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2011 AFL season

115th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)

115th season of the Australian Football League (AFL)

FieldValue
competitionafl
year2011
imageAFL Logo 2011 Premiership season.gif
imagesize200px
teams17
premiers
count9
minor premiers
mpcount19
pre-season cup
pscount2
matches196
attendance7139272
highattendha89,626 (round 5, v )
highattendfinals99,537 ([Grand Final](2011-afl-grand-final), vs. )
top goal scorerLance Franklin ()
71 goals
brownlow medalDane Swan ()
34 votes
prevseason[2010](2010-afl-season)
nextseason[2012](2012-afl-season)

| pre-season cup = 71 goals 34 votes The 2011 AFL season was the 115th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989.

The season featured seventeen clubs, with the newly established Gold Coast Suns, based in Gold Coast, Queensland, playing its inaugural season. The season ran from 24 March until 1 October, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs.

The premiership was won by the Geelong Football Club for the ninth time, after it defeated by 38 points in the 2011 AFL Grand Final.

Pre-season

Draft

Main article: 2010 AFL Draft

The 2010 National Draft was held on 18 November 2010 at the Gold Coast Convention Centre. 107 players were drafted, including 28 promoted rookies. New club received the first three selections as part of its draft concessions, and selected David Swallow with the number one draft pick.

The 2011 Pre-season and Rookie Drafts were held on 7 December 2010, with another 80 players being selected. , set to join the AFL as a senior club in 2012, had the first eight selections in the Rookie Draft as part of its draft concessions.

NAB Cup

Main article: 2011 NAB Cup

The 2011 NAB Cup featured all seventeen senior clubs, as well as which would not join the AFL as a senior club until 2012. The first round of matches featured lightning football matches played among six pools of three teams; standard matches were played for the rest of the competition. Collingwood defeated Essendon in the Grand Final at Etihad Stadium on Friday, 11 March.

Ryder, Watson, Zaharakis 2 Hocking 1 2 Cloke 1 Ball, Beams, McCarthy, Pendlebury, Swan, Thomas, Wellingham

Premiership season

The fixture was announced on 29 October.Blockbuster opening By Adam McNicol 9:40 am Fri 29 October 2010 Some of the highlights included:

  • had a bye in Round 1, and played its first home match in Round 2 against at the Gabba. Its first match at its permanent home ground, the renovated Metricon Stadium, was against on 28 May.
  • The season had 24 rounds; 19 rounds featured eight matches (with one team having a bye) and five rounds featured seven matches (with three teams having a bye). There were also eleven additional matches compared to 2010, with a total of 196 games (including finals) compared to 185.
  • Two venues hosted their first AFL matches during the season: Cazaly's Stadium in Cairns hosted the vs match in round 17, and the Adelaide Oval in Adelaide hosted the vs match in round 24. The latter was not part of the original fixture, as the game was moved there from AAMI Stadium during the season.

Round 1

  • commemorated 20 years since joining the AFL with a rematch against , its opponent in round 1 of its inaugural 1991 season.

Round 2

  • The new club, , made its AFL Premiership debut against at The Gabba. Carlton's score of 26.15 (171) was its highest in a match since 2000; and the winning margin, 119 points, was its greatest since 2001.
  • drew with , ending the club's 13-game losing streak against the Saints, but extending the winless streak against the same opponent to 14 games. Richmond had not beaten St Kilda since round 4, 2003.
  • 's crowd of 27,914 is their biggest home crowd for a match played in Queensland to date.

Round 3

  • Matthew Pavlich became 's club game record holder, breaking former Docker Shane Parker's 238-game record.

Round 4

  • The longest and second longest active streaks of consecutive games played were both broken this weekend: Kane Cornes of was omitted after 174 consecutive games, and 's Darren Jolly was out injured after 142 consecutive matches.

Round 5

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  • recorded its first victory at AFL premiership level, defeating by three points. Gold Coast trailed by 40 points late in the third quarter, before recovering to win the match; Port Adelaide's Justin Westhoff missed a 45m set shot after the siren which would have won the game for Port Adelaide.

