2010 Fremantle Football Club season

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Fremantle Football Club
2010 season
PresidentSteve Harris
Coach Mark Harvey
Captain(s) Matthew Pavlich
Home ground Subiaco Oval
Pre-season competition Semi finals
AFL season 6th
Finals series Semi finals
Best and Fairest David Mundy
Leading goalkicker Matthew 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.

Contents

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
PosTeam
PldWLDPFPAPPPts
1 Collingwood (P)22174123491658141.770 Finals series
2 Geelong 22175025181702147.968
3 St Kilda 22156119351591121.662
4 Western Bulldogs 22148021741734125.456
5 Sydney 22139020171863108.352
6 Fremantle 22139021682087103.952
7 Hawthorn 22129120441847110.750
8 Carlton 221111021431983108.144
9 North Melbourne 22111101930220887.444
10 Port Adelaide 22101201749212382.440
11 Adelaide 2291301763187094.336
12 Melbourne 2281311863197194.534
13 Brisbane Lions 2271501775215882.328
14 Essendon 2271501930240280.328
15 Richmond 2261601714234873.024
16 West Coast 2241801773230077.116
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

NameAge at debutDebut roundOpponentGames (2010) Goals (2010)
Anthony Morabito 18 years, 150 daysRound 1 [17] Adelaide 2313
Michael Barlow 22 years, 100 daysRound 1 [18] Adelaide 1315
Alex Silvagni 22 years, 185 daysRound 1 [19] Adelaide 154
Nathan Fyfe 18 years, 219 daysRound 5 [20] Richmond 1814
Dylan Roberton 18 years, 315 daysRound 6 [21] West Coast 132
Jesse Crichton 19 years, 37 daysRound 17 [22] Western Bulldogs 62
Justin Bollenhagen 18 years, 227 daysRound 18 [23] West Coast 33

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