2010 Carlton Football Club season

The 2010 Carlton Football Club season was the Carlton Football Club's 147th season of competition, and 114th as a member of the Australian Football League.

Carlton Football Club
2010 season
PresidentStephen Kernahan
CoachBrett Ratten
Captain(s)Chris Judd
Home groundEtihad Stadium
(Training and administrative: Visy Park)
AFL season8th (11–11)
Finals series8th
Best and FairestChris Judd
Leading goalkickerEddie Betts (42)[1]
Club membership40,480[2]

Carlton finished 8th out of 16 teams in the 2010 AFL season, and reached the finals for the second consecutive season. Captain Chris Judd won the Brownlow Medal as fairest and best player in the league.

Club summary

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The 2010 AFL season was the 114th season of the VFL/AFL competition since its inception in 1897; and, having competed in every season, it was also the 114th season contested by the Carlton Football Club.

Former club champion Stephen Kernahan continued as club president in the 2010 season, a position he had held since August 2008.[3] The club's joint major sponsors were car manufacturer Hyundai, which had been with the club since 2008,[4] and confectionery company Mars, newly signed for the 2010 season.[5] As in previous years, the club's primary home ground was Etihad Stadium, with home games expecting to draw larger crowds played at the M.C.G., and with traditional home ground Visy Park serving as the training and administrative base. As had been the case every year since 2003, Carlton had a full alignment with the Northern Bullants in the Victorian Football League, allowing Carlton-listed players to play with the Bullants when not selected in AFL matches.[6]

Carlton sold a total of 40,480 memberships for the 2010 season, down 4.6% from the club's record-high 2009 membership of 42,408.[2][7] The club had the fifth-highest membership in the league, and the second-highest of clubs who play home games only in Victoria, behind only Collingwood.Note 1, [2] The club's membership campaign slogan for 2010 was "Can you smell what the Blues are cooking", borrowed from the catchphrase used by WWE wrestler Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson.[8]

Brett Ratten and Chris Judd continued in their respective roles as senior coach and captain of the club, each entering his third season appointed to the job.Note 2 Kade Simpson continued in the role of vice-captain, and the club's leadership group also comprised Michael Jamison, Andrew Carrazzo, Heath Scotland and Simon Wiggins.[9]

Squad and player statistics for 2010

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Flags represent the state of origin, i.e. the state in which the player played his Under-18s football.