Round 6

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  • 's scored 15.4 (94) in the first quarter against . It was the second highest score by any club in a quarter of football and as of Round 5, 2025 stands as the highest-scoring first quarter of all time.
  • Essendon's final score of 31.11 (197) was its highest since 2000, and its final winning margin of 139 points was its highest since 1989.

Round 7

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  • In a VFL/AFL first, twin brothers Chris Scott () and Brad Scott () faced each other as coaches. It was the first of many matches the pair coached against each other over the following nine seasons.
  • Geelong recorded its 25th consecutive victory at Kardinia Park, breaking the VFL/AFL record for most successive wins at one venue. The record was previously held jointly by at Punt Road Oval (1932–1935) and at Lake Oval (1934–1936). Geelong would ultimately extend the streak to 29 wins before losing to Sydney in round 23.
  • The two Queensland teams, and the , played their first ever regular-season game against each other, known as the QClash.

Round 8

  • won its first Western Derby since round 3, 2007, ending 's seven-derby winning streak.

Round 9

  • set new records for the club's highest score, 26.19 (175), and greatest winning margin, 123 points, in matches against the . It was the Bulldogs' worst defeat since round 2, 1996.

Round 10

Round 11

Round 12

  • Brent Harvey played his 312th game for , breaking the club games record previously held by Glenn Archer.

Round 13

  • recorded its biggest ever victory over , winning by 89 points.

Round 14

Round 15

  • recorded its highest ever score against , kicking 28.16 (184).
  • defeated , ending Geelong's thirteen-game winning streak to start the season.

Round 16

  • Jonathan Brown became the ' all-time leading goalkicker, surpassing Daniel Bradshaw's total of 496.
  • recorded its largest ever victory over , by a margin of 117 points.

Round 17

Round 18

  • 's score of 3.6 (24) set a new record as the lowest match score ever in club history, breaking the previous club record of 4.7 (31) set in round 7, 1991; and, it set a new record as the lowest match score ever at Etihad Stadium. It was the lowest score conceded in a match by since round 12, 1971. Following the loss, Neil Craig resigned as Adelaide head coach, effective immediately, and was replaced by Mark Bickley as caretaker.
  • A new record crowd for any event at Metricon Stadium was set when 23,302 spectators watched play . Reportedly, 7,000 of those spectators were Collingwood supporters who made the trip from Melbourne to watch the match.
  • forward Hayden Ballantyne hit the post from 50 metres out on the boundary line after the siren against . A goal would have won the game.

Round 19

  • Geelong's final score of 37.11 (233) stands, as of 2023, as the second-highest ever scored by Geelong, the second-highest score ever conceded by Melbourne, the highest score ever at Skilled Stadium, the fourth-highest score of all-time, and the highest score by any team since quarters were shortened to 20 minutes in 1994.
  • Geelong's final winning margin of 186 points stands, as of 2023, as Geelong's highest ever, the highest ever at Skilled Stadium, the second-highest ever conceded by Melbourne, the second-highest of all-time, and the largest since quarters were shortened to 20 minutes in 1994.
  • Geelong's second quarter score of 12.1 (73) was the highest ever by Geelong, and the equal-highest ever conceded by Melbourne.
  • Geelong recorded 510 disposals through the game, a new record.
  • Melbourne coach Dean Bailey was sacked by the club at an emergency board meeting on the day after the 186-point loss, to be replaced immediately by Todd Viney as caretaker.

Round 20

  • 's defeat of 150 points stands, as of Round 5, 2025, as the club's greatest losing margin.
  • Adam Goodes () missed a set shot after the siren from 50m, resulting in Sydney's one point loss to Essendon.
  • 's final score of 3.3 (21) and its losing margin of 138 points against were in both cases new records as the worst in club history; the new record-losing margin for the club lasted only until the following round. Port Adelaide's total of six scoring shots was the fewest in club history, and the fewest by any team since round 12, 1971. For Collingwood, the winning margin was its highest since round 4, 1979, and the third biggest win in its history.

