2010 AFL draft
2010 national draft
Table:
Round

Pick

Player

Recruited from

League

Club

1

1

David Swallow

East Fremantle

WAFL

Gold Coast

1

2

Harley Bennell

Peel Thunder

WAFL

Gold Coast

1

3

Sam Day

Sturt

SANFL

Gold Coast

1

4

Andrew Gaff

Oakleigh Chargers

TAC Cup

West Coast

1

5

Jared Polec

Woodville-West Torrens

SANFL

Brisbane Lions

1

6

Reece Conca

Perth

WAFL

Richmond

1

7

Josh Caddy

Northern Knights

TAC Cup

Gold Coast

1

8

Dyson Heppell

Gippsland Power

TAC Cup

Essendon

1

9

Dion Prestia

Calder Cannons

TAC Cup

Gold Coast

1

10

Daniel Gorringe

Norwood

SANFL

Gold Coast

1

11

Thomas Lynch

Dandenong Stingrays

TAC Cup

Gold Coast

1

12

Lucas Cook

North Ballarat Rebels

TAC Cup

Melbourne

1

13

Seb Tape

Glenelg

SANFL

Gold Coast

1

14

Brodie Smith

Woodville-West Torrens

SANFL

Adelaide

1

15

Billie Smedts

Geelong Falcons

TAC Cup

Geelong

1

16

Ben Jacobs

Sandringham Dragons

TAC Cup

Port Adelaide

1

17

Shaun Atley

Murray Bushrangers

TAC Cup

North Melbourne

1

18

Matthew Watson

Calder Cannons

TAC Cup

Carlton

1

19

Isaac Smith

North Ballarat

VFL

Hawthorn

1

20

Jayden Pitt

Geelong Falcons

TAC Cup

Fremantle

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David Swallow ( born 19 November 1992 ) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Gold Coast Suns in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Swallow won the Gold Coast Suns Club Champion award in 2014 , becoming the second player to win the award after Gary Ablett Jr. won the award in the club 's first three seasons . He received a nomination for the 2011 AFL Rising Star award in round 14 of the 2011 season . Swallow has served as Gold Coast co-captain since the 2019 season .
The East Fremantle Football Club , nicknamed the Sharks , is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) and WAFL Women 's ( WAFLW ) . The team 's home ground is East Fremantle Oval . East Fremantle are the most successful club in WAFL history , winning 29 premierships since their entry into the competition in 1898 .
The West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) is an Australian rules football league based in Perth , Western Australia . The WAFL is the third-most popular league in the nation , behind the nationwide Australian Football League ( AFL ) and South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . The league currently consists of ten teams , which play each other in a 20-round season usually lasting from March to September , with the top five teams playing off in a finals series , culminating in a Grand Final . The league also runs reserves , colts ( under-19 ) and womens competitions . The WAFL was founded in 1885 as the West Australian Football Association ( WAFA ) , and has undergone a variety of name changes since then , re-adopting its current name in 2001 . For most of its existence , the league was considered one of the traditional big three Australian rules football leagues , along with the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) and South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . However , since the introduction of two Western Australia-based clubs into the VFL ( later renamed the Australian Football League ) - the West Coast Eagles in 1987 and the Fremantle Football Club in 1995 - the popularity and standard of the league has decreased to the point where it is considered a feeder competition to the AFL . Although payments are made to players , it is generally considered to be a semi-professional competition . A salary cap of A $ 200,000 per club is in place . The league is currently affiliated with the two Western Australia-based AFL clubs . Players who are not selected to play with their respective AFL clubs instead play for allocated clubs in the WAFL . The competition is governed by the West Australian Football Commission , and based at Subiaco Oval .
The Gold Coast Suns Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club is based on the Gold Coast , Queensland . The club has been playing in the AFL since the 2011 season , having been founded as the league 's 17th active club by a consortium formerly known as GC17 and being granted a licence to join the AFL on 1 April 2009 . The team is based in the Gold Coast suburb of Carrara and play matches at Carrara Stadium ( known for commercial purposes as Metricon Stadium ) and train at the adjacent Gold Coast Sports and Leisure Centre . The club is one of two AFL clubs based in Queensland , the other being its main rival , the Brisbane Lions . The Suns also field teams in the AFL Women 's and North East Australian Football Leagues .
Harley Bennell ( born Harley Nannup ; born 2 October 1992 ) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He was drafted with the second selection in the 2010 AFL draft by the Gold Coast Football Club . Bennell was recruited from Peel Thunder Football Club which play in the West Australian Football League .
The Peel Thunder Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) and WAFL Women 's ( WAFLW ) . The team is based in Mandurah , Western Australia , with their home ground being Rushton Park . The club joined the WAFL as an expansion team in 1997 . Since the 2014 season , Peel has served as the host club in the WAFL for the Fremantle Dockers of the Australian Football League , an arrangement which sees Fremantle 's reserve players playing for Peel .
Sam Day ( born 6 September 1992 ) is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) .
