# 2010 Geelong Football Club season

The 2010 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 111th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong finished the regular season in second position on the ladder, with 17 wins and five losses. Geelong then went on to lose its Preliminary final against Collingwood. As a result, Geelong failed to advance to the Grand Final for the first time in four seasons, as well as failing to defend its 2009 premiership.
Geelong signed up a club record of 40,655 members for the season, and had an average home crowd attendance of 41,475.

## Club list
### Changes from 2009 list
#### Additions

* Exchange period (received):
** Marcus Drum – from Fremantle (exchanged third-round draft selection: overall pick 49)
* Promoted rookie:
* Jeremy Laidler
* Father/son selection:
** None
* 2009 AFL Draft (26 November 2009):
* Daniel Menzel (Round 1; Overall pick 17; from Central District)
* Mitch Duncan (Round 2; Overall pick 28; from East Perth)
* Allen Christensen (Round 3; Overall pick 40; from Geelong Falcons)
* Nathan Vardy (Round 3; Overall pick 42; from Gippsland Power)
* Josh Cowan (Round 4; Overall pick 56; from North Ballarat Rebels)
* 2010 Pre-season Draft (15 December 2009):
** None
* 2010 Rookie Draft (15 December 2009):
* Jack Weston (Round 1; Overall pick 21; from Gippsland Power)
* Ben Johnson (Round 2; Overall pick 37; from Geelong (VFL))
* James Podsiadly (Round 3; Overall pick 50; from Geelong (VFL))
* Jesse Stringer (Round 4; Overall pick 61; from Port Adelaide Magpies)

#### Deletions

* Exchange period (traded):
** Shane Mumford – to Sydney (received Sydney's second-round draft selection: overall pick 28)
* Delisted:
** Adam Donohue
** Dan McKenna
** Brodie Moles (from Rookie list)
** Scott Simpson
** Kane Tenace
** Bryn Weadon (from Rookie list)
* Retirements:
** Matthew Egan
** Tom Harley
** David Johnson

### Senior list

    Players are listed in alphabetical order by surname, and 2010 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2010 AFL season only. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which, as a result, means that a player's debut and part or whole of their career statistics may be for another club. Statistics are correct to the end of the 2010 season.
| Name | No. | AFL debut | Games (2010) | Games (AFL career) | Goals (2010) | Goals (AFL career) |
| Gary Ablett, Jr. | 29 | 2002 | 24 | 192 | 44 | 262 |
| Jimmy Bartel | 3 | 2002 | 24 | 181 | 14 | 110 |
| Mark Blake | 24 | 2005 | 20 | 99 | 1 | 12 |
| Mitch Brown | 1 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Shannon Byrnes | 17 | 2004 | 23 | 99 | 35 | 94 |
| Paul Chapman | 35 | 2000 | 24 | 199 | 23 | 264 |
| Allen Christensen | 28 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Joel Corey | 11 | 2000 | 14 | 213 | 2 | 63 |
| Josh Cowan | 41 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Nathan Djerrkura | 18 | 2009 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Marcus Drum | 23 | 2006 | 0 | 22 | 0 | 6 |
| Mitch Duncan | 22 | 2010 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 8 |
| Corey Enright | 44 | 2001 | 24 | 199 | 1 | 50 |
| Ryan Gamble | 15 | 2006 | 2 | 24 | 0 | 31 |
| Tom Gillies | 25 | 2009 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 6 |
| Tom Hawkins | 26 | 2007 | 18 | 61 | 21 | 80 |
| Simon Hogan | 34 | 2009 | 11 | 21 | 3 | 10 |
| Josh Hunt | 8 | 2001 | 24 | 146 | 1 | 17 |
| Taylor Hunt | 38 | 2010 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 |
| Steve Johnson | 20 | 2002 | 22 | 152 | 63 | 313 |
| James Kelly | 9 | 2002 | 23 | 170 | 7 | 70 |
| Jeremy Laidler | 37 | 2009 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Cameron Ling | 45 | 2000 | 21 | 225 | 9 | 122 |
| Tom Lonergan | 13 | 2005 | 22 | 54 | 0 | 44 |
| Andrew Mackie | 4 | 2004 | 22 | 128 | 4 | 64 |
| Daniel Menzel | 10 | 2010 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Darren Milburn | 39 | 1997 | 22 | 278 | 1 | 91 |
| Cameron Mooney | 21 | 1999 | 21 | 213 | 36 | 288 |
| Steven Motlop | 32 | 2010 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Brad Ottens | 6 | 1998 | 15 | 225 | 8 | 246 |
| Max Rooke | 33 | 2002 | 1 | 135 | 0 | 58 |
| Matthew Scarlett | 30 | 1998 | 18 | 246 | 0 | 16 |
| Joel Selwood | 14 | 2007 | 24 | 94 | 9 | 33 |
| Dawson Simpson | 16 | 2010 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mathew Stokes | 27 | 2006 | 18 | 89 | 28 | 136 |
| Harry Taylor | 7 | 2008 | 23 | 66 | 2 | 8 |
| Travis Varcoe | 5 | 2007 | 20 | 76 | 31 | 82 |
| Nathan Vardy | 36 | | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Trent West | 12 | 2008 | 4 | 11 | 2 | 3 |
| David Wojcinski | 40 | 1999 | 24 | 177 | 6 | 54 |

