The 2010 All-Australian team

All-Australian Team

The All-Australian Team is an all star team of Australian rules footballers, selected by a panel at the end of each season. It represents a complete team, including interchange players and a coach, of the best performed during the season....

represents the best performed Australian Football League

Australian Football League

The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

 (AFL) players for the 2010 season

2010 AFL season

-Premiership season:The draw for the 2010 AFL Premiership Season is not a random selection of matches, but rather is planned by the AFL. It is intended to produce a balanced draw while also providing the fans and television networks with blockbuster games. In a competition with 16 teams and 22...

. It was announced on 13 September 2010, as a complete Australian rules football team of 22 players and a coach. An initial squad of 40 players was previously announced on 30 August 2010. The team is an honorary and does not actually play any games.

Selection process

The selection panel for the 2010 All-Australian team was Andrew Demetriou

Andrew Demetriou

Andrew Demetriou is the chief executive officer of the Australian Football League and a former Australian rules footballer. He is the youngest son of Greek-Cypriot immigrants and, before becoming a VFL player, he worked in the dental import industry...

 (chairman), Adrian Anderson, Kevin Bartlett, Gerard Healy

Gerard Healy

Gerard Healy is a former Australian rules footballer and commentator.Healy attended St Bede's College in Mentone, where he was the Senior Football Captain.-Melbourne Demons:...

, James Hird

James Hird

James Hird is a former professional Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League....

, Glen Jakovich

Glen Jakovich

Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...

, Mark Ricciuto

Mark Ricciuto

Mark Anthony Ricciuto is a former Australian rules football player, who played for the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League...

 and Robert Walls

Robert Walls

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. Healy and Walls both announced their retirement from the panel and therefore the 2010 season was their last as selectors. It was also Hird's last season as a selector, as he became coach of Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

 in 2011.

Selected team

The 2010 All-Australian team was announced on 13 September 2010. Six of the 22 players were Geelong players, with four players coming from minor premiers Collingwood, while St Kilda, Melbourne, the Western Bulldogs and Hawthorn had two players each and Fremantle, Richmond, West Coast and Carlton all had a lone representative. This meant that Sydney, Brisbane, Essendon, Adelaide, Port Adelaide and North Melbourne were not represented in the final 22. Players to make the squad for the first time were James Frawley, Harry Taylor, Harry O'Brien, Jack Riewoldt, Mark LeCras, Mark Jamar and Scott Pendlebury. No current team captains were named on the field (Chris Judd, captain of Carlton, was named on the bench) and so the selectors named Hawthorn vice-captain Luke Hodge

Luke Hodge

Luke Hodge is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...

 as the captain and 2009 Brownlow Medallist Gary Ablett

Gary Ablett, Jr.

Gary Ablett, Jr. is a professional Australian rules football player and current captain of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

 as vice-captain, though he was neither a captain or vice-captain at the time.

Of the 18 players from the squad of 40 who missed out, the non-selections of St Kilda's Lenny Hayes, Fremantle's Matthew Pavlich, Melbourne's Brad Green and 2008 Brownlow Medal

Brownlow Medal

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 winner Adam Cooney were considered the most contentious. Hayes, in particular, was considered a surprise, with St Kilda team mate and All-Australian wingman Leigh Montagna saying "I was very surprised Lenny wasn't in the team... I pencilled him in for a captain or vice-captain. It's a big shock". Pavlich's non-selection also raised some eyebrows, with many experts predicting that the Fremantle captain would be selected in what would have been his seventh All-Australian side.

Initial squad

Carlton

Carlton Football Club

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: Chris Judd

Chris Judd

Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

Collingwood

Collingwood Football Club

The Collingwood Football Club, nicknamed The Magpies, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

: Alan Didak

Alan Didak

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, Darren Jolly

Darren Jolly

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, Harry O'Brien, Scott Pendlebury

Scott Pendlebury

Scott Pendlebury is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...

, Dane Swan

Dane Swan

Dane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...

Essendon

Essendon Football Club

The Essendon Football Club, nicknamed The Bombers, is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League...

: Dustin Fletcher

Dustin Fletcher

Dustin Fletcher is an Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club. He is renowned as one of the finest defenders in the AFL, and has played at full-back for his team for many years. He is the son of former Bombers captain Ken Fletcher...

, Jobe Watson

Jobe Watson

Jobe Watson is the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League . He is the son of former Essendon player Tim Watson.-Early life:...

Fremantle

Fremantle Football Club

The Fremantle Football Club, nicknamed The Dockers, is an Australian rules football team which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in the port city of Fremantle at the mouth of the Swan River in Western Australia...

: David Mundy

David Mundy

David Mundy , in Seymour, Victoria is an Australian rules footballer with the Fremantle Football Club. He plays as a half back flanker or midfielder and began his football career at Murray Bushrangers in the TAC Cup.-Fremantle career:...

, Matthew Pavlich

Matthew Pavlich

Matthew Pavlich is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

, Aaron Sandilands

Aaron Sandilands

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Geelong

Geelong Football Club

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: Gary Ablett

Gary Ablett, Jr.