The Sturt Football Club , nicknamed The Double Blues , is a semi-professional Australian rules football club based in the suburb of Unley , South Australia , which plays in the South Australian National Football League . Founded in 1901 by the Sturt Cricket Club , the club initially struggled to make the finals , however , in 1915 they won their first Premiership . After several decades of substantial finals appearances and a few premiership wins , Sturt entered a period of success , winning seven premierships from 1966 to 1976 under coach Jack Oatey . Sturt has a total of 15 premierships , eleven Magarey Medallists and two Night Premierships . Sturt wear Oxford and Cambridge Blue reflecting the street names on which their home ground is based . Sturt play their home games at the 15,000 capacity Unley Oval and their club song is named It 's a grand old flag .
The South Australian National Football League , or SANFL ( /ˈsænfəl/ or S-A-N-F-L ) , is an Australian rules football league based in the Australian state of South Australia . It is also the governing body for the sport of Australian rules football in South Australia . Originally formed as the South Australian Football Association on 30 April 1877 , the SANFL is the oldest surviving football league of any code in Australia and one of the oldest football competitions in the world , forming just a few years after the United Hospitals Challenge Cup ( 1874 ) , the oldest rugby football competition , and over a decade before The Football League , although later than the FA Cup ( soccer ) . Consisting of a single division competition , since 2014 the season has been an 18-round home-and-away ( regular ) season from April to September . The top five teams play-off in a final series culminating in the grand final for the Thomas Seymour Hill Premiership Trophy . The grand final had traditionally been held at Football Park in October , generally the week after the AFL Grand Final , though this was altered ahead of the 2014 season resulting in Adelaide Oval hosting the grand final in the penultimate weekend of September . The league owned the sub-licences for South Australia 's two AFL clubs - Adelaide Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club until March 2014 , when South Australian Football Commission reached an agreement with the Adelaide and Port Adelaide football clubs - endorsed by the AFL - which will see the two AFL licences transferred to the clubs in return for payments totalling more than $ 18 million . The league is also responsible for the management of all levels of football in the state . This includes junior football , country football , amateur football and specific programs rolled out across schools , indigenous communities ( including the APY Lands in the state 's north ) and newly arrived migrant communities . The SANFL owns Football Park , formerly the largest stadium in South Australia . The stadium , which opened in 1974 , was primarily used for Australian Football League matches up until 2013 and had a capacity of over 51,000 prior to being demolished . The stadium was the headquarters for the league from 1974-2013 .
Andrew Gaff ( born 16 June 1992 ) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He plays as a winger or outside midfielder . Gaff was recruited from the Oakleigh Chargers with the fourth pick in the 2010 National Draft . He made his debut in round one of the 2011 season , and later in the year was nominated for the AFL Rising Star Award . Gaff has been a regular in the West Coast line-up since his debut , and in 2015 played in the club 's grand final loss to Hawthorn . He won the John Worsfold Medal as West Coast 's best and fairest player that year , and was also named in the 2015 All-Australian team . Gaff placed equal fourth in the 2016 Brownlow Medal . He was named in the 2018 All-Australian team , but missed playing in West Coast 's victory in the 2018 AFL Grand Final after being suspended late in the season .
The Oakleigh Chargers is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League , the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria , Australia . They are based at Warrawee Park in Oakleigh , Victoria , representing the southeastern suburban area of Melbourne . The Chargers were one of two additional metropolitan clubs introduced to the competition in 1995 as part of a plan by the AFL to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs . This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft . In June 2008 the Chargers moved into a new pavilion at their Warrawee Park , They have Been The Feeder Club to Port Melbourne Football Club Since 1999 .
The NAB League ( formerly known as the TAC Cup ) is an under-19 Australian rules football representative competition held in Victoria , Australia . It is based on geographic regions throughout country Victoria and metropolitan Melbourne with each team representing twelve Victorian regions , while a thirteenth team from Tasmania was reintroduced in 2019 . The competition is sponsored by National Australia Bank , having previously been sponsored by the Transport Accident Commission since its inception . The competition is one of the primary sources of recruitment for AFL clubs from Victoria . The TAC Cup provides an opportunity for talented regional players to participate in a high standard competition without having to relocate too far from their place of origin . The competition has a very successful pathway with players missing AFL selection often being recruited by semi-professional state , country and regional leagues throughout Australia .
The West Coast Eagles Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Perth , Western Australia , and plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The West Coast Eagles was founded in 1986 as an expansion team . It entered the AFL , then known as the Victorian Football League , in 1987 along with Queensland 's Brisbane Bears . It reached the finals series for the first time in 1988 , and won its first premiership in 1992 , having been defeated in the grand final the previous year . It was the first non-Victorian team to compete in and win a grand final . The Eagles have since won three more premierships , in 1994 , 2006 and 2018 . The club is currently coached by Adam Simpson . The Eagles have won the second most premierships ( four , second to Hawthorn ) in the AFL era ( 1990 onwards ) and are one of the most strongly supported and profitable clubs in the league . As well as competing in the AFL , West Coast also field teams in the AFL Women 's ( AFLW ) and West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) .
