2010 WAFL season

2010 WAFL season
2010 WAFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Swan Districts; 8th premiership
Minor premiers	Claremont; 13th minor premiership
Sandover Medallist	Andrew Krakouer (Swan Districts)
Bernie Naylor Medallist	Chad Jones (Claremont)
Matches played	94
	← 2009 2011 ⊟

The 2010 WAFL season was the 126th season of the West Australian Football League in its various incarnations. It was notable for the end of the 2000s Subiaco dynasty, with the Lions missing out on the finals for the first time since 1997 and also witnessed reigning premiers South Fremantle dropping to be ahead of only perennial stragglers Peel and Perth, who continued their disastrous record of the 2000s - Peel avoided the wooden spoon with three wins but recorded the second worst average points against in WAFL history behind only Perth in 1981.^[1] In contrast, Claremont, who had not won a premiership since 1996 and had been second last in both 2008 and 2009, rose to the top with only one loss and a draw until the closing home-and-away round, whilst Swan Districts, after suffering through severe financial difficulties and a long run of poor results on the field, ultimately won its eighth senior premiership in a thrilling Grand Final.

Home-and-away season

Round 1


	Round 1
Friday, 19 March (6:40 pm)	South Fremantle 15.7 (97)	def.	East Perth 13.15 (93)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2642)
Saturday, 20 March (2:15 pm)	West Perth 20.13 (133)	def.	Swan Districts 11.13 (79)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2229)
Saturday, 20 March (2:15 pm)	Perth 13.9 (87)	def. by	East Fremantle 13.12 (90)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2395)
Saturday, 20 March (2:15 pm)	Peel Thunder 9.11 (65)	def. by	Claremont 27.13 (175)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1201)
	Bye Subiaco
After Peel led by three goals at quarter-time, Claremont with the wind kick 12.2 to 0.1 in the second quarter.

Round 2


	Round 2
Saturday, 27 March (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 8.12 (60)	def. by	West Perth 14.13 (97)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2229)
Saturday, 27 March (2:15 pm)	Claremont 24.9 (153)	def.	South Fremantle 7.9 (51)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1682)
Saturday, 27 March (2:15 pm)	Peel Thunder 18.17 (125)	def.	Perth 10.13 (73)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1157)
Saturday, 27 March (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 9.8 (62)	def.	East Perth 7.13 (55)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1711)
	Bye Swan Districts

Round 3 (Easter weekend)


	Round 3
Saturday, 3 April (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 18.15 (123)	def.	South Fremantle 12.9 (81)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2220)
Saturday, 3 April (2:15 pm)	Peel Thunder 15.11 (101)	def. by	East Fremantle 14.19 (103)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1625)
Monday, 5 April (2:15 pm)	East Perth 11.14 (80)	def. by	West Perth 14.13 (97)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 4882)
Monday, 5 April (2:15 pm)	Perth 5.10 (40)	def. by	Subiaco 12.4 (76)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2974)
	Bye Claremont

Round 4


	Round 4
Saturday, 10 April (2:15 pm)	East Perth 20.19 (139)	def.	Peel Thunder 9.7 (61)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1696)
Saturday, 10 April (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 14.7 (91)	def. by	Swan Districts 20.8 (128)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1878)
Sunday, 11 April (2:15 pm)	West Perth 18.14 (122)	def.	South Fremantle 18.11 (119)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2351)
Sunday, 11 April (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 8.8 (56)	def. by	Claremont 19.13 (127)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2332)
	Bye Perth

Round 5


	Round 5
Saturday, 17 April (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 13.18 (96)	def. by	Subiaco 18.10 (118)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2687)
Saturday, 17 April (2:15 pm)	Claremont 20.8 (128)	def.	East Fremantle 8.8 (56)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 2106)
Saturday, 17 April (2:15 pm)	South Fremantle 25.17 (167)	def.	Peel Thunder 12.11 (83)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1928)
Saturday, 17 April (3:45 pm)	East Perth 19.12 (126)	def.	Perth 8.11 (59)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2148)
	Bye West Perth

Round 6 (Anzac Day)


	Round 6
Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 15.11 (101)	def.	East Perth 10.16 (76)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2190)
Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm)	Perth 15.9 (99)	def. by	Swan Districts 17.13 (115)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2623)
Saturday, 24 April (2:15 pm)	Claremont 17.15 (117)	def.	West Perth 12.12 (84)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 2751)
Sunday, 25 April (1:30 pm)	East Fremantle 18.15 (123)	def.	South Fremantle 11.11 (77)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 3335)
	Bye Peel Thunder