Senior List
No. State Player Age AFL Debut Recruited from Career (to end 2009) 2010 Player Statistics
Gms Gls Gms Gls B D K HB M T HO
1   Andrew Walker 23 2004 Bendigo (U18) 87 32 16 5 4 334 203 131 97 22
2   Jordan Russell 23 2005 West Adelaide 70 15 23 1 1 463 277 186 137 71
3   Marc Murphy 22 2006 Oakleigh (U18) 80 63 22 19 11 560 278 282 90 100
4   Bryce Gibbs 20 2007 Glenelg 66 34 23 6 11 560 342 218 127 82 3
5   Chris Judd (c) 26 2002 Sandringham (U18), West Coast 178 165 20 14 11 539 291 248 61 105
6   Kade Simpson (vc)[9] 25 2003 Eastern (U18) 110 62 23 17 19 538 328 210 142 93 4
7   Brock McLean 23 2004 Calder (U18), Melbourne 94 39 6 2 2 107 41 66 20 31
8   Matthew Kreuzer 20 2008 Northern (U18) 43 26 13 5 4 159 65 94 29 62 239
9   Chris Johnson 23 2005 East Fremantle, Melbourne 41 3 5 1 1 78 54 24 28 15
10   Richard Hadley 26 2001 East Fremantle, Brisbane Lions 58 15 8 1 1 138 50 88 23 36 1
11   Robert Warnock 22 2007 Sandringham (U18), Fremantle 21 4 12 4 1 124 50 74 24 27 218
12   Mitch Robinson 20 2009 Tasmania (U18/VFL) 10 5 16 14 4 242 133 109 51 67 1
13   Chris Yarran 19 2009 Swan Districts 6 4 16 19 11 187 121 66 56 53 1
14   Brad Fisher 25 2003 Eastern Ranges 98 126 1 1 6 6 4 3
15   Steven Browne 20 2008 West Perth 20 5 3 1 1 35 14 21 12 9
16   Shaun Grigg 21 2007 North Ballarat (U18) 35 7 8 3 2 172 82 90 42 25 7
17   Setanta Ó hAilpín 26 2005 Cork GAA 58 30 14 26 15 144 97 47 47 18 2
18   Paul Bower 21 2006 Peel 45 2 12 1 202 79 123 58 25
19   Eddie Betts 23 2005 Calder (U18) 97 123 23 42 29 318 178 140 91 76
20   Rhys O'Keeffe 19 North Adelaide
21   Mark Austin 20 2007 Glenelg 14 1
22   Shaun Hampson 21 2007 Mount Gravatt 27 5 8 6 8 57 28 29 22 19 104
23   Lachlan Henderson 20 2007 Geelong (U18), Brisbane 15 3 19 25 11 211 130 81 100 38
24   Kane Lucas 18 East Fremantle 8 115 53 62 37 13 1
26   Joe Anderson 21 2007 Darwin 12 5 67 34 33 23 24
27   Dennis Armfield 23 2008 Swan Districts 26 2 19 1 274 129 145 53 50
29   Heath Scotland (lg)[9] 29 1999 Western (U18), Collingwood 176 57 23 10 10 560 288 272 132 69 1
30   Jarrad Waite 26 2003 Murray (U18) 115 117 16 36 14 239 173 66 111 56 2
31   Marcus Davies 18 North Hobart 5 1 43 27 16 10 14
32   Bret Thornton 26 2002 Oakleigh (U18) 149 4 12 4 192 122 70 79 19 3
33   Ryan Houlihan 27 2000 Murray (U18) 182 112 13 15 4 239 129 110 55 31
34   Simon Wiggins (lg)[9] 27 2001 Glenorchy 116 36
35   Caleb Tiller 18 Murray (U18)
36   Rohan Kerr 18 Dandenong (U18)
39   Sam Jacobs 21 2009 Woodville-West Torrens 4 1 13 2 2 148 53 95 38 53 286
40   Michael Jamison (lg)[9] 23 2007 North Ballarat (U18, VFL) 34 0 23 200 136 64 89 48
44   Andrew Carrazzo (lg)[9] 26 2004 Oakleigh (U18), Geelong 99 32 23 4 8 520 254 266 100 77
45   Aaron Joseph 20 2009 Tasmania (U18) 23 3 22 2 1 258 124 134 66 69
Rookie List
No. State Player Age AFL Debut Recruited from Career (to end 2009) 2010 Player Statistics
Gms Gls Gms Gls B D K HB M T HO
28   Jaryd Cachia 18 Northern (U18)
37   Joseph Dare 18 Geelong (U18)
38   Jeff Garlett 20 2009 Swan Districts 10 12 20 39 21 245 170 75 75 73
41   Levi Casboult 19 Dandenong (U18)
42   Zach Tuohy 20 Laois GAA
43   Simon White 21 2010 Subiaco 6 1 92 54 38 45 8
46   David Ellard 20 2008 Swan Districts 1 1 7 2 4 92 52 40 17 51
47   Joshua Donaldson 18 West Perth
For players: (c) denotes captain, (vc) denotes vice-captain, (lg) denotes leadership group. Players' ages are given for 1 January 2010. Statistics for AFL matches: Gms – Games played, Gls – Goals, B – Behinds, D – Disposals, K – Kicks, HB – Handballs, M – Marks, T – Tackles, HO – Hitouts. Source for statistics: AFL Tables.[1]

Playing list changes

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The following summarises all player changes between the conclusion of the 2009 season and the conclusion of the 2010 season.

The Fevola trade

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The most significant change to the list was the trading of full forward Brendan Fevola to the Brisbane Lions. Carlton announced its intentions to trade Fevola after his drunken behaviour at the 2009 Brownlow Medal Count, which served as the last straw in a long rap sheet of off-field indiscretions while at the club.