Jared Polec ( born 12 October 1992 ) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He was selected with the Brisbane Lions ' first selection ( pick 5 overall ) in the 2010 national draft from SANFL club , Woodville-West Torrens . Of Polish descent , Polec is an outside midfielder who , prior to being drafted , played senior football with Woodville West Torrens and was a key player in their 2010 finals series . Woodville-West Torrens coach Michael Godden described Polec as being as good a junior as I 've seen come through the system and praised him for his skill , composure and work ethic .
Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991 . Since 1993 , the Eagles have played most of their home games at Woodville 's home ground of Woodville Oval , having previously used Football Park . They also play two or three games per season at their pre-season base of Thebarton Oval , a ground which has six light towers that the club has upgraded in 2012 to allow night games at the ground for the first time since the 1983 Escort Cup Grand Final ( a game won by West Torrens ) .
The Brisbane Lions Australian Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club who play in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club is based in Brisbane , Queensland , Australia . The club was formed in late 1996 from the merger of the Fitzroy Lions and the Brisbane Bears . The Lions are one of the most successful AFL clubs of the 21st century , having appeared in four consecutive AFL Grand Finals from 2001 to 2004 and winning three premierships ( 2001 , 2002 , 2003 ) . The club plays home matches in the AFL at the Gabba and is captained by Dayne Zorko and coached by Chris Fagan . The Lions were a foundation team in the AFL Women 's competition in 2017 and have featured in two grand finals in that time , finishing runners-up on both occasions . The Brisbane Bears were the first south-east Queensland based team formed in the region . They played at their home ground at Carrara Stadium on the Gold Coast from 1987 to 1992 before relocating to the Gabba in 1993 . The club continues to play its home games at the Gabba .
Reece Conca ( born 12 August 1992 ) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Drafted by the Richmond Football Club with the sixth overall pick in the 2010 AFL National Draft , Conca played 104 games across eight seasons with the club before moving to Fremantle as a free agent ahead of the 2019 season .
The Perth Football Club , nicknamed the Demons , is an Australian rules football club based in Lathlain , Western Australia , currently playing in the West Australian Football League ( WAFL ) . Representing the south-east area of the Perth metropolitan region , the club currently trains and plays its home games at Lathlain Park ( currently known , for sponsorship reasons , as Mineral Resources Park ) , having previously played at the WACA Ground between 1899 and 1958 and later in 1987 and 1988 . The club was founded in 1899 and began playing in the First Rate Junior Association , but was promoted to the WAFL in place of the Rovers Football Club midway through the season , from which it drew much of its original squad . Perth won its first premiership in 1907 , but did not win another until 1955 . Overall , the club has won seven premierships , including a hat-trick between 1966 and 1968 , with the last coming in 1977 . Perth is statistically one of the least successful teams in the competition , having not made a finals series since 1997 , and not played in a grand final since 1978 . The current coach the club is Earl Spalding , appointed for the 2015 season on 13 October 2014 . Perth finished last of nine teams in 2014 , and their run of fourteen consecutive defeats to end the season is their third-longest winless streak and second-longest actual losing streak on record .
The Richmond Football Club , nicknamed the Tigers , is a professional Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Between its inception in the Melbourne suburb of Richmond in 1885 and 1907 , the club competed in the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , winning two premierships . Richmond joined the Victorian Football League ( now known as the AFL ) in 1908 and has since won twelve premierships , most recently in 2019 . Richmond 's headquarters and training facilities are located at its original home ground , the Punt Road Oval , which sits adjacent to the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) , the club 's playing home since 1965 . Richmond traditionally wears a black guernsey with a yellow sash . The club song , We 're From Tigerland , is well known for its yellow and black refrain . The club is coached by Damien Hardwick and its current captain is Trent Cotchin . Five Richmond players have been inducted into the Australian Football Hall of Fame as Legends of the sport : Kevin Bartlett , Jack Dyer , Royce Hart , Kevin Sheedy and Ian Stewart .
Joshua Nicholas Caddy ( born 28 September 1992 ) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He previously played for the Gold Coast Football Club from 2011 to 2013 , and the Geelong Football Club from 2013 to 2016 . Caddy was drafted by Gold Coast with the seventh selection in the 2010 AFL draft after captaining underage football with the Northern Knights in the TAC Cup . He was a premiership player with Richmond in both 2017 and 2019 .
