2010 WAFL season

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.

2010 WAFL season
Teams9
PremiersSwan Districts
(8th premiership)
Minor premiersClaremont
(13th minor premiership)
Matches played94
Bernie Naylor MedallistChad Jones (Claremont)
Sandover MedallistThomas Dihm (Swan Districts)

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:
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
Main article: 2010 WAFL 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)		 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
  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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