### Rookie list

    Players are listed in alphabetical order by surname, and 2010 statistics are for AFL regular season and finals series matches during the 2010 AFL season only. Career statistics include a player's complete AFL career, which, as a result, means that a player's debut and part or whole of their career statistics may be for another club. Statistics are correct to the end of the 2010 season.
| Name | No. | Debut | Games (2010) | Games (AFL career) | Goals (2010) | Goals (AFL career) |
| Tom Allwright | 48 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ranga Ediriwickrama | 42 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ben Johnson | 47 | — | — | — | — | — |
| James Podsiadly* | 31 | 2010 | 19 | 19 | 49 | 49 |
| Jesse Stringer | 49 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Adam Varcoe | 46 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Jack Weston | 43 | — | — | — | — | — |
* * Nominated rookie (Elevated to senior list during season, eligible for senior selection)

## Season summary
### Pre-season matches
#### NAB Cup

| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance |
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | Sunday, 21 February (4:40 pm) | North Melbourne | 2.10.3 (81) | 2.11.11 (95) | Lost by 14 points | Telstra Dome | 12,989 |
| Eliminated from NAB Cup ||||||||

#### NAB Challenge

| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance |
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| 1 | Saturday, 27 February (4:00 pm) | Richmond | 7.9 (51) | 15.12 (102) | Lost by 51 points | Yea Recreation Reserve | 6,000 (approx.) |
| 2 | Saturday, 6 March (3:00 pm) | Brisbane Lions | Match cancelled | Match cancelled | Match cancelled | Visy Park | — |
| 3 | Saturday, 13 March (4:30 pm) | Fremantle | 10.5 (65) | 14.12 (96) | Won by 31 points | Fremantle Oval | 10,000 (approx.) |