The Northern Knights is an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League , the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria , Australia . They are based in Preston , representing the northern suburban area of Melbourne . The Knights are one of the six original clubs set up as part of a plan by the Victorian State Football League to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs . This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft , which allows U18 players the opportunity to be selected by AFL clubs . Northern Knights have had many of their players drafted into the AFL , including the first two selections in the 2007 AFL Draft , Matthew Kreuzer and Trent Cotchin , and the fifth selection in the 2008 AFL Draft , Michael Hurley . Previously drafted players include Anthony Rocca , Brent Harvey , Jack Grimes , Lance Whitnall , Brent Stanton , Heath Shaw , Marcus Bontempelli and David Zaharakis .
Dyson Heppell ( born 14 May 1992 ) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Heppell won the AFL Rising Star award in his first season in 2011 , and won a W. S. Crichton Medal and All-Australian selection in 2014 . He has served as Essendon captain since the 2017 season .
The Gippsland Power is an Australian rules football team in the NAB League , the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria , Australia .
The Essendon Football Club , nicknamed the Bombers , is a professional Australian rules football club that plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Thought to have formed in 1872 , the club played its first recorded game on 7 June 1873 against a Carlton Second 20 , winning 1 goal to nil . The club played a senior club in the Victorian Football Association in 1878 , one year after the VFA formed . It is historically associated with Essendon , a suburb in the north-west of Melbourne , Victoria . Since 2013 , the club has been headquartered at The Hangar , Melbourne Airport , and plays its home games at either Docklands Stadium or the Melbourne Cricket Ground ; throughout most of its history the club 's home ground and headquarters was Windy Hill , Essendon , where it played from 1922 until 1991 . While it stopped playing games at the ground thereafter , Windy Hill remained its training and administration base until the end of 2013 . Dyson Heppell is the current team captain . A founding member club of both the Victorian Football Association , in 1877 , and the Victorian Football League ( renamed the AFL in 1990 ) , in 1896 , Essendon is one of Australia 's best-known football clubs . Essendon has won 16 VFL/AFL premierships , which , along with Carlton , is the most of any club in the competition . The club won four consecutive VFA premierships between 1891 and 1894 , a feat matched only by Collingwood between 1927 and 1930 .
Dion Prestia ( born 12 October 1992 ) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He previously played for the Gold Coast Football Club from 2011 to 2016 and was a member of the club 's inaugural side , playing its first AFL match in 2011 . In 2017 and 2019 he was an AFL premiership player with Richmond .
The Calder Cannons is an Australian rules football club from Melbourne , Australia . The club competes in the NAB League , the Victorian Statewide Under-18s competition , and fields squads in the Under-15s , Under-16s and Under-18s . The club was formed in 1995 after the need for two more metropolitan clubs . The geographic catchment area for the club is the north western suburbs of Melbourne extending to cover the Macedon Ranges area .
Daniel Gorringe ( born 2 June 1992 ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Suns and the Carlton Blues . He played in the SANFL for Norwood and was named in the All-Australian team in 2010 and was touted early as one of Australia 's best junior footballers . He was drafted by Gold Coast with pick 10 in the 2010 national draft . He made his debut against the Western Bulldogs in round 3 , 2011 and struggled with injuries throughout his AFL career . In 2015 newly appointed Gold Coast Suns coach Rodney Eade delisted Gorringe , rumours surfaced their relationship was toxic and had numerous confrontations . Carlton Football Club picked up Gorringe in 2015 as a delisted free agent . After two years at Carlton he retired due to his consistent achillies injuries where he required several surgeries to fix ongoing issues .
Norwood Football Club , nicknamed the Redlegs , is an Australian rules football club competing in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) in the state of South Australia . Its home ground is Coopers Stadium ( Norwood Oval ) , which often referred to as The Parade . It is one of the two traditional powerhouse clubs of the SANFL , the other being Port Adelaide , who together have won half of all SANFL premierships ( see Port Adelaide-Norwood SANFL rivalry ) . The club has won 30 SANFL premierships and 1 SANFLW premiership .
Thomas Lynch ( born 31 October 1992 ) is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He previously played 131 games and kicked a then club-record 254 goals at the Gold Coast Suns after being drafted by the club with the 11th overall pick in the 2010 national draft . He served as Gold Coast 's co-captain in 2017 and 2018 , is a premiership player , an All-Australian , a two-time Gold Coast club champion , four-time Gold Coast leading goalkicker and one-time Richmond leading goalkicker .
The Dandenong Stingrays are an Australian rules football team in a Victorian under 18s league called the NAB League , the Victorian statewide under-18s competition . 1992 saw the birth of the Southern Stingrays and they were developed under the leadership of Steve Kennedy ( Regional Manager ) and Ron Roach ( Promotions Manager ) with the home base located at the Ben Kavanagh Reserve , Mordialloc . The side is coached in the inaugural year by Peter Russo . In 1995 the club moved from Mordialloc to Dandenong and it also changed its name to the Dandenong Southern Stingrays . The club is currently under the leadership of Darren Flanigan ( Region Talent Manager ) and Matthew Crozier ( Female Talent Coordinator ) with the home base located at Shepley Oval , Dandenong . The side is coached by Nick Cox .