Round 7


	Round 7
Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 24.20 (164)	def.	Peel Thunder 7.8 (50)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1859)
Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 22.9 (141)	def.	Claremont 17.6 (108)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2581)
Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm)	West Perth 14.13 (97)	def. by	East Fremantle 14.16 (100)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2170)
Saturday, 1 May (2:15 pm)	South Fremantle 17.18 (120)	def.	Perth 15.4 (94)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1750)
	Bye East Perth

Round 8


	Round 8
Saturday, 8 May (2:15 pm)	Perth 12.10 (82)	def. by	Claremont 22.9 (141)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1775)
Saturday, 8 May (2:15 pm)	East Perth 16.12 (108)	def. by	Swan Districts 18.15 (123)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2123)
Saturday, 8 May (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 9.15 (69)	def. by	Subiaco 12.10 (82)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1308)
Sunday, 9 May (2:15 pm)	Peel Thunder 16.17 (113)	def.	West Perth 11.6 (72)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1347)
	Bye South Fremantle

Round 9


	Round 9
Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 22.15 (147)	def.	South Fremantle 18.13 (121)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1894)
Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 26.17 (173)	def.	Peel Thunder 10.7 (67)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1965)
Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm)	Claremont 17.4 (106)	def.	East Perth 9.16 (70)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1822)
Saturday, 15 May (2:15 pm)	West Perth 17.12 (114)	def.	Perth 6.19 (55)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2580)
	Bye East Fremantle
Claremont kick an amazing 13.1 (79) to 9.11 (65) in the first three quarters.

Round 10


	Round 10
Saturday, 29 May (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 20.14 (134)	def.	West Perth 13.7 (85)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2931)
Saturday, 29 May (2:15 pm)	Claremont 38.12 (240)	def.	Peel Thunder 7.4 (46)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1410)
Saturday, 29 May (2:15 pm)	East Perth 13.7 (85)	def. by	South Fremantle 24.11 (155)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1925)
Saturday, 29 May (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 17.11 (113)	def.	Perth 9.2 (56)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1120)
	Bye Subiaco
Claremont record the third biggest win in open-age WAFL football, with Chad Jones kicking ten goals.^[2] South Fremantle kick 14.4 (88) in the second quarter after being three goals down, emulating Claremont in the opening round and equalling East Fremantle in 1951 for the most points in a second quarter in open-age WAFL football^[3]

Round 11 (Foundation Day)


	Round 11
Saturday, 5 June (2:15 pm)	Perth 23.12 (150)	def.	Peel Thunder 8.11 (59)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1845)
Monday, 7 June (2:15 pm)	West Perth 19.10 (124)	def. by	East Perth 24.9 (153)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 4477)
Monday, 7 June (2:15 pm)	South Fremantle 10.10 (70)	def. by	East Fremantle 18.17 (125)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 8156)
Monday, 7 June (2:15 pm)	Claremont 21.15 (141)	def.	Subiaco 13.14 (92)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 3334)
	Bye Swan Districts
Perth win their first game for 2010, kicking 16.6 (102) to Peel’s 0.4 (4) in the second half after trailing throughout the first half.

Round 12


	Round 12
Saturday, 12 June (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 13.15 (93)	def. by	West Perth 19.13 (127)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1719)
Sunday, 13 June (2:15 pm)	Perth 10.5 (65)	def. by	South Fremantle 17.19 (121)	Wongan Hills (crowd: 1658)
Sunday, 13 June (2:15 pm)	Peel Thunder 12.4 (76)	def. by	East Perth 25.12 (162)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1219)
Sunday, 13 June (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 11.10 (76)	def. by	Swan Districts 17.19 (121)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2249)
	Bye Claremont

Round 13


	Round 13
Saturday, 19 June (2:15 pm)	West Perth 6.10 (46)	def. by	Claremont 17.9 (111)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2319)
Saturday, 19 June (2:15 pm)	East Perth 16.15 (111)	def.	Subiaco 15.13 (103)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2172)
Saturday, 19 June (2:15 pm)	South Fremantle 14.10 (94)	def. by	Swan Districts 17.13 (115)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1931)
Saturday, 19 June (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 26.17 (173)	def.	Peel Thunder 5.11 (41)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 992)
	Bye Perth

Round 14


	Round 14
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 14.15 (99)	def.	Perth 14.10 (94)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2062)
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 14.12 (96)	def.	East Fremantle 7.11 (53)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3002)
Saturday, 26 June (2:15 pm)	Claremont 24.13 (157)	def.	East Perth 6.18 (54)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 2109)
Sunday, 27 June (2:15 pm)	Peel Thunder 11.5 (71)	def. by	South Fremantle 14.17 (101)	Anniversary Park (crowd: 2015)
	Bye West Perth