Round 21

  • 's winning margin of 165 points against was: the highest winning margin in Hawthorn's history,surpassing the previous record of 160 points set in 1992); the highest winning margin by any club at the MCG; and the highest losing margin in Port Adelaide's history (surpassing the record of 138 points set the previous week).
  • This was the last round coached for the season by coach Rodney Eade. His contract was not renewed for 2012, and he elected to stand aside immediately rather than complete the season. Paul Williams replaced him as caretaker for the last three matches.

Round 22

  • Scott Thompson () recorded 51 disposals against , which at the time was the most since Greg Williams' 53 disposals in 1989.

Round 23

  • lost its first match at Skilled Stadium since round 21, 2007, ending a streak of 29 consecutive victories at Skilled Stadium, the most by any club at any venue.

Round 24

  • recorded its greatest ever winning margin against by 96 points.
  • The vs match was originally scheduled to be played at AAMI Stadium. On 30 June 2011, the AFL announced the match would be moved to the Adelaide Oval. This was the first AFL match to be played at the venue.
  • 's win over ended a club record 11-match losing streak and lifted it off the bottom of the ladder. This ensured that finished its inaugural AFL season with the wooden spoon.

Win/loss table

Team123456789101112131415161718192021222324F1F2F3GFLadderTeam123456789101112131415161718192021222324F1F2F3GFLadder
**Haw**
**+20**X**Frem**
**−25**PA
−32Carl
−6**StK**
**+19**Melb
−96**GCS**
**+57**Coll
−43**BL**
**−40**NM
−47**WCE**
**−39**WB
−30Geel
−52**Syd**
**+7**X**Ess**
**−11**StK
−103**PA**
**+32**BL
+5**Geel**
**−11**GCS
+61**Rich**
**−22**WCE
−95XXXX14
**Frem**
**−2**WB
−78Melb
−11X**StK**
**−13**Rich
−26GCS
−8**Ess**
**−36****NM**
**+14**Adel
+40**Syd**
**−65**Carl
−61**Rich**
**−31**Frem
−23**PA**
**+11**Haw
−42**Geel**
**−29**NM
−45X**Adel**
**−5****GCS**
**+62**Coll
−18**WCE**
**−8**Syd
−52XXXX15
**Rich**
**+20**GCS
+119Coll
−28**Ess**
**0****Adel**
**+6**Syd
+16StK
+3X**Geel**
**−2**Melb
+47PA
+62**BL**
**+61****Syd**
**+34****WCE**
**−36**Rich
+103WB
−27**Coll**
**−19**Ess
+74NM
+18**Melb**
**+76**Frem
+30**Haw**
**−12**X**StK**
**−20****Ess**
**+62**WCE
−3XX**5**
**PA**
**+75**NM
+87**Carl**
**+28**Rich
+71Ess
+30**WB**
**+48**XGeel
−3**Adel**
**+43****WCE**
**+52****StK**
**+57**Melb
+88XSyd
+6**Haw**
**+41****NM**
**+117**Carl
+19GCS
+54**Ess**
**+74**PA
+138StK
+19**BL**
**+18**Frem
+80**Geel**
**−96****WCE**
**+20**X**Haw**
**+3****Geel
−38****1**
**WB**
**+55**Syd
−5StK
+52Carl
0**Coll**
**−30****GCS**
**+139****WCE**
**+16**BL
+36Rich
−16X**Melb**
**−33**Frem
−34**NM**
**−21**Haw
−65**Geel**
**+4****Rich**
**+39**Adel
+11**Carl**
**−74**Coll
−74**Syd**
**+1**WB
+49WCE
−57**PA**
**+7**XCarl
−62XXX**8**
BL
+2**Geel**
**−11**Adel
+25**NM**
**+29****WB**
**+7**XRich
−49WCE
−33PA
+52**StK**
**−46**Haw
−22**Ess**
**+34**Melb
−89**BL**
**+23****GCS**
**+50**XSyd
+11**WCE**