This is a list of every player to have at least played one senior VFL/AFL game for Melbourne Football Club since the inception of the VFL , of which Melbourne was a foundation club , in 1897 . Players are listed in order of debut . The start of their Melbourne Football Club career is determined from when they were first listed at the club , and the end is determined by the final year they were listed at Melbourne . Players are numbered by their debut order for the club ; when multiple players debuted during the same match , they are numbered according to the alphabetical order of their surnames .
The Greater Western Victoria Rebels is an Australian rules football club which plays in the NAB League , the statewide under-18s competition in Victoria , Australia . Initially known as the Ballarat Rebels and wearing green and gold , the team was established in 1993 as one of four regional under-18s clubs , set up as part of a plan by the AFL Commission to have clubs set in all regions of the state of Victoria . The club became affiliated with the new VFL 's North Ballarat Football Club in 1996 , and changed its name to North Ballarat Rebels and its colours to black and white to reflect this . In January 2017 , the club again changed its name to Greater Western Victoria Rebels to reflect their expanded recruitment zone . This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft , which allows U18 players the opportunity to be selected by AFL clubs . Greater Western Victoria has produced many notable AFL players including Adam Goodes , Drew Petrie , Troy Chaplin , Jed Adcock , Tim Notting , Shannon Watt , James Walker and Shane O'Bree .
The Melbourne Football Club , nicknamed the Demons , is a professional Australian rules football club , playing in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . It is named after and based in the city of Melbourne , Victoria , and plays its home games at the Melbourne Cricket Ground ( MCG ) . Melbourne is the world 's oldest professional club of any football code . The club 's origins can be traced to an 1858 letter in which Tom Wills , captain of the Victoria cricket team , calls for the formation of a foot-ball club with its own code of laws . An informal Melbourne team played that winter and was officially formed in May 1859 when Wills and three other members codified The Rules of the Melbourne Football Club - the basis of Australian rules football . The club was a dominant force in the early years of Australian rules football competition , and was also a foundation member of the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) in 1896 , which later became the national Australian Football League . Melbourne has won 12 VFL/AFL premierships , the latest in 1964 . Melbourne was a foundation team of the AFL Women 's league , entering the competition in the inaugural year 2017 . The club celebrated its 150th anniversary in 2008 by naming 150 Heroes as well as creating a birthday logo which appeared on its official guernsey . The football club has been a sporting section of the Melbourne Cricket Club ( MCC ) since 2009 , having previously been associated with the MCC between 1889 and 1980 .
Seb Tape ( born 6 August 1992 ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He was drafted by with pick 13 in the 2010 national draft . He made his debut in Gold Coast 's first game , playing against Carlton in round 2 of 2011 season . Tape is a member of the Gold Coast Sun 's Inaugural Squad , starting the game in the back pocket . In this game he collected 11 disposals ( 9 kicks and 2 handballs ) , also accumulating 8 marks and 3 tackles . Tape attended Westminster School in Adelaide , where he was School Captain .
Glenelg Football Club is an Australian rules football team , which plays in the South Australian National Football League . The club is known as the Tigers ( or the Bays ) , and their home ground is ACH Group Stadium ( formerly Glenelg Oval ) , located in the southern coastal suburb of Glenelg East , South Australia .
Brodie Smith ( born 14 January 1992 ) is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . Smith was Adelaide 's first selection in the 2010 National Draft at pick 14 overall .
Woodville-West Torrens Football Club is an Australian rules football club playing in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) . It was formed in 1990 from an amalgamation of the neighbouring Woodville and West Torrens football clubs and played its inaugural game in 1991 . Since 1993 , the Eagles have played most of their home games at Woodville 's home ground of Woodville Oval , having previously used Football Park . They also play two or three games per season at their pre-season base of Thebarton Oval , a ground which has six light towers that the club has upgraded in 2012 to allow night games at the ground for the first time since the 1983 Escort Cup Grand Final ( a game won by West Torrens ) .
The Adelaide Football Club , nicknamed the Crows , are a professional Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club has both a men 's team , which played its first match in 1991 , and a women 's team , which began in 2017 in the inaugural season of the AFLW . The club is based in Adelaide , South Australia , playing its home matches at Adelaide Oval . The club has its training and administration base at Football Park in West Lakes , where it previously played home matches between 1991 and 2013 . The club song is The Pride of South Australia , to the tune of the US Marines ' Hymn . The Crows were formed in 1990 to be the 'state team ' to represent the South Australia in the AFL . They were originally owned by the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) , before gaining independence . They played their first season in 1991 . The men 's team won both the 1997 and 1998 Grand Finals , and have appeared in 15 finals series in their 28-year history . The club has had a reserves team compete in the South Australian National Football League since 2014 and has fielded a women 's team in the AFL Women 's competition since 2017 . The men 's team is currently coached by Matthew Nicks and captained by Rory Sloane , who was appointed co-captain alongside Taylor Walker prior to the 2019 season . Don Pyke permanently succeeded the late Phil Walsh as head coach in October 2015 before departing the club at the end of 2019 .
