the 2009 season, with Steve Harris his successor. Ben Allen was reappointed as the member's elected representative, and inaugural Docker Stephen O'Reilly and Jenn Morris, a dual Olympic gold medalist with the Hockeyroos, appointed to the board.

During the season

Additions

Traded to Fremantle:

2009 National draft:[5]

Pre-season draft

Rookie draft:[6]

Rookie elevation:

Departures

Retired

Delisted:

Traded away:

Ladder

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

2010 results

NAB Cup

First round
Sunday, 21 February 5:40pm Fremantle 1.13.10 (97) def. Melbourne 2.4.8 (50) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 11,031) Report
Quarter-finals
Sunday 28 February 5:10pm North Melbourne 0.13.12 (90) def. by Fremantle 1.12.13 (94) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 7,877) Report
Semi-finals
Saturday 6 March 7:10pm St Kilda 2.15.7 (115) def. Fremantle 2.3.9 (45) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 5,241)

Premiership season

Round 1
Sunday, 28 March (5:10pm) Fremantle 17.16 (118) def. Adelaide 9.8 (62) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 30,976) Report
Round 2
Sunday, 4 April (2:10pm) Essendon 9.15 (69) def. by Fremantle 17.11 (113) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 29,651) Report
Round 3
Sunday, 11 April (2:40pm) Fremantle 18.17 (125) def. Geelong 17.16 (118) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 38,762) Report
Round 4
Sunday, 18 April (4:40pm) St Kilda 16.12 (102) def. Fremantle 14.9 (93) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 29,841) Report
Round 5
Sunday, 25 April (6:40pm) Fremantle 15.22 (112) def. Richmond 11.7 (73) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 38,010) Report
Round 6
Sunday, 2 May (2:40pm) West Coast 10.13 (73) def. by Fremantle 17.9 (111) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 40,886) Report
Round 7
Saturday, 8 May (7:10pm) Brisbane Lions 15.10 (100) def. by Fremantle 15.23 (113) Gabba (crowd: 27,739) Report
Round 8
Friday, 14 May (6:40pm) Fremantle 15.7 (97) def. by Collingwood 20.13 (133) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 41,624) Report
Round 9
Saturday, 22 May (2:10pm) Sydney 9.9 (63) def. by Fremantle 14.16 (100) SCG (crowd: 24,819) Report
Round 10
Sunday, 30 May (2:40pm) Fremantle 21.13 (139) def. North Melbourne 11.12 (78) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 36,175) Report
Round 11
Saturday, 5 June (2:40pm) Adelaide 16.9 (105) def. Fremantle 12.10 (82) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 35,605) Report
Round 12
Sunday, 13 June (2:40pm) Fremantle 10.7 (67) def. by St Kilda 12.13 (85) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 37,569) Report
Round 13
Saturday, 20 June (7:10pm) Carlton 12.15 (87) def. by Fremantle 14.12 (96) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 28,869) Report
Round 14
Saturday, 3 July (1:10pm) Fremantle 17.13 (115) def. Port Adelaide 8.10 (58) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 32,442) Report
Round 15
Saturday, 10 July (7:10pm) Richmond 15.10 (100) def. Fremantle 11.15 (81) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 25,707) Report
Round 16
Sunday, 18 July (2:40pm) Fremantle 11.16 (82) def. Melbourne 10.11 (71) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 32,816) Report
Round 17
Sunday, 25 July (1:10pm) Western Bulldogs 24.14 (158) def. Fremantle 12.4 (76) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 26,797) Report
Round 18
Sunday, 1 August (2:40pm) Fremantle 24.16 (160) def. West Coast 13.7 (85) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 40,451) Report
Round 19
Saturday, 7 August (2:10pm) North Melbourne 19.9 (123) def. Fremantle 10.9 (69) Etihad Stadium (crowd: 14,891) Report
Round 20
Saturday, 14 August (1:10pm) Fremantle 13.9 (87) def. by Sydney 14.12 (96) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 34,087) Report
Round 21
Saturday, 21 August (2:10pm) Hawthorn 24.11 (155) def. Fremantle 5.9 (39) Aurora Stadium (crowd: 15,532) Report
Round 22
Friday, 26 August (6.40pm) Fremantle 13.15 (93) def. Carlton 13.9 (87) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 39,376) Report

Finals

Elimination Final
Saturday, 4 September (1:20pm) Fremantle 14.10 (94) def. Hawthorn 8.16 (64) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 42,719) Report
Semi-Final
Friday, 10 September (7:45pm) Geelong 20.15 (135) def. Fremantle 10.6 (66) MCG (crowd: 45,056) Report

