2010 AFL season


	Round 1 (Season Launch)^[1]
Thursday, 25 March 7:10pm	Richmond	v	Carlton	MCG
Friday, 26 March 7:40pm	Geelong	v	Essendon	MCG
Saturday, 27 March 2:10pm	Melbourne	v	Hawthorn	MCG
Saturday, 27 March 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	v	West Coast	Gabba
Saturday, 27 March 7:10pm	Sydney	v	St Kilda	ANZ Stadium
Sunday, 28 March 12:40pm	Port Adelaide	v	North Melbourne	AAMI Stadium
Sunday, 28 March 5:10pm	Fremantle	v	Adelaide	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 28 March 2:10pm	Western Bulldogs	v	Collingwood	Etihad Stadium
Richmond v Carlton will play the season opening match on the Thursday Night of Round 1 for the third consecutive year. It is also the fourth consecutive year the sides have played each other in the opening round. AFL Premiers Geelong will start their title defence against Essendon. This was an abandonment of the AFL's policy for the previous three seasons, where the grand finalists would meet again in round 1. It would also be the first time since 2006 that Essendon would have to play a defending premier in the first round, and also with a new captain. If he plays, Western Bulldogs v Collingwood will be Brad Johnson's 350th match. For the third year in succession St Kilda and Sydney will clash in the opening round as well as the Brisbane Lions and West Coast.

Round 2 (Easter)


	Round 2 (Easter)
Thursday, 01 April 7:40pm	Brisbane Lions	v	Carlton	Gabba
Saturday, 03 April 2:10pm	Collingwood	v	Melbourne	MCG
Saturday, 03 April 5:40pm	West Coast	v	Port Adelaide	Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 03 April 7:10pm	St Kilda	v	North Melbourne	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 04 April 12:40pm	Adelaide	v	Sydney	AAMI Stadium
Sunday, 04 April 4:40pm	Richmond	v	Western Bulldogs	MCG
Sunday, 04 April 2:10pm	Essendon	v	Fremantle	Etihad Stadium
Monday, 05 April 2:10pm	Hawthorn	v	Geelong	MCG
Brisbane Lions v Carlton will see Brisbane's Brendan Fevola take on his on old club for the first time since he was traded.

Round 3


	Round 3
Friday, 09 April 7:40pm	St Kilda	v	Collingwood	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 10 April 2:10pm	Sydney	v	Richmond	SCG
Saturday, 10 April 7:10pm	Port Adelaide	v	Brisbane Lions	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 10 April 2:10pm	North Melbourne	v	West Coast	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 10 April 7:10pm	Carlton	v	Essendon	MCG
Sunday, 11 April 1:10pm	Melbourne	v	Adelaide	MCG
Sunday, 11 April 2:40pm	Fremantle	v	Geelong	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 11 April 2:10pm	Western Bulldogs	v	Hawthorn	Etihad Stadium

Round 4


	Round 4
Friday, 16 April 6:40pm	West Coast	v	Essendon	Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 17 April 2:10pm	North Melbourne	v	Sydney	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 17 April 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	v	Western Bulldogs	Gabba
Saturday, 17 April 2:40pm	Adelaide	v	Carlton	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 17 April 7:10pm	Collingwood	v	Hawthorn	MCG
Sunday, 18 April 1:10pm	Richmond	v	Melbourne	MCG
Sunday, 18 April 4:40pm	St Kilda	v	Fremantle	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 18 April 2:10pm	Geelong	v	Port Adelaide	Skilled Stadium

Round 5 (Anzac Day)


	Round 5 (Anzac Day)
Friday, 23 April 7:40pm	Western Bulldogs	v	Adelaide	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 24 April 2:10pm	Sydney	v	West Coast	SCG
Saturday, 24 April 7:10pm	Melbourne	v	Brisbane Lions	MCG
Saturday, 24 April 7:10pm	Port Adelaide	v	St Kilda	AAMI Stadium
Sunday, 25 April 5:40pm	Hawthorn	v	North Melbourne	Aurora Stadium
Sunday, 25 April 6:40pm	Fremantle	v	Richmond	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 25 April 2:40pm	Collingwood	v	Essendon	MCG
Monday, 26 April 2:10pm	Carlton	v	Geelong	MCG

