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.AFL Tables - West Coast All Games - By Season
Pre-season Trades
West Coast was involved in one trade before the 2010 season - a three-way trade involving and . 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 ()
NAB Cup Home team's score listed in bold. Round Date Score Opponent Opponent's Score Result Venue Attendance 1 Friday, 12 February 5:40pm 1.16.12 (117) 0.12.10 (82) Won by 35 points Subiaco Oval 23 860 QF Saturday, 27 February 5:40pm 2.8.14 (80) 4.19.8 (158) Lost by 78 points Subiaco Oval 16 231
List Squad
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 + Regular season results Round Date Result Score Opponent Score Ground Attendance 1 Saturday 27 March 12 10 82 16 18 114 The Gabba A 29,201 2 Saturday 3 April 12 14 86 13 11 89 Subiaco Oval H 37,010 3 Saturday 10 April 13 13 91 17 14 116 Etihad Stadium A 18,394 4 Friday 16 April 15 11 101 11 12 78 Subiaco Oval H 38,676 5 Saturday 24 April 9 9 63 17 13 115 Sydney Cricket Ground A 28,422 6 Sunday 2 May 10 13 73 17 9 111 Subiaco Oval H 40,886 7 Saturday 8 May 15 12 102 14 10 94 Subiaco Oval H 35,864 8 Saturday 15 May 10 15 75 6 10 46 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 28,592 9 Sunday 23 May 8 8 56 13 13 91 Subiaco Oval H 36,244 10 Sunday 30 May 11 10 76 15 15 105 Etihad Stadium A 29,175 11 Saturday 5 June 14 14 98 18 14 122 Subiaco Oval H 33,784 12 Sunday 13 June 11 11 77 19 12 126 Melbourne Cricket Ground A 30,870 13 Sunday 20 June 9 5 59 17 17 119 Subiaco Oval H 34,280 14 Saturday 3 July 7 10 52 20 15 135 Etihad Stadium A 38,781 15 Saturday 10 July 14 11 95 17 15 117 Subiaco Oval H 26,976 16 Saturday 17 July 20 12 132 14 16 100 Etihad Stadium A 26,991 17 Saturday 24 July 11 17 83 15 19 109 Subiaco Oval H 35,925 18 Sunday 1 August 13 7 85 24 16 160 Subiaco Oval A 40,451 19 Saturday 7 August 9 11 65 10 10 70 Subiaco Oval H 32,587 20 Saturday 14 August 8 12 60 8 13 61 AAMI Stadium A 14,113 21 Sunday 22 August 14 10 94 16 14 110 Subiaco Oval H 32,007 22 Saturday 28 August 10 8 68 16 16 112 Skilled Stadium A 24,099
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Ladder
Awards League awards Mark LeCras was selected in the forward pocket for the 2010 All-Australian team.LeCras, Sandi named in All-Australian side - The West Australian Nic Naitanui was nominated for the 2010 AFL Rising Star Award. Mark LeCras placed third in the Coleman Medal, scoring 63 goals for the season. 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.ABC Sport - Leaderboard: Brownlow Medal 2010
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.2010 West Coast statistics - Official AFL website of the West Coast Eagles The voting for the Club Champion Award went as follows:LeCras' wins Eagles' club champion award - The West Australian + 2010 Club Champion Position Name Votes 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. 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. at Etihad Stadium, 17 July Highest team score against: 24.16 (160) by 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. at Etihad Stadium, 10 April 2nd quarter - 6.4 (40) vs. at Etihad Stadium, 17 July 3rd quarter - 6.2 (38) vs. at Etihad Stadium, 17 July 4th quarter - 5.4 (34) vs. 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 at Etihad Stadium, 17 July Most kicks: 267 - Brad Ebert Most kicks in a game: 21 - Shannon Hurn vs at Subiaco Oval, 5 June Most handballs: 336 - Matt Priddis Most handballs in a game: 29 - Matt Priddis vs at Subiaco Oval, 23 May Most possessions: 488 - Matt Priddis Most possession in a game: 36 - Matt Priddis vs 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 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 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 Source: West Coast Eagles 2010 Statistics
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
External links West Coast Eagles 2010 Statistics AFL Tables West Coast Eagles 2010 Season