**−1****Haw**
**−51**StK
−41**Carl**
**−30**NM
−98**Coll**
**−80**WB
−46XXXX11
X**Carl**
**−119**WB
−71**Melb**
**−90**PA
+3Ess
−139**BL**
**+8**Adel
−57X**Geel**
**−66**WCE
−18**NM**
**−59**Haw
−71**WB**
**−22**Frem
−50**Syd**
**−70**Rich
+15**Coll**
**−54****StK**
**−20**Geel
−150BL
−62**Adel**
**−61**Melb
−30**Haw**
**−9**XXXX17
**StK**
**+1**Frem
+11**PA**
**+79**Syd
+27Haw
+19X**NM**
**+66****Coll**
**+3**Carl
+2GCS
+66**WB**
**+61****Haw**
**+5**StK
+28**Adel**
**+52**Ess
−4WCE
−8BL
+29**Rich**
**+62****Melb**
**+186****GCS**
**+150**Adel
+11X**Syd**
**−13**Coll
+96**Haw**
**+31**X**WCE**
**+48**Coll
+38**2**
Adel
−20**Melb**
**+45**Rich
+63**WCE**
**+7****Geel**
**−19**XPA
+32**StK**
**+30**Syd
+46WB
+29**Frem**
**+22**Geel
−5**GCS**
**+71****Ess**
**+65**Coll
−41**BL**
**+42**XMelb
+54Frem
+51**NM**
**+17****PA**
**+165**Carl
+12**WB**
**+46**GCS
+9Geel
−31**Syd**
**+36**Coll
−3X**3**
**Syd**
**0**Haw
−45**BL**
**+11**GCS
+90XWCE
−54**Adel**
**+96**NM
−41StK
−20**Carl**
**−47**Ess
+33**Coll**
**−88****Frem**
**+89**Rich
+27WB
−64X**PA**
**+21****Haw**
**−54**Geel
−186Carl
−76**WCE**
**−48****Rich**
**−7****GCS**
**+30**PA
−8XXXX13
WCE
−4**Coll**
**−87**XFrem
−29**Rich**
**−9****PA**
**+60**Geel
−66**Melb**
**+41**BL
−14**Syd**
**−1****Adel**
**+47**GCS
+59Ess
+21PA
+45**StK**
**−9**Coll
−117**WB**
**+31****BL**
**+45****Carl**
**−18**Haw
−17X**Frem**
**+98**StK
−65Rich
+13XXXX9
Coll
−75**WCE**
**−18**Geel
−79**Adel**
**+32****GCS**
**−3**NM
−60**Haw**
**−32**Syd
−62**Frem**
**−52**Rich
+15**Carl**
**−62**XWCE
−22**NM**
**−45**BL
−11**StK**
**−56**Melb
−21XAdel
−32**Coll**
**−138**Haw
−165**WB**
**−60**Ess
−7**Melb**
**+8**XXXX16
Carl
−20StK
0**Haw**
**−63****Coll**
**−71**NM
+9**BL**
**+26****Frem**
**+49**WB
−35**Ess**
**+16****PA**
**−15**XSyd
−10BL
+31**Melb**
**−27****Carl**
**−103**Ess
−39**GCS**
**−15**Geel
−62XWCE
−57**Syd**
**+43**Melb
+7Adel
+22**NM**
**−13**XXXX12
Geel
−1**Rich**
**0****Ess**
**−52**XBL
+13Adel
−19**Carl**
**−3**Haw
−30**Melb**
**+20**Frem
+46Coll
−57**WB**
**+24****Geel**
**−28**XNM
+9PA
+56**WCE**
**+21****Adel**
**+103**GCS
+20**Frem**
**+41****Coll**
**−19**Syd
−15**NM**
**+65**Carl
+20**Syd**
**−25**XXX**6**
Melb
0**Ess**
**+5**WCE
+13**Geel**
**−27**X**Carl**
**−16**WB
+8**PA**
**+62****Haw**
**−46**NM
+1BL
+65**Rich**
**+10**Carl
−34**Coll**
**−6**Adel
−7GCS
+70**Frem**
**−11****WB**
**+39**XEss
−1Rich
−43**StK**
**+15**Geel
+13**BL**
**+52**StK
+25Haw
−36XX**7**
**NM**
**+4**PA
+18**Syd**
**−13**Haw
−7X**Melb**
**+54**Ess
−16**Frem**
**+33****WB**
**+123**Coll
−52**GCS**
**+18**Adel
+39**PA**
**+22**Carl
+36X**Geel**
**+8**StK
−21Frem
+1WB
+8**Rich**
**+57**Melb
+48**Ess**
**+57**BL
+8**Adel**
**+95**Coll
−20**Carl**
**+3**Geel
−48X**4**
Ess
−55**BL**
**+78****GCS**
**+71**XFrem
−7Coll
−48**Syd**
**−8****Rich**
**+35**WCE
−123**Haw**
**−29**Geel
−61StK
−24**Adel**
**+30**GCS
+22**Melb**
**+64****Carl**
**+27**NM
−31Syd
−39**WCE**
**−8**X**Ess**
**−49**PA
+60Haw
−46**Frem**
**+46**XXXX10