Gary Ablett, Jr. is a professional Australian rules football player and current captain of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

, Corey Enright

Corey Enright

Corey Enright is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

, Paul Chapman, Steve Johnson, James Kelly, Harry Taylor

Harry Taylor (Australian rules footballer)

Harry Taylor III is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...

, Joel Selwood

Joel Selwood

Joel Anthony Selwood is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League...

Hawthorn

Hawthorn Football Club

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: Luke Hodge

Luke Hodge

Luke Hodge is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...

, Lance Franklin

Lance Franklin

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Melbourne

Melbourne Football Club

The Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Demons, is an Australian rules football club playing in the Australian Football League , based in Melbourne, Victoria....

: James Frawley

James Frawley (Australian rules footballer)

James Frawley is a professional Australian rules footballer, playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

, Brad Green

Brad Green (footballer)

Brad Green is a professional Australian rules football player and the current captain of the Melbourne Football Club's in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...

, Mark Jamar

Mark Jamar

Mark "Russian" Jamar is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early life:...

North Melbourne

North Melbourne Football Club

The North Melbourne Football Club, nicknamed The Kangaroos, is the fourth oldest Australian rules football club in the Australian Football League and is one of the oldest sporting clubs in Australia and the world...

: Brent Harvey

Brent Harvey

Brent "Boomer" Harvey is an Australian rules footballer and the current captain of the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

, Brady Rawlings

Brady Rawlings

Brady Rawlings is a former Australian rules footballer who played 245 games for the Kangaroos.He is the younger brother of former AFL footballer, and Richmond 2009 caretaker coach, Jade. Rawlings was recruited to the Kangaroos in the 1998 AFL Draft, with the 15th selection...

, Andrew Swallow

Andrew Swallow

Andrew Swallow is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the North Melbourne Football Club.-Recruitment:He was North Melbourne's second round draft selection in the 2005 AFL Draft, number 43 overall, from the East Fremantle Football Club in the WAFL.-2006: Debut:He received a...

Richmond

Richmond Football Club

The Richmond Football Club, nicknamed The Tigers, is an Australian rules football club which competes in the Australian Football League. Richmond shares healthy rivalries with Carlton, Collingwood and Essendon. After winning five premierships between 1967 and 1980, the club hit the depths in 1990,...

: Brett Deledio

Brett Deledio

Brett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/career:...

, Jack Riewoldt

Jack Riewoldt

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St Kilda: Nick Dal Santo

Nick Dal Santo

Nick Dal Santo is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Early career:...

, Brendon Goddard

Brendon Goddard

Brendon James Goddard is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...

, Lenny Hayes

Lenny Hayes

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, Leigh Montagna

Leigh Montagna

Leigh Montagna is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Montagna was recruited as the number 37 draft pick in the 2001 AFL Draft. He is a midfielder with St Kilda Football Club.-AFL career:...

Sydney

Sydney Swans

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: Adam Goodes

Adam Goodes

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, Nick Malceski

Nick Malceski

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, Shane Mumford

Shane Mumford

Shane Mumford is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League , until he was traded to the Sydney Swans at the end of 2009.-Early career:...

West Coast

West Coast Eagles

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: Mark LeCras

Mark LeCras

Mark LeCras is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Mainly playing as a small forward, he led the West Coast's goalkicking in 2009 and 2010, and was named in the All-Australian team in 2010.-Early life:LeCras was born to...

Western Bulldogs

Western Bulldogs

The Western Bulldogs are an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based at the Whitten Oval in West Footscray, an inner-western suburb of Melbourne...

: Matthew Boyd

Matthew Boyd

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, Adam Cooney

Adam Cooney

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, Barry Hall

Barry Hall

Barry Hall is a former Australian rules footballer. Hall is considered to be one of the best forwards of the modern era, being named All-Australian, leading his club's goalkicking on nine occasions and captaining the Sydney Swans to their 2005 AFL Grand Final victory...

, Brian Lake

A squad of 40 players was selected on 30 August 2010. There was a change from the tradition of previous years and instead of players being selected by position, the selectors simply chose who they considered to be the 40 best performers for the season. The top four sides provided half of the 40 players. Geelong had the most players selected of any side, with seven, while minor premiers Collingwood had five and the third and fourth placed finishers, St Kilda and the Western Bulldogs respectively, both had four players selected. Adelaide, Brisbane

Brisbane Lions

The Brisbane Lions is an Australian rules football club which plays in the Australian Football League . The club is based in Brisbane, Queensland. The club was formed from the merger of the Brisbane Bears and the Fitzroy Lions in 1996...

 and Port Adelaide

Port Adelaide Football Club

The Port Adelaide Football Club is an Australian rules football club based in Alberton, South Australia, which plays in the Australian Football League and the South Australian National Football League...

did not have any players nominated to the squad. Eighteen players in the 40-man squad had not been selected to the All-Australian team before. Eight players who had been selected in the 2009 team did not make the 2010 squad, including 2009 captain Nick Riewoldt, Jonathan Brown, Brendan Fevola, Leon Davis, Craig Bolton, Simon Goodwin, Nick Maxwell and Matthew Scarlett.