The Brisbane Lions emerged as the likely destination. Brisbane initially offered 31-year-old full forward Daniel Bradshaw and 23-year-old midfielder Michael Rischitelli in the trade. Both players were flown to Melbourne to tour Carlton's facilities during trade week, but Rischitelli was not willing to relocate. On the final day of trade week, Brisbane agreed to give Carlton a first round draft pick and 19-year-old key position prospect Lachlan Henderson (who was himself a first round draft pick, taken at No. 8 in the 2007 National Draft), in exchange for Fevola, a second-round draft pick,[10] and for Carlton to pay $100,000 of Fevola's salary for each of the two years remaining on his existing contract.[11] Fevola left the club as its third-highest career goalkicker, with 575 goals.

Although considered reasonable at the time, the trade is now widely viewed as a disaster for the Brisbane Lions,[12] because all players involved in the trade negotiations had left the club within eighteen months. Shortly after trade, Bradshaw walked out on the Lions, and was recruited to the Sydney Swans in the pre-season draft – either because his feelings were hurt by being offered to trade, or because Fevola's recruitment would have limited Bradshaw's own opportunities in the Lions' forward-line.[13] Rischitelli left the club at the end of 2010, after signing a contract with the fledgling Gold Coast Football Club; some in the media speculated that he was also disgruntled about being offered in the Fevola trade, but Rischitelli has never said anything to this effect.[14] Finally, prior to the 2011 season, Brisbane sacked Fevola after further off-field incidents during the 2010/11 offseason.[15] For its part, Carlton gained only a moderate benefit from the trade, with Henderson and No. 12 draft pick Kane Lucas giving the club six and five years service respectively, with only one top-ten finish in the club's best and fairest award between them: a third-place finish by Henderson in 2013.

Player Previous Club League via
  Brock McLean Melbourne AFL AFL Trade Week, in exchange for pick No. 11
  Lachlan Henderson[16] Geelong AFL AFL Trade Week, with pick No. 12, in exchange for Brendan Fevola and pick No. 27
  Kane Lucas East Fremantle WAFL AFL National Draft, first round (pick No. 12)
  Marcus Davies North Hobart TFL AFL National Draft, third round (pick No. 43)
  Rohan Kerr Dandenong TAC Cup AFL National Draft, fourth round (pick No. 59)
  Jaryd Cachia Northern Knights TAC Cup AFL Rookie Draft, first round (pick No. 15)
  Joseph Dare Geelong Falcons TAC Cup AFL Rookie Draft, second round (pick No. 31)
  Levi Casboult Dandenong Stingrays TAC Cup AFL Rookie Draft, third round (pick No. 44)
  Simon White Subiaco WAFL AFL Rookie Draft, fourth round (pick No. 56)
  Josh Donaldson West Perth WAFL AFL Rookie Draft, fifth round (pick No. 66)
  Zach Tuohy Laois GAA GAA Recruited on an international rookie contact during AFL Rookie Draft, sixth round (pick No. 73)
Player New Club League via
  Nick Stevens[17] Retired
  Brendan Fevola Brisbane Lions AFL AFL Trade Week with pick No. 27, in exchange for Lachlan Henderson and pick No. 12
  Jordan Bannister[17] Delisted; retired from playing to pursue umpiring under the AFL's Player Pathway Program.[18]
  Adam Hartlett[17] West Adelaide[19] SANFL Delisted
  Jake Edwards[17] Darley[20] Ballarat FL Delisted
  Adam Bentick[17] Port Melbourne VFL Delisted
  Cameron Cloke[17] Port Adelaide AFL Delisted
  Lachie Hill[17] Old Scotch[21] VAFA Delisted from the rookie list
  Darren Pfeiffer[17] Southport[22] QAFL Delisted from the rookie list
  Luke Stanton[17] Montmorency[23] NFL Delisted from the rookie list
  Greg Bentley[17] Rosebud MPNFL Delisted from the rookie list

List management

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Player Change
  Sam Jacobs Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list during AFL National Draft, fifth round (pick No. 72)
  Aaron Joseph Promoted from the rookie list to the senior list during AFL National Draft, sixth round (pick No. 83)

Season summary

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Pre-season matches

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NAB Cup

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Round Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Saturday, 20 February (7:40 pm) Sydney 2.7.11 (71) 0.8.11 (59) Lost by 12 points Report Blacktown Olympic Park (A) 9,732

NAB Challenge

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Week Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
1 Friday, 26 February (4:00 pm) Brisbane Lions 14.9 (93) 12.8 (80) Won by 13 points Report Visy Park (H) 10,000 (approx.)
2 Saturday, 6 March (10:30 am) West Coast 16.9 (105) 9.12 (66) Lost by 39 points Leederville Oval (A) Unknown
3 Friday, 12 March (4:00 pm) Adelaide 11.16 (82) 12.11 (83) Lost by 1 point Report Visy Park (H) 3,000 (approx.)