Bold – Home game

X – Bye

Opponent for round listed above margin

Ladder

Ladder progression

Finals series

Main article: 2011 AFL finals series

|team-width=110 |score-width=70 |RD1-text1= 10 Sep, MCG |RD1-team1=**** |RD1-score1=12.10 (82) |RD1-team2= |RD1-score2=9.8 (62) |RD1-text4= 9 Sep, MCG |RD1-team7=**** |RD1-score7= 14.14 (98) |RD1-team8= |RD1-score8= 9.13 (67) |RD1-text2= 11 Sep, MCG |RD1-team3=**** |RD1-score3= 21.23 (149) |RD1-team4= |RD1-score4= 13.9 (87) |RD1-text3= 10 Sep, Etihad Stadium |RD1-team5= |RD1-score5=8.9 (57) |RD1-team6=**** |RD1-score6=12.10 (82) |RD2-text1= 17 Sep, Patersons |RD2-team1=**** |RD2-score1=15.11 (101) |RD2-team2= |RD2-score2=15.8 (98) |RD2-text2= 16 Sep, MCG |RD2-team3=**** |RD2-score3=19.8 (122) |RD2-team4= |RD2-score4=13.8 (86) |RD3-text1= 23 Sep, MCG |RD3-team1=**** |RD3-score1=10.8 (68) |RD3-team2= |RD3-score2=9.11 (65) |RD3-text2= 24 Sep, MCG |RD3-team3=**** |RD3-score3=17.15 (117) |RD3-team4= |RD3-score4=10.9 (69) |RD4-text1= 1 Oct, MCG |RD4-team1= |RD4-score1=12.9 (81) |RD4-team2=**** |RD4-score2=18.11 (119)

Week one

  • The elimination final between Carlton and Essendon had an attendance of 90,161, the largest crowd for an elimination final in VFL/AFL history. This record stood until 2013.

Week two

Week three

Week four

Main article: 2011 AFL Grand Final

S Sidebottom 2 L Ball, L Brown, B Johnson, S Wellingham 1 3 J Bartel, T Hawkins, T Varcoe 2 J Selwood 1 M Duncan, C Ling, M Stokes

  • Collingwood finished its season with three losses, all of which were against Geelong.

Awards

  • The Brownlow Medal was awarded to Dane Swan of , who received 34 votes.
  • The Norm Smith Medal was awarded to Jimmy Bartel of .
  • The AFL Rising Star was awarded to Dyson Heppell of , who received 44 votes.
  • The Coleman Medal was awarded to Lance Franklin of , who kicked 71 goals during the home and away season.
  • The McClelland Trophy was awarded to .
  • The Wooden Spoon was "awarded" to .
  • The AFL Players Association Awards were as follows:
    • The Leigh Matthews Trophy was awarded to Chris Judd of , for being the Most Valuable Player throughout the premiership season.
    • The Robert Rose Award went to Jonathan Brown of , for being the Most Courageous Player throughout the premiership season.
    • The Best Captain award went to Chris Judd of .
    • The Best First-Year Player award was won by Dyson Heppell of .
  • The AFL Coaches Association Awards were as follows:
    • The Player of the Year Award was given to Marc Murphy of , who received 94 votes.
    • The Allan Jeans Award was given to John Worsfold of .
    • The Assistant Coach of the Year Award was given to Darren Crocker of .
    • The Best Young Player Award was given to Nat Fyfe of .