Billie Smedts ( born 8 June 1992 ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He was recruited by Geelong with their first pick and fifteenth overall in the 2010 national draft . He hails from Warrnambool and played in the TAC Cup for the Geelong Falcons . He made his AFL debut for Geelong in the opening round of the 2012 AFL season against Fremantle at Patersons Stadium . At the conclusion of the 2016 season , he was traded to Carlton . He made his first senior appearance for the Carlton Football Club in the Round 1 , 43-point loss to Richmond at the MCG . Smedts played nine senior games in his first season with Carlton . He struggled to make a consistent impact and was delisted at the end of the year . AFL football can be a demanding physical game , Smedts suffered breaking a leg twice , a broken collarbone and a shoulder reconstruction during his career .
The Geelong Falcons is a youth Australian rules football representative club in the NAB League , the Victorian statewide under-18s competition , Victoria , Australia . The club takes in talented junior players from the Geelong , Colac and Warrnambool regions in order to prepare them for AFL selection . There is an under-15 vline cup side and an under-16 side , but the club 's main focus is its under-18 side , who play a longer season . In 2007 , Jimmy Bartel became the first ex-Falcon to win the AFL Brownlow Medal , for the league 's best and fairest player , while Jonathan Brown became the first ex-Falcon to win the Coleman Medal for the most goals in the season . Gary Ablett Jnr also became the first ex-Falcon to win the Leigh Matthews Trophy , for being voted the Most Valuable Player by the AFL Players Association . Hawthorn half-back Luke Hodge became the first Falcon to win the Norm Smith Medal for his best on ground performance in the 2008 Grand Final against the Geelong Cats . Nick Maxwell became the first Geelong Falcons player to captain a premiership team when he led Collingwood to the 2010 AFL Premiership .
The Geelong Football Club , nicknamed the Cats , are a professional Australian rules football club based in the city of Geelong , Australia . The club competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the highest level of Australian rules football in Australia . The Cats have been the VFL/AFL premiers nine times , with three in the AFL era ( since 1990 ) . The Cats have also won ten McClelland Trophies . The club was formed in 1859 , making it the second oldest club in the AFL after Melbourne and one of the oldest football clubs in the world . Geelong participated in the first football competition in Australia and was a foundation club of both the Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) in 1877 and the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) in 1897 . The club first established itself in the VFA by winning seven premierships , making it the most successful VFA club leading up to the formation of the VFL in 1897 . The club won a further six premierships by 1963 , before enduring a 44-year waiting period until it won its next premiership - an AFL-record 119-point victory in the 2007 AFL Grand Final . Geelong have since won a further two premierships in 2009 and 2011 . The Cats play most of their home games at Kardinia Park ( known for sponsorship reasons as GMHBA Stadium ) and play the remainder at the Melbourne Cricket Ground . Geelong 's traditional guernsey colours are navy blue and white hoops . The club 's nickname , The Cats , was first used in 1923 after a run of losses prompted a local cartoonist to suggest that the club needed a black cat to bring it good luck .
Ben Jacobs ( born 9 January 1992 ) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . From the Sandringham Dragons in the TAC Cup , Jacobs was Port Adelaide 's first selection and the 16th overall selection in the 2010 AFL Draft . He is known for his excellent marking with great core strength , having the ability to run all day and execute by hand . Jacobs won All-Australian honours in the 2010 NAB AFL U18 Championships and averaged 29 disposals at 69 percent efficiency , including a 47 possession game against South Australia . He was given the number 16 guernsey , by retired Port Adelaide premiership captain , Warren Tredrea . Jacobs was predicted to make his debut in the opening round of the 2011 AFL season , however he contracted glandular fever during the pre-season and was admitted to hospital for five days . He recovered from the illness and made his debut in Round 8 . During the 2012 season Trade Period , Jacobs requested a trade to North Melbourne which did not happen . Soon after , Jacobs announced that he would not be re-signing with Port and that he would be entering the National Draft . In the 2012 National AFL Draft , Jacobs was taken at Pick 37 by North Melbourne Football Club . Jacobs had 2 very mediocre seasons to start his career at North Melbourne but had a breakout season in 2015 , as he developed into the team 's tagger . He played in 23 games and performed shut down roles against Trent Cotchin , Dan Hannebery , Dylan Shiel and Nathan Jones .