Round 15


	Round 15
Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 16.5 (101)	def.	East Fremantle 10.11 (71)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1718)
Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 16.12 (108)	def.	East Perth 13.9 (87)	Dampier (crowd: 4200)
Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm)	Perth 10.9 (69)	def. by	West Perth 13.10 (88)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2131)
Saturday, 3 July (2:15 pm)	South Fremantle 12.6 (78)	def. by	Claremont 16.9 (105)	Wagin (crowd: 1950)
	Bye Peel Thunder

Round 16


	Round 16
Friday, 9 July (6:40 pm)	South Fremantle 12.19 (91)	def.	West Perth 3.9 (27)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1369)
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm)	Perth 12.10 (82)	def.	Swan Districts 10.12 (72)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 2042)
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 12.5 (77)	def. by	Claremont 17.11 (113)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1062)
Saturday, 10 July (2:15 pm)	Peel Thunder 9.16 (70)	def. by	Subiaco 18.14 (122)	Rushton Park (crowd: 817)
	Bye East Perth
On the only wet night or day of a season which set unprecedented records for dryness due to man-made global warming,^[4]^[5] Perth cause a huge upset over the eventual premiers, whilst West Perth kick the lowest WAFL score since 2006 after being goalless to half-time^[6]

Round 17


	Round 17
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm)	Claremont 15.16 (106)	def.	Perth 12.6 (78)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 1812)
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm)	West Perth 19.12 (126)	def.	Subiaco 11.10 (76)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1896)
Saturday, 17 July (2:15 pm)	East Perth 16.18 (114)	def.	East Fremantle 9.7 (61)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1927)
Sunday, 18 July (2:15 pm)	Peel Thunder 16.9 (105)	def. by	Swan Districts 25.14 (164)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1309)
	Bye South Fremantle

Round 18


	Round 18
Saturday, 24 July (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 15.11 (101)	def. by	South Fremantle 18.12 (120)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1854)
Saturday, 24 July (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 14.8 (92)	drew with	Claremont 13.14 (92)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3067)
Saturday, 24 July (2:15 pm)	Perth 5.6 (36)	def. by	East Perth 22.21 (153)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 3976)
Saturday, 24 July (2:15 pm)	West Perth 28.11 (179)	def.	Peel Thunder 7.13 (55)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 1511)
	Bye East Fremantle

Round 19


	Round 19
Saturday, 31 July (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 20.11 (131)	def.	South Fremantle 19.5 (119)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 2792)
Sunday, 1 August (2:15 pm)	Peel Thunder 11.7 (73)	def. by	East Perth 29.14 (188)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1056)
	Bye Claremont, Perth, Swan Districts, Subiaco, West Perth

Round 20


	Round 20
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm)	Claremont 17.10 (112)	def.	Subiaco 9.7 (61)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 3119)
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm)	East Perth 18.10 (118)	def.	West Perth 15.14 (104)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 3303)
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm)	South Fremantle 12.13 (85)	def. by	Swan Districts 18.12 (120)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1792)
Saturday, 7 August (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 16.21 (117)	def.	Perth 7.11 (53)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1150)
	Bye Peel Thunder

Round 21


	Round 21
Friday, 13 August (6:40 pm)	South Fremantle 11.11 (77)	def. by	West Perth 15.13 (103)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1640)
Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm)	Claremont 18.10 (118)	def.	Swan Districts 6.9 (45)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 2512)
Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm)	Perth 13.18 (96)	def. by	Peel Thunder 15.13 (103)	Lathlain Park (crowd: 1984)
Saturday, 14 August (2:15 pm)	Subiaco 9.10 (64)	def. by	East Fremantle 10.15 (75)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 1818)
	Bye East Perth
East Fremantle defeat Subiaco for the first time since Round 12, 2002. The intervening twenty-game winning streak is the longest in the WAFL by one club against another since 1985,^[7] and assured Subiaco would miss the finals for the first time since 1997. In a game that would decide the wooden spoon with each opponent having won only once against the top seven, Perth kick themselves out with 0.8 (8) in the last quarter^[8]

Round 22


	round 22
Saturday, 21 August (11:15 am)	West Perth 11.6 (72)	def. by	Claremont 22.8 (140)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 2150)
Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 25.16 (166)	def.	Perth 16.8 (104)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 3302)
Saturday, 21 August (2:15 pm)	East Perth 17.7 (109)	def.	Subiaco 13.18 (96)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2043)
Sunday, 22 August (2:15 pm)	Peel Thunder 7.10 (52)	def. by	East Fremantle 25.15 (165)	Rushton Park (crowd: 1496)
	Bye South Fremantle