Round 6 (Rivalry Round)


	Round 6 (Rivalry Round)
Friday, 30 April 7:40pm	Western Bulldogs	v	St Kilda	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 01 May 2:40pm	Adelaide	v	Port Adelaide	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 01 May 7:10pm	Sydney	v	Brisbane Lions	SCG
Saturday, 01 May 2:10pm	North Melbourne	v	Melbourne	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 01 May 7:10pm	Essendon	v	Hawthorn	MCG
Sunday, 02 May 1:10pm	Geelong	v	Richmond	Skilled Stadium
Sunday, 02 May 2:40pm	West Coast	v	Fremantle	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 02 May 2:10pm	Carlton	v	Collingwood	MCG

Round 7


	Round 7
Friday, 07 May 7:40pm	Melbourne	v	Western Bulldogs	MCG
Saturday, 08 May 2:10pm	Essendon	v	Port Adelaide	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 08 May 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	v	Fremantle	Gabba
Saturday, 08 May 1:10pm	West Coast	v	Hawthorn	Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 08 May 7:10pm	Collingwood	v	North Melbourne	MCG
Sunday, 09 May 1:10pm	Geelong	v	Sydney	Skilled Stadium
Sunday, 09 May 4:10pm	Adelaide	v	Richmond	AAMI Stadium
Monday, 10 May 7:20pm	St Kilda	v	Carlton	Etihad Stadium

Round 8


	Round 8
Friday, 14 May 6:40pm	Fremantle	v	Collingwood	Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 15 May 2:10pm	Melbourne	v	West Coast	MCG
Saturday, 15 May 7:10pm	North Melbourne	v	Adelaide	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 15 May 2:10pm	Western Bulldogs	v	Sydney	Manuka Oval
Saturday, 15 May 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	v	Geelong	Gabba
Sunday, 16 May 1:10pm	Richmond	v	Hawthorn	MCG
Sunday, 16 May 4:40pm	St Kilda	v	Essendon	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 16 May 2:40pm	Port Adelaide	v	Carlton	AAMI Stadium

Round 9 (Indigenous Round)


	Round 9 (Indigenous Round)
Friday, 21 May 7:40pm	Collingwood	v	Geelong	MCG
Saturday, 22 May 2:10pm	Sydney	v	Fremantle	SCG
Saturday, 22 May 7:10pm	Melbourne	v	Port Adelaide	TIO Stadium
Saturday, 22 May 2:10pm	North Melbourne	v	Western Bulldogs	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 22 May 7:30pm	Essendon	v	Richmond	MCG
Sunday, 23 May 12:40pm	Adelaide	v	Brisbane Lions	AAMI Stadium
Sunday, 23 May 2:40pm	West Coast	v	St Kilda	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 23 May 2:10pm	Carlton	v	Hawthorn	Etihad Stadium

Round 10


	Round 10
Friday, 28 May 7:40pm	Essendon	v	Western Bulldogs	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 29 May 2:40pm	Port Adelaide	v	Richmond	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 29 May 7:10pm	St Kilda	v	Adelaide	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 29 May 2:10pm	Geelong	v	Melbourne	Skilled Stadium
Saturday, 29 May 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	v	Collingwood	Gabba
Sunday, 30 May 1:10pm	Hawthorn	v	Sydney	MCG
Sunday, 30 May 2:40pm	Fremantle	v	North Melbourne	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 30 May 2:10pm	Carlton	v	West Coast	Etihad Stadium

Round 11


	Round 11
Friday, 04 June 7:40pm	Richmond	v	St Kilda	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 05 June 2:40pm	Adelaide	v	Fremantle	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 05 June 7:10pm	North Melbourne	v	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 05 June 2:10pm	Carlton	v	Melbourne	MCG
Saturday, 05 June 5:40pm	West Coast	v	Geelong	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 06 June 1:10pm	Sydney	v	Essendon	SCG
Sunday, 06 June 4:40pm	Collingwood	v	Western Bulldogs	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 06 June 2:10pm	Hawthorn	v	Port Adelaide	MCG

Round 12 (Queen's Birthday)