### Regular season

| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position |
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance | Ladder position |
| 1 | Friday, 26 March (7:40 pm) | Essendon | 19.11 (125) | 13.16 (94) | Won by 31 points | MCG | 57,772 | 6 |
| 2 | Monday, 5 April (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 13.13 (91) | 14.16 (100) | Won 9 points | MCG | 68,628 | 4 |
| 3 | Sunday, 11 April (2:40 pm) | Fremantle | 18.17 (125) | 17.16 (118) | Lost by 7 points | Subiaco Oval | 38,762 | 6 |
| 4 | Sunday, 18 April (2:10 pm) | Port Adelaide | 23.21 (159) | 10.4 (64) | Won by 95 points | Skilled Stadium | 25,579 | 4 |
| 5 | Monday, 26 April (2:10 pm) | Carlton | 15.14 (104) | 9.14 (68) | Lost by 36 points | MCG | 71,399 | 7 |
| 6 | Sunday, 2 May (1:10 pm) | Richmond | 24.17 (161) | 7.11 (53) | Won by 108 points | Skilled Stadium | 24,106 | 5 |
| 7 | Sunday, 9 May (1:10 pm) | Sydney | 19.12 (126) | 9.5 (59) | Won by 67 points | Skilled Stadium | 25,970 | 3 |
| 8 | Saturday, 15 May (7:10 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 10.14 (74) | 24.11 (155) | Won by 81 points | The Gabba | 33,629 | 2 |
| 9 | Friday, 21 May (7:40 pm) | Collingwood | 6.14 (50) | 12.14 (86) | Won by 36 points | MCG | 88,115 | 1 |
| 10 | Saturday, 29 May (2:10 pm) | Melbourne | 18.13 (121) | 10.7 (67) | Won by 54 points | Skilled Stadium | 24,525 | 1 |
| 11 | Saturday, 5 June (5:40 pm) | West Coast | 14.14 (98) | 18.14 (122) | Won by 24 points | Subiaco Oval | 33,784 | 1 |
| 12 | Saturday, 12 June (7:10 pm) | Essendon | 12.11 (83) | 23.16 (154) | Won by 71 points | Etihad Stadium | 46,358 | 1 |
| 13 | Friday, 25 June (7:40 pm) | St Kilda | 10.10 (70) | 6.10 (46) | Lost by 24 points | MCG | 58,208 | 1 |
| 14 | Sunday, 4 July (1:10 pm) | North Melbourne | 14.14 (98) | 9.9 (63) | Won by 35 points | Skilled Stadium | 25,159 | 1 |
| 15 | Saturday, 10 July (2:10 pm) | Hawthorn | 12.13 (85) | 11.17 (83) | Won by 2 points | MCG | 69,220 | 1 |
| 16 | Friday, 16 July (8:10 pm) | Adelaide | 11.8 (74) | 9.9 (63) | Lost by 11 points | AAMI Stadium | 41,195 | 2 |
| 17 | Saturday, 24 July (2:10 pm) | Brisbane Lions | 19.13 (127) | 9.10 (64) | Won by 63 points | Skilled Stadium | 24,508 | 2 |
| 18 | Saturday, 31 July (7:10 pm) | Sydney | 9.18 (72) | 20.5 (125) | Won by 53 points | ANZ Stadium | 30,710 | 2 |
| 19 | Saturday, 7 August (7:10 pm) | Collingwood | 12.13 (85) | 14.23 (107) | Lost by 22 points | MCG | 84,401 | 2 |
| 20 | Saturday, 14 August (7:10 pm) | Western Bulldogs | 9.6 (60) | 25.11 (161) | Won by 101 points | Etihad Stadium | 42,199 | 2 |
| 21 | Friday, 20 August (7:40 pm) | Carlton | 18.13 (121) | 12.7 (79) | Won by 42 points | Etihad Stadium | 45,172 | 2 |
| 22 | Saturday, 28 August (1:10 pm) | West Coast | 16.16 (112) | 10.8 (68) | Won by 44 points | Skilled Stadium | 24,099 | 2 |

### Finals

| Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Attendance |
| Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Attendance |
| Qualifying and Elimination Finals (Second Qualifying Final) |||||||
| Friday, 3 September (7:45 pm) | St Kilda | 11.13 (79) | 12.11 (83) | Lost by 4 points | MCG | 63,608 |
| Semi-finals (Second Semi-final) |||||||
| Friday, 10 September (7:45 pm) | Fremantle | 20.15 (135) | 10.6 (66) | Won by 69 points | MCG | 45,056 |
| Preliminary Finals (First Preliminary Final) |||||||
| Friday, 17 September (7:45 pm) | Collingwood | 18.12 (120) | 11.13 (79) | Lost by 41 points | MCG | 95,241 |

## Teams
### Finals

| Geelong's 2010 teams (Finals) |
| Qualifying final | Semi-final | Preliminary final |
| B: | Mackie | Scarlett | Milburn | Enright | Scarlett | J. Hunt | Taylor | Scarlett | J. Hunt |
| HB: | Enright | Taylor | Kelly | Corey | Lonergan | Taylor | Corey | Lonergan | Enright |
| C: | Ling | Bartel | J. Hunt | Bartel | Ling | Kelly | Bartel | Ling | Kelly |
| HF: | Chapman | Hawkins | Stokes | S. Johnson | Podsiadly | Chapman | S. Johnson | Mooney | Varcoe |
| F: | S. Johnson | Mooney | Varcoe | Byrnes | Mooney | Stokes | Chapman | Podsiadly | Stokes |
| Foll: | Ottens | Selwood | Ablett | Ottens | Ablett | Selwood | Ottens | Ablett | Selwood |
| Int: | Byrnes | Wojcinski | Blake | Hawkins | Wojcinski | Milburn | Hawkins | Wojcinski | Milburn |
| Corey | Corey | Corey | Varcoe | Varcoe | Varcoe | Byrnes | Byrnes | Byrnes |
| Emg: | Byrnes | T. Hunt | Hogan | Mackie | Blake | T. Hunt | Mackie | Blake | T. Hunt |
| Coach: | Mark Thompson | Mark Thompson | Mark Thompson | Mark Thompson | Mark Thompson | Mark Thompson | Mark Thompson | Mark Thompson | Mark Thompson |
| In: | Selwood, Enright, J. Hunt | Selwood, Enright, J. Hunt | Selwood, Enright, J. Hunt | Podsiadly, Lonergan | Podsiadly, Lonergan | Podsiadly, Lonergan | No change | No change | No change |
| Out: | Menzel, T. Hunt, Hogan, Lonergan | Menzel, T. Hunt, Hogan, Lonergan | Menzel, T. Hunt, Hogan, Lonergan | Mackie, Blake | Mackie, Blake | Mackie, Blake | | | No change | No change | No change |