The Sandringham Dragons are an Australian rules football club playing in the NAB League , the top statewide under-18 competition in Victoria , Australia . They are based at the Trevor Barker Oval in Sandringham , Victoria , representing the southern suburban area of Melbourne . The Dragons were one of the founding metropolitan clubs of the competition in 1992 as part of a plan by the Victorian State Football League to replace the traditional club zones with independent junior clubs . This was to help aid in player development and the process of the AFL draft . The club was originally named the Central Dragons and played out of Toorak Oval in Prahran , Victoria . In 1995 the name of the club was changed to Prahran Dragons as part of the agreement which saw the Prahran Two Blues exit the senior Victorian Football League . In 2000 , the club relocated to the Trevor Barker Beach Oval in Sandringham and changed its name for the new locality .
Port Adelaide Football Club is a professional Australian rules football club based in Alberton , Port Adelaide , South Australia . The club 's senior team plays in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Power , whilst its reserves team competes in the South Australian National Football League ( SANFL ) , where they are nicknamed the Magpies . Port Adelaide is the oldest professional sporting club in South Australia and the fifth-oldest club in the AFL . Since the club 's founding on 12 May 1870 , the club has won 36 South Australian league premierships , including six in a row . The club also won the Champions of Australia competition on a record four occasions . After successfully winning an AFL licence in 1994 the club began competing in the Australian Football League in 1997 as the only pre-existing non-Victorian club - and has subsequently added the 2004 AFL premiership to its achievements .
Shaun Atley ( born 13 September 1992 ) is a professional Australian rules footballer playing for the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He was taken with draft pick # 17 in the 2010 National Draft , and played the following year , in the 2011 AFL season . Atley made his debut in Round 1 , against West Coast . 2012 was a much more successful year for Atley . He played every possible game , and was noted as one of the competition 's most improved player . The catalyst of this change of form was a move to the backline , where he used his explosive pace and blistering speed to accelerate out of defence on numerous occasions to turn defence into attack . His kicking improved out of sight , and this was recognised with a fifth placing in the Syd Barker Medal . He is the brother of Joe Atley , who plays for the Port Adelaide Football Club .
The Murray Bushrangers is an Australian rules football team playing in Victorian statewide under-18s competition , presently known as the NAB League , since 1993 based in Wangaratta . The team trains on Norm Minns Oval . The team is coached by Leon Higgins . Guernsey colors are Black , Purple and Yellow , with black socks and black ( home ) or white ( away ) shorts . The Bushrangers have produced some of the current elite Australian Football League players through the AFL Draft including Daniel Cross , Brett Deledio , Steele Sidebottom , Steve Johnson , Jarrad Waite , Kayne Pettifer , Justin Koschitzke , Hamish McIntosh , Barry Hall , Fraser Gehrig , Ben Mathews , Steven King , Robert Campbell , Alipate Carlile , David Mundy & Shannon Byrnes
The North Melbourne Football Club , nicknamed the Kangaroos or less formally the Roos , the Kangas or North , is an Australian rules football club that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) , the sport 's premier competition . Founded in North Melbourne , Victoria in 1869 , it is based at its traditional home ground , Arden Street Oval , and currently plays its home matches at both the nearby Docklands Stadium and Blundstone Arena in Hobart , Tasmania . The club 's mascot is a grey kangaroo donning the club uniform , and its use dates from the mid-20th century . The club is also unofficially known as The Shinboners , a term which dates back to its 19th-century abattoir-worker origins . The club 's motto is Victoria amat curam , Latin for Victory Demands Dedication . Aside from their representation in the AFL , the Kangaroos also field teams in the following competitions ; AFL Women 's , VFL Women 's and Victorian Football League .
Matthew Watson ( born 16 July 1992 ) is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . A key position player , Watson began his career primarily as a tall defender , then later transitioned into a forward . Originally from Victoria , Watson attended and played school football for Penleigh and Essendon Grammar School and Pascoe Vale . He played TAC Cup football for the Calder Cannons . He represented Vic Metro at the 2008 AFL Under 16 Championships and 2010 AFL Under 18 Championships , where he was selected as a defender in the Under 18 All-Australian team . Watson was recruited by the Carlton Football Club with its first round selection in the 2010 AFL National Draft ( number 18 overall ) . He was given the number 10 guernsey . He made his AFL debut in Round 2 , 2011 against Gold Coast , in what was the first game played by the new Gold Coast franchise . Watson played a total of three matches for Carlton in his debut season , and played mostly for its VFL-affiliate , the Northern Bullants ( later the Northern Blues ) . He played sporadically for Carlton over his five years on the senior list , playing a total of 23 games . His highest return was eight senior matches in 2012 . He never won a regular position in the senior team , and was delisted at the conclusion of the 2015 season .
The Carlton Football Club , nicknamed the Blues , is an Australian rules football club based in Melbourne , Victoria . Founded in 1864 in Carlton , an inner suburb of Melbourne , the club competes in the Australian Football League ( formerly the Victorian Football League ) , and was one of the competition 's eight founding member clubs in 1896 . The club 's headquarters and training facilities are located in Carlton at Princes Park , its traditional home ground , and it currently plays its home matches at either Docklands Stadium ( currently known as Marvel Stadium ) or the Melbourne Cricket Ground . Carlton has historically been one of the AFL 's most successful clubs , having won sixteen senior VFL/AFL premierships , equal with Essendon as the most of any club ; prior to this , it won six senior premierships , including two in the Victorian Football Association . The club has also fielded a team in the AFL Women 's league since its establishment in 2017 .