Best and fairest

ClubAward namePlayerRef
Malcolm Blight Medal
Merrett–Murray Medal
John Nicholls Medal
Copeland Trophy
Crichton Medal
Doig Medal
Carji Greeves Medal
Club Champion
Peter Crimmins Medal
Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal
Syd Barker Medal
Andrew Swallow
John Cahill Medal
Jackson Trengove
Jack Dyer Medal
Trevor Barker Award
Bob Skilton Medal
Club Champion Award
Charles Sutton Medal

Notable events and controversies

Betting scandals

The issue of betting became prominent during the 2011 season. The previous few years had seen other sports compromised by major spot-fixing scandals – most notably the Pakistan cricket spot-fixing controversy – so the issue was already well publicised at the time. The AFL had in place a strict policy prohibiting anyone involved in the AFL from placing any bet on any AFL outcome.

Early in the season, it emerged that there were several suspicious plunges on players who were usually defenders to kick the first goal of a match; in each case, the player unexpectedly started in the forward-line, indicating that the plunges may have been caused by team information somehow leaking to punters. Five suspicious plunges on defenders for the first goal were identified during the season:

  • Round 7, vs – Hawthorn midfielder/defender Brent Guerra
  • Round 7, vs – Brisbane defender Daniel Merrett
  • Round 8, vs – Brisbane defender Matt Maguire
  • Round 9, vs – Collingwood defender Nick Maxwell
  • Round 24, vs – Gold Coast defender Nathan Bock Nathan Bock was the only of the five players to kick the first goal of his respective match. The cases all raised concerns about "exotic bets" and the risk of spot-fixing, although in no case was a deliberate attempt at spot-fixing ever implicated.

The controversy deepened prior to round 17, when the investigation into the Maxwell plunge revealed that Heath Shaw was implicated in bets placed on Maxwell's first goal. Shaw and a friend from outside the Collingwood Football Club were found to have placed a shared $20 bet on Maxwell for first goal at a TAB venue, using Shaw's knowledge from team meetings that Maxwell would be starting forward; that friend had later placed two more bets on Maxwell worth $15, shared with another friend. Shaw was penalised by the league under the anti-gambling code, receiving a suspension of eight matches, with a further suspended sentence of six matches, and was fined $20,000.

In their respective investigations, it was found that both Nick Maxwell and Nathan Bock had informed family members and friends that they would be starting in the forward-line before their respective plunges, and, unbeknownst to the players, those family members and friends then placed bets. Maxwell was fined $5,000, with a further suspended fine of $5,000, and Bock was fined $10,000 and suspended for two matches.

Following round 24, assistant coach Dean Wallis was found to have placed three separate FootyQuad bets worth a total of $400 during the latter half of the season, one of which included a leg which involved an Essendon match. Wallis was fined $7,500, and suspended for fourteen matches (the suspension prevents him from participating on match-day, and from interacting directly with his players during training, until the suspension is complete).

