2010 VFL season

2010 VFL season
Teams14
PremiersNorth Ballarat
3rd premiership
Minor premiersWilliamstown
10th minor premiership
J. J. Liston TrophySteve Clifton
(North Ballarat)
Shane Valenti
(Port Melbourne)
Leading goalkickerMatthew Little (80)
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The 2010 VFL season was the 129th season of the Victorian Football Association/Victorian Football League, a second-tier Australian rules football competition played in the state of Victoria.

The North Ballarat Football Club won the 2010 VFL Grand Final, recording its third premiership in a row.

Teams

This season featured the addition of the Queensland-based Gold Coast Football Club to the league, the first new club in the VFL since Tasmania entered in 2001. Gold Coast's participation in the VFL was as part of the club's preparation for its entry into the Australian Football League in 2011: the club had played one season of under-18s football in the TAC Cup in 2009, then was to play one season of senior football in the VFL in 2010 before its AFL senior debut.

The VFL continued to serve as both the top state-level football league in Victoria, and as a reserves competition for Victorian-based clubs in the Australian Football League, as had been the case since 2000. The affiliation agreements between VFL and AFL clubs were unchanged from 2009.

Ladder

Pos Team Pld W L D PF PA PP Pts
1 Williamstown 18 15 3 0 2174 1312 165.7 60 Finals
2 North Ballarat (P) 18 15 3 0 1650 1260 131.0 60
3 Casey Scorpions 18 14 4 0 1619 1471 110.1 56
4 Port Melbourne 18 13 5 0 1946 1506 129.2 52
5 Box Hill Hawks 18 11 7 0 1663 1531 108.6 44
6 Northern Bullants 18 10 8 0 1814 1539 117.9 40
7 Collingwood 18 10 8 0 1672 1509 110.8 40
8 Bendigo Bombers 18 10 8 0 1564 1533 102.0 40
9 Sandringham 18 7 11 0 1366 1463 93.4 28
10 Gold Coast 18 5 12 1 1409 1706 82.6 22
11 Coburg Tigers 18 5 13 0 1502 1757 85.5 20
12 Geelong 18 5 13 0 1401 1743 80.4 20
13 Werribee 18 4 13 1 1586 1957 81.0 18
14 Frankston 18 1 17 0 1000 2079 48.1 4
Source: sportingpulse.com
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals

The preliminary finals and the reserves Grand Final were moved from TEAC Oval to Box Hill City Oval because heavy rain and frequent use during September had left TEAC Oval unplayable.[1]

Qualifying and elimination finalsSemi-finalsPreliminary finalsGrand final
Aug 28, Box Hill City Oval
1Williamstown19.15 (129)
4Port Melbourne10.11 (71)5 Sep, TEAC Oval
Port Melbourne12.17 (89)
29 Aug, Box Hill City OvalBox Hill Hawks14.11 (95)11 Sep, Box Hill City Oval
5Box Hill Hawks20.16 (136)Williamstown11.12 (78)
8Bendigo Bombers10.11 (71)Northern Bullants16.8 (104)19 Sep, Etihad Stadium
North Ballarat20.13 (133)
28 Aug, TEAC Oval12 Sep, Box Hill City OvalNorthern Bullants13.8 (86)
6Northern Bullants15.18 (108)North Ballarat16.18 (114)
7Collingwood8.9 (57)4 Sep, TEAC OvalBox Hill Hawks6.17 (53)
Casey Scorpions9.6 (60)
29 Aug, TEAC OvalNorthern Bullants10.11 (71)
2North Ballarat18.8 (116)
3Casey Scorpions13.6 (84)

Grand Final

2010 VFL Grand Final
Sunday 19 September

(2:15 pm)

North Ballarat def. Northern Bullants Etihad Stadium (crowd: 11,000) [2]
6.5 (41)
10.9 (69)
14.9 (93)
20.13 (133) 		Q1
Q2
Q3
Final 		1.1 (7)
5.3 (33)
10.5 (65)
13.8 (86) 		Norm Goss Memorial Medal: Myles Sewell (North Ballarat)
Hale 3, Jones 3, J. Smith 3, Dinnell 2, Driscoll 2, Feery, Harding, Micallef, Norris, I. Smith, Stephenson, White Goals Fisher 4, Ellard 2, Jacobs 2, Iacobucci, McCorkell, Neaves, Thomas, Tuohy

Awards

2010 VFL Team of the Year[3]
B: Michael Stockdale (Casey) Peter Faulks (Williamstown) Adam Iacobucci (Northern Bullants)
HB: Michael Hibberd (Frankston) Sam Pleming (Port Melbourne) Cameron Richardson (North Ballarat)
C: Ben Davies (Williamstown) Brett Johnson (Williamstown) Sam Power (Coburg Tigers)
HF: David Swallow (Gold Coast) Callum Sinclair (Port Melbourne) Steve Clifton (North Ballarat)
F: Zac Smith (Gold Coast) Matthew Little (Williamstown) Shane Valenti (Port Melbourne)
Foll: Orren Stephenson (North Ballarat) Myles Sewell (North Ballarat) Ed Curnow (Box Hill)
Int: Russell Gabriel (Frankston) Dom Gleeson (Werribee) James Wall (Casey)
Toby Pinwill (Port Melbourne) Jonothan Simpkin (Geelong) Ben Jolley (Williamstown)
Coach: Gerard FitzGerald (North Ballarat)

Notable events

  • For the second consecutive season, Bendigo was not permitted to use its home ground Queen Elizabeth Oval after May due to an unfit surface.[4] The club's remaining home matches were played at either Windy Hill or Strathfieldsaye Oval.[5]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Brent Diamond (7 September 2010). "Valenti and Clifton share Liston". The Age. Melbourne, VIC. Retrieved 24 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b "Sport details". Herald Sun. Melbourne, VIC. 20 September 2010. p. 68.
  3. ^ "2010 VFL Team of the Year". SportsTG. 7 September 2010. Retrieved 19 July 2024.
  4. ^ Luke West (16 June 2010). "Bendigo Bombers' chairman slams QEO fiasco". Bendigo Advertiser. Bendigo, VIC. Retrieved 31 July 2016.
  5. ^ "2010 VFL Premiership Season". AustralianFootball.com. Retrieved 31 July 2016.