Isaac Smith ( born 30 December 1988 ) is a professional Australian rules footballer who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) .
North Ballarat Football & Netball Club , nicknamed The Roosters , is an Australian rules football and netball club based at Mars Stadium in Ballarat . The club currently fields senior , reserve and Under 19 sides in the Ballarat Football League . Between 1996 and 2017 , North Ballarat competed in the Victorian Football League ( VFL ) .
The Victorian Football League ( VFL ) is the major state-level Australian rules football league in Victoria . The league evolved from the former Victorian Football Association ( VFA ) , and has been known by its current name since 1996 . For historical purposes , the present VFL is sometimes referred to as the VFA/VFL , to distinguish it from the present day Australian Football League , which was known until 1990 as the Victorian Football League and is sometimes referred to as the VFL/AFL . The VFA was formed in 1877 and is the second-oldest Australian rules football league , replacing the loose affiliation of clubs that had been the hallmark of the early years of the game . Initially serving a primarily administrative function , the VFA premiership served as the top level of club competition in Victoria until 1896 . The VFA became the secondary level of club competition from 1897 after its eight strongest clubs seceded to form the VFL . From 1897 until 1995 , the VFA remained independent from the VFL as Victoria 's secondary senior club competition . Although always much less popular than the VFL/AFL , the VFA enjoyed peaks of popularity in the 1940s with a faster-paced rival code of rules , and in the 1970s bolstered by playing on Sundays at a time when the VFL was played solely on Saturdays . Since 1995 , the league has been administered by AFL Victoria ( and its predecessors ) , and serves as one of the second-tier regional Australian semi-professional competitions which sits underneath the fully professional Australian Football League . From the 2018 season it will comprise 15 teams from throughout Victoria , nine of which have a continuous VFA heritage . Since 2000 , the VFL has served partially as a reserves competition for the AFL , with some Victorian-based clubs fielding their reserves teams in the VFL and others affiliated such that their reserves player can play in VFL teams . AFL Victoria also operates a women 's football competition under the Victorian Football League brand , known as the VFL Women 's , which was established in 2016 .
The Hawthorn Football Club , nicknamed the Hawks , is a professional Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . The club , founded in 1902 , is the youngest of the Victorian-based teams in the AFL and has won thirteen VFL/AFL premierships . It is the only club to have won premierships in each decade of the 1960s , 1970s , 1980s , 1990s , 2000s and 2010s . The team play in brown and gold vertically striped guernsey . The club 's Latin motto is spectemur agendo , the English translation being Let us be judged by our acts . The Hawks ' origins are in the inner-eastern Melbourne suburb of Hawthorn and also at Glenferrie Oval , the club 's former administrative and training base and social club . Matches , however , have not been played there since 1973 . In 2006 , Hawthorn 's training and administration facilities were relocated to Waverly Park which is located 27.8 km from the CBD and in the middle of the club 's major supporter base in Melbourne 's outer-eastern region . The mascot of the club is a hawk . Since 2007 Hawthorn have played four games a year at their second ground of York Park in Launceston , Tasmania , with the remaining games played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground , the club 's current playing home ground . Hawthorn 's current Victorian Football League ( VFL ) affiliate team is the Box Hill Hawks Football Club .
Jayden Pitt ( born 7 October 1992 ) is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . He is a quick , agile , goalkicking midfielder who is a good kick with either foot .
The Fremantle Football Club , nicknamed the Dockers , is a professional Australian rules football team that competes in the Australian Football League ( AFL ) . It was founded in 1994 in honour of the rich footballing history associated with the Western Australian port city of Fremantle , and entered the AFL the following year , making it the second team from the state after the West Coast Eagles to be admitted to the competition . Originally based at Fremantle Oval , the club 's training facilities and administrative headquarters are now located nearby at Cockburn ARC in Cockburn Central . The club 's guernsey is purple and white . High-profile players since the club 's inception include six time All-Australian Matthew Pavlich , dual Brownlow Medal winner Nat Fyfe , and the league 's former all-time tallest player Aaron Sandilands . Currently captained by Fyfe , the club is coached by Justin Longmuir , who replaced Ross Lyon at the end of the 2019 home-and-away season . Fremantle is one of only three active AFL clubs ( the others being Gold Coast and Greater Western Sydney ) that has not won a premiership , however it did win the minor premiership in 2015 , and reached the 2013 AFL Grand Final which it lost to Hawthorn . Fremantle has had a team in the AFL Women 's league since its inception in 2017 . They are coached by Trent Cooper and captained by Kara Antonio .