	Round 12 (Queen's Birthday)
Friday, 11 June 7:40pm	North Melbourne	v	Carlton	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 12 June 2:10pm	Hawthorn	v	Adelaide	Aurora Stadium
Saturday, 12 June 7:10pm	Port Adelaide	v	Sydney	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 12 June 7:10pm	Essendon	v	Geelong	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 13 June 1:10pm	Richmond	v	West Coast	MCG
Sunday, 13 June 2:40pm	Fremantle	v	St Kilda	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 13 June 2:10pm	Western Bulldogs	v	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium
Monday, 14 June 2:10pm	Melbourne	v	Collingwood	MCG

Round 13 (Split Round)


	Round 13 (Split Round)
Friday, 18 June 7:40pm	Hawthorn	v	Essendon	MCG
Saturday, 19 June 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	v	Richmond	Gabba
Saturday, 19 June 7:10pm	Carlton	v	Fremantle	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 20 June 1:10pm	North Melbourne	v	Port Adelaide	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 20 June 2:40pm	West Coast	v	Western Bulldogs	Subiaco Oval
Friday, 25 June 7:40pm	St Kilda	v	Geelong	MCG
Saturday, 26 June 7:10pm	Sydney	v	Collingwood	ANZ Stadium
Sunday, 27 June 2:40pm	Adelaide	v	Melbourne	AAMI Stadium

Round 14


	Round 14
Thursday, 01 July 7:10pm	Carlton	v	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium
Friday, 02 July 7:40pm	Hawthorn	v	Western Bulldogs	MCG
Saturday, 03 July 1:10pm	Fremantle	v	Port Adelaide	Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 03 July 7:10pm	Collingwood	v	West Coast	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 03 July 7:10pm	Adelaide	v	Essendon	AAMI Stadium
Sunday, 04 July 1:10pm	Geelong	v	North Melbourne	Skilled Stadium
Sunday, 04 July 4:40pm	St Kilda	v	Melbourne	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 04 July 2:10pm	Richmond	v	Sydney	MCG

Round 15


	Round 15
Friday, 09 July 8:10pm	Port Adelaide	v	Collingwood	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 10 July 1:10pm	West Coast	v	Adelaide	Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 10 July 7:10pm	Richmond	v	Fremantle	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 10 July 2:10pm	Geelong	v	Hawthorn	MCG
Saturday, 10 July 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	v	St Kilda	Gabba
Sunday, 11 July 1:10pm	Sydney	v	North Melbourne	SCG
Sunday, 11 July 4:40pm	Carlton	v	Western Bulldogs	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 11 July 2:10pm	Melbourne	v	Essendon	MCG

Round 16


	Round 16
Friday, 16 July 8:10pm	Adelaide	v	Geelong	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 17 July 2:10pm	Hawthorn	v	Brisbane Lions	Aurora Stadium
Saturday, 17 July 7:10pm	Essendon	v	West Coast	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 17 July 2:10pm	Collingwood	v	St Kilda	MCG
Saturday, 17 July 7:10pm	Western Bulldogs	v	Port Adelaide	TIO Stadium
Sunday, 18 July 1:10pm	Carlton	v	Sydney	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 18 July 2:40pm	Fremantle	v	Melbourne	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 18 July 2:10pm	Richmond	v	North Melbourne	MCG

Round 17


	Round 17
Friday, 23 July 7:40pm	St Kilda	v	Hawthorn	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 24 July 2:10pm	Geelong	v	Brisbane Lions	Skilled Stadium
Saturday, 24 July 7:10pm	North Melbourne	v	Essendon	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 24 July 2:10pm	Collingwood	v	Richmond	MCG
Saturday, 24 July 5:40pm	West Coast	v	Carlton	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 25 July 1:10pm	Western Bulldogs	v	Fremantle	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 25 July 4:10pm	Port Adelaide	v	Adelaide	AAMI Stadium
Sunday, 25 July 2:10pm	Melbourne	v	Sydney	MCG