Round 23


	Round 23
Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 22.25 (157)	def.	Peel Thunder 7.5 (47)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 1957)
Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm)	West Perth 16.16 (112)	def.	Perth 14.3 (87)	Arena Joondalup (crowd: 2634)
Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm)	East Perth 12.23 (95)	def.	Claremont 11.13 (79)	Leederville Oval (crowd: 2900)
Saturday, 28 August (2:15 pm)	South Fremantle 21.18 (144)	def. by	Subiaco 33.9 (207)	Fremantle Oval (crowd: 1918)
	Bye East Fremantle
As a result of the record dry winter in southwestern Australia^[9] very firm grounds allowed for the second highest-scoring match in WA(N)FL history and the highest since 1979, with no approach having been made since 1984.^[10] East Perth ends Claremont’s thirteen-game unbeaten streak and prevents it equalling its 1987 record of only one loss and a draw in the home-and-away season

Ladder

2010 ladder
Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Claremont	20	17	2	1	2569	1441	178.3	70
2	Swan Districts (P)	20	15	4	1	2368	1833	129.2	62
3	East Fremantle	20	12	8	0	1948	1761	110.6	48
4	East Perth	20	11	9	0	2176	1878	115.9	44
5	West Perth	20	11	9	0	2009	1927	104.3	44
6	Subiaco	20	10	10	0	2002	1970	101.6	40
7	South Fremantle	20	8	12	0	2088	2193	95.2	32
8	Peel Thunder	20	3	17	0	1463	2963	49.4	12
9	Perth	20	2	18	0	1559	2216	70.4	8

Source: WAFL Footy Facts
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

First semi-final


	First semi-final
Sunday, 5 September (2:15 pm)	East Fremantle 13.10 (88)	def. by	East Perth 15.12 (102)	East Fremantle Oval (crowd: 6,757)

Second semi-final


	Second semi-final
Sunday, 5 September (2:15 pm)	Claremont 17.17 (119)	def.	Swan Districts 10.9 (69)	Claremont Oval (crowd: 4,215)

Preliminary final


	Preliminary final
Saturday, 11 September (2:15 pm)	Swan Districts 15.11 (101)	def.	East Perth 9.9 (63)	Bassendean Oval (crowd: 11,251)

Grand Final


	2010 WAFL Grand Final
Sunday, 19 September	Claremont	def. by	Swan Districts	Subiaco Oval (crowd: 24,638)
	3.3 (21) 5.6 (36) 9.11 (65) 14.15 (99)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	1.6 (12) 5.10 (40) 9.10 (64) 14.16 (100)	Umpires: Craig Hendrie, Stuart Parry, Gavin Statham Simpson Medal: Andrew Krakouer (Swan Districts)


Chidgzey 3, Foster 3, Crawford 2, Derickx, Swift, Mitchell, Richardson, Schammer, Walton		Goals	Krakouer 4, Coniglio 4, Geappen 3, Simpson, Hansen, Walters




Swans win their first premiership since 1990 after a thrilling game. Krakouer, himself the son of Claremont legend Jimmy, completes the Sandover/Simpson double

References

^ "WAFL Footy Facts:Highest Average Points Against". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.
^ WAFL Footy Facts: Biggest Wins Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ WAFL Footy Facts: Most Points in A Second Quarter: One Team Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine
^ “Biting the Boom”; in Sydney Morning Herald; January 31, 2011
^ Monthly Weather Review Western Australia: December 2010 (for details of the climate of 2010)
^ South Fremantle v West Perth
^ WAFL Footy Facts: Team v Team Streaks Archived 2013-09-29 at the Wayback Machine
^ Perth v Peel Thunder, Round 21, 2010
^ Australian in winter 2010
^ WAFL Footy Facts: Highest Combined Scores Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

External links

[1] "WAFL Footy Facts:Highest Average Points Against". Archived from the original on 3 December 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2013.

[2] WAFL Footy Facts: Biggest Wins Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

[3] WAFL Footy Facts: Most Points in A Second Quarter: One Team Archived 2013-11-04 at the Wayback Machine

[4] “Biting the Boom”; in Sydney Morning Herald; January 31, 2011

[5] Monthly Weather Review Western Australia: December 2010 (for details of the climate of 2010)

[6] South Fremantle v West Perth

[7] WAFL Footy Facts: Team v Team Streaks Archived 2013-09-29 at the Wayback Machine

[8] Perth v Peel Thunder, Round 21, 2010

[9] Australian in winter 2010

[10] WAFL Footy Facts: Highest Combined Scores Archived 2013-10-29 at the Wayback Machine

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