Regular season

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Despite winning thirteen games in 2009 and finishing in the finals for the first time since 2001, Carlton was considered unlikely to make the finals again in 2010, as pundits believed the club's forward-line would not be able to cover the loss of Brendan Fevola.[24] True to those expectations, Carlton's performance in 2010 was slightly worse that of 2009, finishing with an even 11–11 record; but that was good enough to finish eighth and in the finals for the second consecutive season, finishing ahead of ninth-placed North Melbourne by a considerable margin of percentage. The club's results were generally consistent with its finishing position, with a record of only 2–8 in ten matches against other top eight teams, and a record of 9–3 in twelve matches against the bottom eight teams.

Round Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance Ladder
position
Home Away Result
1 Thursday, 25 March (7:10 pm) Richmond 9.10 (64) 18.12 (120) Won by 56 points Report M.C.G. (A) 72,010 3rd
2 Thursday, 1 April (7:40 pm) Brisbane Lions 16.11 (107) 12.16 (88) Lost by 19 points Report The Gabba (A) 36,780 8th
3 Saturday, 10 April (7:10 pm) Essendon 10.15 (75) 13.17 (95) Lost by 20 points Report M.C.G. (H) 71,006 10th
4 Saturday, 17 April (2:40 pm) Adelaide 6.19 (55) 16.7 (103) Won by 48 points Report AAMI Stadium (A) 38,321 7th
5 Monday, 26 April (2:10 pm) Geelong 15.14 (104) 9.14 (68) Won by 36 points Report M.C.G. (H) 71,399 6th
6 Sunday, 2 May (2:10 pm) Collingwood 16.6 (102) 24.11 (155) Lost by 53 points Report M.C.G. (H) 80,645 9th
7 Monday, 10 May (7:20 pm) St Kilda 9.14 (68) 20.9 (129) Won by 61 points Report Etihad Stadium (A) 42,866 7th
8 Sunday, 16 May (3:10 pm) Port Adelaide 14.8 (92) 17.16 (118) Won by 26 points Report AAMI Stadium (A) 30,228 5th
9 Sunday, 23 May (2:10 pm) Hawthorn 8.12 (60) 16.14 (110) Lost by 50 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 47,484 6th
10 Sunday, 30 May (2:10 pm) West Coast 15.15 (105) 11.10 (76) Won by 29 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 29,175 6th
11 Saturday, 5 June (2:10 pm) Melbourne 15.11 (101) 9.6 (60) Won by 41 points Report M.C.G. (H) 49,745 5th
12 Friday, 11 June (7:40 pm) North Melbourne 14.13 (97) 10.8 (68) Lost by 29 points Report Etihad Stadium (A) 43,732 6th
13 Saturday, 19 June (7:10 pm) Fremantle 12.15 (87) 14.12 (96) Lost by 9 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 28,869 6th
14 Thursday, 1 July (7:10 pm) Brisbane Lions 18.12 (120) 9.11 (65) Won by 55 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 35,623 6th
15 Sunday, 11 July (4:40 pm) Western Bulldogs 8.10 (58) 20.6 (126) Lost by 68 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 37,517 7th
16 Sunday, 18 July (1:10 pm) Sydney 10.8 (68) 16.11 (107) Lost by 39 points Report Etihad Stadium (H) 31,915 8th
17 Saturday, 24 July (5:40 pm) West Coast 11.17 (83) 15.19 (109) Won by 26 points Report Subiaco Oval (A) 35,925 7th
18 Saturday, 31 July (2:10 pm) Collingwood 15.15 (105) 9.3 (57) Lost by 48 points Report M.C.G. (A) 76,980 7th
19 Friday, 6 August (7:40 pm) Essendon 9.19 (73) 23.11 (149) Won by 76 points Report M.C.G. (A) 57,095 6th
20 Saturday, 14 August (2:10 pm) Richmond 23.18 (156) 10.7 (67) Won by 89 points Report M.C.G. (H) 44,716 6th
21 Friday, 20 August (7:40 pm) Geelong 18.13 (121) 12.7 (79) Lost by 42 points Report Etihad Stadium (A) 45,172 8th
22 Friday, 27 August (6:40 pm) Fremantle 13.15 (93) 13.9 (87) Lost by 6 points Report Subiaco Oval (A) 39,376 8th