Club leadership

ClubCoachCaptain(s)Vice-captain(s) and/or "leadership group"
Neil Craig *(Rds 1–18)*;
Mark Bickley *(Rds 19–24)*Nathan van Berlo{{cite newslast=Gillfirst=Katrinatitle=Crows name van Berlo as skipperarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101211100603/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/106034/default.aspxurl-status=deadarchive-date=11 December 2010access-date=8 December 2010newspaper=AFL Sitedate=8 December 2010}}
Michael VossJonathan BrownDaniel Merrett, Jed Adcock, Tom Rockliff
Brett RattenChris JuddKade Simpson (vc), Andrew Carrazzo, Bryce Gibbs, Michael Jamison, Marc Murphy, Jordan Russell
Mick MalthouseNick MaxwellScott Pendlebury (vc), Dane Swan (deputy vc), Luke Ball, Darren Jolly, Harry O'Brien, Heath Shaw
James HirdJobe WatsonDustin Fletcher, Heath Hocking, Mark McVeigh, Brent Stanton, Andrew Welsh (vc)
Mark HarveyMatthew PavlichAaron Sandilands, David Mundy, Paul Duffield, Luke McPharlin, Garrick Ibbotson, Chris Mayne and Matt de Boer
Guy McKennaGary Ablett, Jr.Nathan Bock (vc), Campbell Brown (deputy vc), Michael Rischitelli, Daniel Harris, Maverick Weller, Zac Smith and Marc Lock
Chris Scottlast=Tormeyfirst=Michaeltitle=Captain in waitingurl=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/106999/default.aspxarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110129211252/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/106999/default.aspxurl-status=deadarchive-date=29 January 2011publisher=Official AFL Websiteaccess-date=26 January 2011date=26 January 2011}}James Kelly]], Harry Taylor
Alastair ClarksonLuke HodgeJarryd Roughead, Jordan Lewis
Dean Bailey *(Rds 1–19)*;
Todd Viney *(Rds 20–24)*Brad GreenAaron Davey, Jack Grimes, Nathan Jones, Brent Moloney and Jared Rivers
Brad ScottBrent HarveyBrady Rawlings (vc) and Drew Petrie (vc)
Matthew PrimusDomenic Cassisi
Damien HardwickChris Newman
Ross LyonNick RiewoldtLenny Hayes
John Longmirelast=afl.com.autitle=Goodes and McVeigh to share captaincyurl=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/107848/default.aspxpublisher=Official AFL Websiteaccess-date=15 February 2011date=15 February 2011url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706101125/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/107848/default.aspxarchive-date=6 July 2011 }}
John Worsfoldlast=Australian Associated Presstitle=Glass remains Eagles captain, with Waters deputyurl=http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/glass-remains-eagles-captain-with-waters-deputy/story-e6frg1zu-1225994903411access-date=26 January 2011publisher=The West Australiandate=26 January 2011archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110127093407/http://www.perthnow.com.au/sport/afl/glass-remains-eagles-captain-with-waters-deputy/story-e6frg1zu-1225994903411archive-date=27 January 2011url-status=dead}}Dean Cox]], Adam Selwood, Matt Priddis, Josh Kennedy and Shannon Hurn{{cite newslast=Schmookfirst=Nathan
Rodney Eade *(Rds 1–21)*;
Paul Williams *(Rds 22–24)*Matthew BoydDaniel Giansiracusa (vc) and Adam Cooney (vc)

Umpiring and rule changes

  • The AFL introduced a new interchange rule. The standard interchange system was reduced from four players to three players. A fourth player is named as a substitute, and begins the game wearing a green vest. The substitute can be brought on at any point in the game, permanently replacing any player on the bench or the field. The player being replaced must wear a red vest when leaving the ground. This rule was predominantly introduced to keep the number of players able to participate in the game for each team equal, even if a severe injury occurs.
  • The rules for calling "advantage" after a free kick were amended, to allow the players, rather than the umpires, make the decision on whether or not they see an advantage in continuous play.

Club membership

ClubMembersChange from 2010% Change from 2010Total650,37336,1225.88%
44,719
20,792
43,791
71,271
42,559
42,762
39,343
11,141
56,224
36,937
28,761
32,581
40,184
39,276
27,106
43,216
29,710

Coach changes

CoachClubDateNotesCaretakerNew coach
Resigned following the round 18 loss to .Mark BickleyBrenton Sanderson
Sacked following the round 19 loss to .Todd VineyMark Neeld
Contract was not renewed at end of season.Paul WilliamsBrendan McCartney
Sacked at end of season.N/ARoss Lyon
Left to coach .Robert Harvey (interim)Scott Watters
Succession plan established in 2009,{{cite weburl=http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/81524/default.aspxaccess-date=1 October 2011url-status=deadarchive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091016043445/http://www.afl.com.au/news/newsarticle/tabid/208/newsid/81524/default.aspxarchive-date=16 October 2009title=Pies' double actlast=Withamdate=28 July 2009}} Malthouse quits Collingwood after Grand Final.N/A

Club overviews

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