Awards, records and milestones

Aaron Sandilands was named as the lead ruckman in the 2010 All-Australian team, his third selection. Matthew Pavlich was considered unlucky to have not been selected for his seventh All-Australia team.[11] Michael Barlow was awarded the Ross Glendinning Medal in Round 6, with Sandilands winning it in Round 18. Barlow, despite only playing 13 games for the season due to suffering a broken leg in Round 14, was also awarded the Best First Year Player Award by the AFL Players Association awards.[12]

Nathan Fyfe and Anthony Morabito both received nominations in the 2010 AFL Rising Star award, Fyfe in Fremantle's round 9 win over Sydney[13] and Morabito in the final round against Carlton.[14]

Garrick Ibbotson and Paul Duffield were chosen to represent Australia in the 2010 International Rules series in Ireland.[15]

Club awards

David Mundy won his first Doig Medal, awarded at a function at the Burswood Entertainment Complex on 3 October.[16] Votes were awarded to each player by the coaches after each game.

Milestones

Debuts

Name Age at debut Debut round Opponent Games (2010) Goals (2010)
Anthony Morabito 18 years, 150 days Round 1[17] Adelaide 23 13
Michael Barlow 22 years, 100 days Round 1[18] Adelaide 13 15
Alex Silvagni 22 years, 185 days Round 1[19] Adelaide 15 4
Nathan Fyfe 18 years, 219 days Round 5[20] Richmond 18 14
Dylan Roberton 18 years, 315 days Round 6[21] West Coast 13 2
Jesse Crichton 19 years, 37 days Round 17[22] Western Bulldogs 6 2
Justin Bollenhagen 18 years, 227 days Round 18[23] West Coast 3 3

References

  • Fremantle Football Club 2010 Yearbook (PDF).
  1. ^ "AFL Crowds, 2010". AFL Tables.
  2. ^ a b Schmook, Nathan (18 February 2010). "Solomon's mind willing, body beat". AFL BigPond Network. Archived from the original on 21 February 2010. Retrieved 19 February 2010.
  3. ^ Schmook, Nathan (28 June 2010). "Leg injury ends Thornton's 88-game career". AFL BigPond Network. Archived from the original on 7 December 2010. Retrieved 31 October 2010.
  4. ^ Schmook, Nathan (23 August 2010). "Fremantle to farewell Hasleby at season's end". AFL BigPond Network. Archived from the original on 27 August 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  5. ^ Club by club draft list
  6. ^ O'Donoghue, Craig (15 December 2009). "Rookie Silvagni to Fremantle". The West Australian. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  7. ^ Fremantle welcomes six new young faces Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
  8. ^ a b c d e f "News Browne, Gilmore among six delistings at Freo". AFL website. 3 September 2009. Archived from the original on 22 September 2009. Retrieved 9 October 2009.
  9. ^ Chadwick, Jason (13 November 2009) Dockers de-list Foster Archived 6 October 2014 at the Wayback Machine
  10. ^ a b "Your club's AFL trade week deals". 10 October 2009. Retrieved 10 October 2009.
  11. ^ Vaughan, Roger (13 September 2010). "Fremantle captain Matthew Pavlich left out of 2010 All-Australian team". AAP. Archived from the original on 14 September 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  12. ^ Lienert, Sam (6 September 2010). "Collingwood midfielder Dane Swan wins AFL players' association MVP award". AAP.
  13. ^ Holmesby, Luke (25 May 2010). "NAB AFL Rising Star round nine: Nathan Fyfe". AFL BigPond Network. Archived from the original on 28 May 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  14. ^ Broad, Ben (30 August 2010). "NAB AFL Rising Star round 22: Anthony Morabito". AFL BigPond Network. Archived from the original on 31 August 2010. Retrieved 18 October 2010.
  15. ^ "Freo Dockers duo set for Ireland". 8 October 2010. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
  16. ^ Papalia, Ben (3 October 2010). "David Mundy wins Fremantle's best and fairest".
  17. ^ Anthony Morabito's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  18. ^ Michael Barlow's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  19. ^ Alex Silvagni's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  20. ^ Nathan Fyfe's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  21. ^ Dylan Roberton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  22. ^ Jesse Crichton's playing statistics from AFL Tables
  23. ^ Justin Bollenhagen's playing statistics from AFL Tables

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