Finals

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Week Date and local time Opponent Scores (Carlton's scores indicated in bold) Venue Attendance
Home Away Result
First Elimination Final Sunday, 5 September (2:40 pm) Sydney 14.15 (99) 13.16 (94) Lost by 5 points Report ANZ Stadium (A) 41,596

Ladder

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2010 AFL ladder
Pos Team 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
3 St Kilda 22 15 6 1 1935 1591 121.6 62
4 Western Bulldogs 22 14 8 0 2174 1734 125.4 56
5 Sydney 22 13 9 0 2017 1863 108.3 52
6 Fremantle 22 13 9 0 2168 2087 103.9 52
7 Hawthorn 22 12 9 1 2044 1847 110.7 50
8 Carlton 22 11 11 0 2143 1983 108.1 44
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
Source: AFL ladder
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Leading Goalkickers

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Eddie Betts was Carlton's leading goalkicker for 2010. It was the first time Betts had won the club goalkicking, and his tally of 42 goals was a new season high for Betts. The win ended a streak of seven consecutive years in which the club goalkicking was won by Brendan Fevola, who was traded at the start of the season.

Player Goals Behinds
Eddie Betts 42 29
Jeff Garlett 39 21
Jarrad Waite 36 17
Setanta Ó hAilpín 22 13
Lachlan Henderson 25 11
Marc Murphy 19 11
Chris Yarran 19 11
Kade Simpson 17 19
Ryan Houlihan 15 4
Chris Judd 14 11

Team awards and records

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Game records
  • Round 4 – Carlton defeated Adelaide by 48 points, despite having two fewer scoring shots. It was the equal-largest victory by the team with fewer scoring shots since Round 10, 1992.[25]
  • Round 7 – Carlton defeated St Kilda for the first time since 2001, ending a twelve-game losing streak against that opponent. The losing streak, along with a concurrent twelve-game losing streak against Sydney which was ended in 2009, was the club's equal-longest losing streak against a single opponent since 1902.[26]
  • Round 19 – Carlton scored 10.3 (63) in the final quarter against Essendon. It was Carlton's highest-scoring quarter, and first ten-goal quarter, since Round 18, 2000.
Season records[27]
  • Carlton conceded 1983 points in the home and away season, its fewest since 2001.

Notable events

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Pre-Christmas booze cruise

The playing group generated significant controversy at a booze cruise during the 2009/10 offseason. The event was held in late December 2008, at the start of the Christmas break, and involved widespread binge drinking amongst the group. Three players were then involved in alcohol-related incidents after the cruise docked: Andrew Walker and Ryan Houlihan both brawled with security at Crown Casino, and Eddie Betts was arrested for being drunk in a public place; all three were fined by the club, and the entire playing group was censured for its behaviour. The club was also issued a 'please explain' by the league, which was concerned about the effect the incident would have on the image of the game in the community.[28]

Round 12 – 25th anniversary of Friday night football

In Round 12, North Melbourne hosted Carlton on Friday night in a match which celebrated the 25th anniversary of Friday Night Football, which North Melbourne had originally pioneered in 1985.[29] After this year, North Melbourne requested that it host Carlton in a Friday night match each year – a match of annual significance for North Melbourne, because at the time it was a low-drawing team, and was otherwise seldom scheduled in the prime Friday night timeslot.[30]

Individual awards and records

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John Nicholls Medal

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The Carlton Football Club Best and Fairest awards night took place on 4 October. The John Nicholls Medal, for the best and fairest player of the club, as well as several other awards, were presented on the night.

John Nicholls Medal

The voting system for the John Nicholls Medal remained the same as in 2009. In each match, the five members of the Match Committee awarded votes. Each committee member could award votes to up to eight players, and each player could receive up to ten votes from each judge. A "perfect score" for a round is 50 votes. The player with the most total votes across all premiership season matches (including home and away matches and finals) wins the award.