Round 18


	Round 18
Friday, 30 July 7:40pm	Essendon	v	St Kilda	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 31 July 2:40pm	Port Adelaide	v	Hawthorn	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 31 July 7:10pm	Brisbane Lions	v	Melbourne	Gabba
Saturday, 31 July 2:10pm	Collingwood	v	Carlton	MCG
Saturday, 31 July 7:10pm	Sydney	v	Geelong	ANZ Stadium
Sunday, 01 August 1:10pm	Richmond	v	Adelaide	MCG
Sunday, 01 August 2:40pm	Fremantle	v	West Coast	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 01 August 2:10pm	Western Bulldogs	v	North Melbourne	Etihad Stadium

Round 19


	Round 19
Friday, 06 August 7:40pm	Essendon	v	Carlton	MCG
Saturday, 07 August 2:10pm	North Melbourne	v	Fremantle	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 07 August 5:40pm	West Coast	v	Brisbane Lions	Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 07 August 2:10pm	Sydney	v	Hawthorn	SCG
Saturday, 07 August 7:10pm	Geelong	v	Collingwood	MCG
Sunday, 08 August 1:10pm	St Kilda	v	Port Adelaide	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 08 August 4:10pm	Adelaide	v	Western Bulldogs	AAMI Stadium
Sunday, 08 August 2:10pm	Melbourne	v	Richmond	MCG

Round 20


	Round 20
Friday, 13 August 7:40pm	Essendon	v	Collingwood	MCG
Saturday, 14 August 1:10pm	Fremantle	v	Sydney	Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 14 August 7:10pm	Port Adelaide	v	West Coast	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 14 August 2:10pm	Carlton	v	Richmond	MCG
Saturday, 14 August 7:10pm	Western Bulldogs	v	Geelong	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 15 August 1:10pm	Brisbane Lions	v	Adelaide	Gabba
Sunday, 15 August 4:40pm	North Melbourne	v	St Kilda	Etihad Stadium
Sunday, 15 August 2:10pm	Hawthorn	v	Melbourne	MCG

Round 21


	Round 21
Friday, 20 August 7:40pm	Geelong	v	Carlton	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 21 August 2:10pm	Hawthorn	v	Fremantle	Aurora Stadium
Saturday, 21 August 7:10pm	Sydney	v	Western Bulldogs	SCG
Saturday, 21 August 2:10pm	St Kilda	v	Richmond	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 21 August 7:10pm	Collingwood	v	Adelaide	MCG
Sunday, 22 August 12:40pm	Port Adelaide	v	Melbourne	AAMI Stadium
Sunday, 22 August 2:40pm	West Coast	v	North Melbourne	Subiaco Oval
Sunday, 22 August 2:10pm	Essendon	v	Brisbane Lions	Etihad Stadium

Round 22


	Round 22
Saturday, 28 August	Adelaide	v	St Kilda	AAMI Stadium
Saturday, 28 August	Hawthorn	v	Collingwood	MCG
Saturday, 28 August	Geelong	v	West Coast	Skilled Stadium
Saturday, 28 August	Fremantle	v	Carlton	Subiaco Oval
Saturday, 28 August	Western Bulldogs	v	Essendon	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 28 August	Brisbane Lions	v	Sydney	Gabba
Saturday, 28 August	Richmond	v	Port Adelaide	Etihad Stadium
Saturday, 28 August	Melbourne	v	North Melbourne	MCG
In a first for the league, the final round of the season was given a floating schedule, with the AFL to allocate the timeslots for the games six weeks out from the end of the season, in order to reduce the likelihood of a team playing the first week of the finals after a Sunday game in Round 22.^[2]

Awards

AFL Rising Star

The AFL Rising Star is awarded to the best player who, as of the beginning of the season, is under the age of 21 and has played fewer than 10 games. Each week one player is nominated and at the end of the season a selection panel votes to select the overall winner.

Goal of the Year

The Australian Football League celebrates the best goal of the season through the annual Goal of the Year competition. From 2009 onwards, the commercial name for the award is the AFL Stores Goal of the Year.

Mark of the Year

The Australian Football League celebrates the best mark of the season through the annual Mark of the Year competition. From 2009 onwards, the commercial name for the award is the Hungry Jacks Mark of the Year.

AFL Army Award

The Australian Football League, with the support of the Australian Army, recognises players who produce act(s) of bravery or selflessness to promote the cause of his team during a game. Each week three players and what they did are made available on the AFL Army Award website for supporters to vote on. The player with the highest percentage of the vote is the AFL Army Award nominee for that round.