## Ladder

2010 AFL ladder :
| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | L | D | PF | PA | PP | Pts | |
| 1 | Collingwood (P) | 22 | 17 | 4 | 1 | 2349 | 1658 | 141.7 | 70 | Finals series |
| 2 | Geelong | 22 | 17 | 5 | 0 | 2518 | 1702 | 147.9 | 68 | Finals series |
| 3 | St Kilda | 22 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 1935 | 1591 | 121.6 | 62 | Finals series |
| 4 | Western Bulldogs | 22 | 14 | 8 | 0 | 2174 | 1734 | 125.4 | 56 | Finals series |
| 5 | Sydney | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2017 | 1863 | 108.3 | 52 | Finals series |
| 6 | Fremantle | 22 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 2168 | 2087 | 103.9 | 52 | Finals series |
| 7 | Hawthorn | 22 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2044 | 1847 | 110.7 | 50 | Finals series |
| 8 | Carlton | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 2143 | 1983 | 108.1 | 44 | Finals series |
| 9 | North Melbourne | 22 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 1930 | 2208 | 87.4 | 44 | |
| 10 | Port Adelaide | 22 | 10 | 12 | 0 | 1749 | 2123 | 82.4 | 40 | |
| 11 | Adelaide | 22 | 9 | 13 | 0 | 1763 | 1870 | 94.3 | 36 | |
| 12 | Melbourne | 22 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 1863 | 1971 | 94.5 | 34 | |
| 13 | Brisbane Lions | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1775 | 2158 | 82.3 | 28 | |
| 14 | Essendon | 22 | 7 | 15 | 0 | 1930 | 2402 | 80.3 | 28 | |
| 15 | Richmond | 22 | 6 | 16 | 0 | 1714 | 2348 | 73.0 | 24 | |
| 16 | West Coast | 22 | 4 | 18 | 0 | 1773 | 2300 | 77.1 | 16 | |

## Awards and records
### Milestones

| Player | Milestone | Round |
| Joel Corey | 200 games | Round 1 |
| Mitch Duncan | AFL debut | Round 1 |
| Steven Motlop | AFL debut | Round 2 |
| James Kelly | 150 games | Round 3 |
| James Podsiadly | AFL debut | Round 3 |
| Dawson Simpson | AFL debut | Round 3 |
| Tom Hawkins | 50 games | Round 7 |
| Harry Taylor | 50 games | Round 7 |
| Cameron Mooney | 200 games | Round 9 |
| Taylor Hunt | AFL debut | Round 11 |
| Mark Thompson | 250 games (coached) | Round 15 |
| Gary Ablett, Jr. | AFL 200 Club | Round 15 |
| Matthew Scarlett (with father John) | 450 games (combined as a father-son pair) | Round 17 |
| Tom Lonergan | 50 games | Round 18 |
| Daniel Menzel | AFL debut | Round 20 |
| Cameron Mooney | 200 games (for Geelong) | Qualifying final |
| Steve Johnson | 150 games | Qualifying final |

### AFL awards

| Award | Recipient | Awarded by |
| Member of the 2010 All-Australian team (rover) | Gary Ablett, Jr. | AFL |
| Member of the 2010 All-Australian team (half-forward flank) | Paul Chapman | AFL |
| Member of the 2010 All-Australian team (back pocket) | Corey Enright | AFL |
| Member of the 2010 All-Australian team (interchange) | Steve Johnson | AFL |
| Member of the 2010 All-Australian team (wing) | Joel Selwood | AFL |
| Member of the 2010 All-Australian team (centre half-back) | Harry Taylor | AFL |

### Club awards

| Award | Recipient(s) |
| Carji Greeves Medal | Joel Selwood |
| Coach's award | James Kelly |
| Best first-year player | James Podsiadly |
| Best clubman | Tom Lonergan |
| Leading goalkicker | Steve Johnson |
| Community Champion Award | Nathan Djerrkura and Travis Varcoe |

### Records

* Highest number of disposals in a single VFL/AFL match by one club (505 disposals) – Round 14, against North Melbourne.
* Equal-most career wins for Geelong (165 wins; with Sam Newman) – Darren Milburn; Round 21, against Carlton.