The winner of the John Nicholls Medal was Chris Judd, who polled 473 votes. It was Judd's third consecutive John Nicholls Medal, in only his third season at the club. The win made Judd only the second player, after John Nicholls, to win Carlton's best and fairest award in three consecutive seasons. Judd won comfortably ahead of Jordan Russell (354 votes) and Marc Murphy (343 votes). The top ten is given below.[31]

Pos.
Player
Votes
1st Chris Judd 473
2nd Jordan Russell 354
3rd Marc Murphy 343
4th Bryce Gibbs 322
5th Andrew Carrazzo 310
6th Kade Simpson 300
7th Jeff Garlett 279
8th Heath Scotland 243
9th Eddie Betts 217
10th Aaron Joseph 197
Other awards

The following other awards were presented on John Nicholls Medal night:-

Brownlow Medal

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Chris Judd won the 2010 Brownlow Medal. He polled 30 votes, to finish four votes ahead of second-placed Gary Ablett, Jr. (Geelong), and six votes ahead of pre-count favourite Dane Swan (Collingwood). It was Judd's second Brownlow Medal, and his first at Carlton; his previous Brownlow Medal was won with West Coast in 2004. Judd became the 13th player to win more than one Brownlow Medal, and the fourth to do so at more than one club. Judd was the fifth Carlton player to win a Brownlow Medal, and the first since Greg Williams in 1994.

Judd polled his thirty votes in only nineteen matches, after missing the first three weeks of the season with a suspension carried over from a misconduct charge in the 2009 Elimination Final; he then polled three votes in each of his first five matches to take the lead in the count, and was not headed thereafter.[32]

AFLPA Awards

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For each of the AFLPA awards, one or three Carlton players were nominated following internal vote of Carlton players (except for Best Captain, where captain Chris Judd was nominated by default). A vote of all players in the league, selecting from a ballot of all club nominees, was then used to determine the final placings.[33] None of Carlton's nominees went on to win their awards.

Leigh Matthews Trophy (Most Valuable Player)
Robert Rose Award (Most Courageous Player)
Best First Year Player
Best Captain

Other awards

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All-Australian Team

The 40-man squad for the All-Australian Team was announced on 31 August 2010,[34] and the final team of 22 was announced on 13 September 2010.[35] Chris Judd was the only Carlton player nominated in the squad, and he was named on the interchange in the final team.

Representative honours

Kade Simpson, Bryce Gibbs and Eddie Betts were all selected to represent Australia in the 2010 International Rules Series, held in Ireland. Simpson was selected as one of the team's three vice-captains.[36]

AFL Rising Star

Two Carlton players were nominated for the AFL Rising Star award during the season:

Garlett went on to poll five votes in the final count, to finish sixth for the award.[39]

Other

Five people were inducted into the Carlton Football Club Hall of Fame, in the first batch of new inductees since the 2006 season.[40] The new inductees were:

Northern Bullants

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The Carlton Football Club had a full affiliation with the Northern Bullants during the 2010 season. It was the eighth season of the clubs' affiliation, which had been in place since 2003. Carlton senior- and rookie-listed players who were not selected to play in the Carlton team were eligible to play for either the Northern Bullants seniors or reserves team. Home games were shared between the Bullants' traditional home ground, Preston City Oval, and Carlton's traditional home ground, Visy Park. Carlton development coach David Teague served also as the senior coach for the Bullants during the season.[41]

The Bullants finished second out of fourteen in the VFL, after being defeated in the grand final by North Ballarat. It was the second consecutive season that the club had been beaten by the Roosters in the grand final. The Bullants had finished sixth on the ladder after the home-and-away season with a record of 10–8, but progressed to the grand final with upset wins against third-placed Casey and minor premiers Williamstown in the semi- and preliminary finals.[42] By finishing inside the top three, the Bullants qualified for the inaugural season of the Foxtel Cup competition in 2011.

Notes

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:1.^ Although Hawthorn had a higher overall membership, that Victorian-based club additionally plays several home games in Tasmania each year.
:2.^ Ratten also served as head coach in the final six rounds of 2007 as caretaker, before being officially appointed as head coach for 2008.

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