Club leadership

Club	Coach	Captain(s)	Vice Captain(s)/Leadership Group
Adelaide	Neil Craig	Simon Goodwin	Brad Symes, Scott Stevens, Nathan van Berlo, Ben Rutten, Michael Doughty, Brett Burton and Tyson Edwards.^[3]
Brisbane Lions	Michael Voss	Jonathan Brown
Carlton	Brett Ratten	Chris Judd
Collingwood	Mick Malthouse	Nick Maxwell
Essendon	Matthew Knights	Jobe Watson^[4]	Andrew Welsh
Fremantle	Mark Harvey	Mathew Pavlich	Paul Duffield, Michael Johnson, David Mundy, Aaron Sandilands, Antoni Grover and Des Headland
Geelong	Mark Thompson	Cameron Ling	Gary Ablett, Jr., Jimmy Bartel, Joel Corey, Corey Enright, Joel Selwood, James Kelly and Harry Taylor^[5]
Hawthorn	Alastair Clarkson
Melbourne	Dean Bailey	James McDonald	Aaron Davey, Jared Rivers, Brent Moloney, Brad Green, Cameron Bruce and Brad Miller^[6]
North Melbourne	Brad Scott
Port Adelaide	Mark Williams	Domenic Cassisi	Dean Brogan and Jacob Surjan ^[7]
Richmond	Damien Hardwick
St Kilda	Ross Lyon	Nick Riewoldt
Sydney	Paul Roos
West Coast	John Worsfold	Darren Glass	Dean Cox, Matthew Priddis, Adam Selwood, Beau Waters, Shannon Hurn, Josh J. Kennedy^[8]
Western Bulldogs	Rodney Eade

Umpiring and rule changes

Player changes

Retirements, sackings and delistings

Name	Club	Date	Notes
Trent Croad	Hawthorn	6 January 2010	Retirement, failed to recover from a broken foot suffered in the 2008 Grand Final.^[9]

References

^ AFL. "2010fixture".
^ AFL floats a 'floating' final round; 20 October, 2009; Brisbane Times
^ Simon Goodwin stays Adelaide skipper; 18 December, 2009; Herald Sun
^ Watson to lead Dons in 2010; 21 December, 2009; afl.com.au
^ Ling captain; Kelly & Taylor added to PLG; 20 January, 2010; geelongcats.com.au
^ Davey, Rivers join leadership group; 08 December, 2009; www.melbournefc.com.au
^ Psych test uncovers Power's leadership trio; 05 February, 2010; www.afl.com.au
^ Glass expects early handover of captaincy; 18 January, 2010; The West
^ "Injury forces Hawk Croad into retirement". AFL BigPond Network. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

External links

Official Website

Template:VFA/VFL/AFL seasons

[1] AFL. "2010fixture".

[2] AFL floats a 'floating' final round; 20 October, 2009; Brisbane Times

[3] Simon Goodwin stays Adelaide skipper; 18 December, 2009; Herald Sun

[4] Watson to lead Dons in 2010; 21 December, 2009; afl.com.au

[5] Ling captain; Kelly & Taylor added to PLG; 20 January, 2010; geelongcats.com.au

[6] Davey, Rivers join leadership group; 08 December, 2009; www.melbournefc.com.au

[7] Psych test uncovers Power's leadership trio; 05 February, 2010; www.afl.com.au

[8] Glass expects early handover of captaincy; 18 January, 2010; The West

[Trent_Croad_retirement-9] "Injury forces Hawk Croad into retirement". AFL BigPond Network. 6 January 2010. Retrieved 6 January 2010. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)

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v t e 2010 AFL season
Events	NAB Cup Premiership season Finals series Grand Final International Rules Series
Awards	AFL Players Association awards All-Australian team Brownlow Medal Coleman Medal Goal of the Year Leigh Matthews Trophy Mark of the Year Michael Tuck Medal Norm Smith Medal Rising Star
Club overviews	Adelaide Brisbane Lions Carlton Collingwood Essendon Fremantle Geelong Hawthorn Melbourne North Melbourne Port Adelaide Richmond St Kilda Sydney West Coast Western Bulldogs
Player changes	Debuts Retirements and delistings Trades