## Season statistics

| Category | Club Leader | Total |
| Leading Goalkicker | Steve Johnson | 63 |
| Most Disposals | Gary Ablett, Jr. | 756 |
| Most Kicks | Paul Chapman | 412 |
| Most Marks | Darren Milburn/Harry Taylor | 159 |
| Most Handballs | Gary Ablett, Jr. | 418 |
| Most Hit-Outs | Mark Blake | 379 |
| Most Tackles | James Kelly | 140 |
| Most Free Kicks For | Joel Selwood | 53 |
| Most Free Kicks Against | Mark Blake | 36 |

## VFL season

| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Scores (Geelong's scores indicated in bold) | Venue | Ladder position |
| Round | Date and local time | Opponent | Home | Away | Result | Venue | Ladder position |
| 1 | Saturday, 10 April (7:00 pm) | Casey Scorpions | 9.18 (72) | 9.10 (64) | Lost by 8 points | Casey Fields | 9 |
| 2 | Sunday, 18 April (10:10 am) | Box Hill | 10.14 (74) | 15.15 (105) | Lost by 31 points | Skilled Stadium | 12 |
| 3 | Saturday, 24 April (1:00 pm) | Frankston | 16.25 (121) | 4.6 (30) | Won by 91 points | Skilled Stadium | 8 |
| 4 | Sunday, 2 May (9:40 am) | Bendigo Bombers | 9.8 (62) | 14.9 (93) | Lost by 31 points | Skilled Stadium | 10 |
| 5 | Saturday, 8 May (1:00 pm) | Collingwood | 15.14 (104) | 10.11 (71) | Lost by 33 points | Victoria Park | 10 |
| 6 | Saturday, 15 May (2:10 pm) | Gold Coast | 10.8 (68) | 5.10 (40) | Lost by 28 points | Fankhauser Reserve | 11 |
| 7 | Saturday, 29 May (10:40 am) | Port Melbourne | 11.11 (77) | 17.14 (116) | Lost by 39 points | Skilled Stadium | 12 |
| 8 | Sunday, 6 June (2:00 pm) | North Ballarat | 10.13 (73) | 12.10 (82) | Won by 9 points | Eureka Stadium | 10 |
| 9 | Saturday, 12 June (1:00 pm) | Werribee | 19.4 (118) | 12.12 (84) | Won by 34 points | Skilled Stadium | 10 |
| 10 | Sunday, 27 June (2:00 pm) | Sandringham | 18.15 (123) | 13.6 (84) | Lost by 39 points | Trevor Barker Beach Oval | 10 |
| 11 | Saturday, 3 July (2:00 pm) | Northern Bullants | 20.12 (132) | 12.10 (82) | Lost by 50 points | Princes Park | 11 |
| 12 | Sunday, 11 July (12:00 pm) | Williamstown | 7.13 (55) | 18.16 (124) | Lost by 49 points | Skilled Stadium | 12 |
| 13 | Saturday, 17 July (1:10 pm) | Collingwood | 12.11 (83) | 18.9 (117) | Lost by 34 points | Skilled Stadium | 13 |
| 14 | Sunday, 25 July (2:00 pm) | Coburg | 14.7 (91) | 19.6 (120) | Won by 29 points | Highgate Recreation Reserve | 12 |
| 15 | Saturday, 31 July (12:30 pm) | Gold Coast | 13.10 (88) | 11.5 (71) | Won by 17 points | Skilled Stadium | |
| 16 | Sunday, 8 August (2:00 pm) | Box Hill | 13.21 (99) | 8.14 (62) | Lost by 37 points | Box Hill City Oval | 11 |
| 17 | Saturday, 14 August (2:00 pm) | Port Melbourne | 24.15 (159) | 8.6 (54) | Lost by 105 points | TEAC Oval | 12 |
| 18 | Saturday, 21 August (1:00 pm) | North Ballarat | 8.16 (64) | 12.10 (82) | Lost by 18 points | Skilled Stadium | 12 |