The 2010 WAFL Grand Final was an Australian rules football

Australian rules football

Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

 game contested between the Claremont Football Club

Claremont Football Club

The Claremont Football Club, nicknamed the Tigers, is an Australian rules football club in the West Australian Football League . Its official colours are navy blue and gold....

 and the Swan Districts Football Club

Swan Districts Football Club

The Swan Districts Football Club, nicknamed the Swans, is an Australian rules football club playing in the West Australian Football League . The club is based at Bassendean Oval, in Bassendean, an eastern suburb of Perth, Western Australia...

, on 19 September 2011 at Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

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, to determine the premier team of the West Australian Football League

West Australian Football League

The West Australian Football League is an Australian rules football league based in Perth, Western Australia. The WAFL is the second-most popular in the state, behind the nation-wide Australian Football League...

 (WAFL) for the 2010 season. Swan Districts won the game by one point, 14.16 (100) to 14.15 (99), with Andrew Krakouer winning the Simpson Medal

Simpson Medal

The Simpson Medal, a prize for Australian rules football, has been donated by Dr. Fred Simpson and family since 1945. It is awarded to the best player in a WAFL Grand Final and the best player in an interstate game involving Western Australia....

 for best on ground

Man of the match

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. The attendance of 24,600 was the most for a WAFL game since the 2002 Grand Final.

Build-up and history

Claremont had dominated the 2010 home and away season by winning 18 of their 20 matches. They then defeated Swan Districts in the major semi final on Sunday 5 September to advance to the Premiership decider. The Tigers were aiming for their first premiership since 1996.

Swan Districts competed in a Grand Final for the second time in three years, following a long period were the club had lingered at the lower reaches of the WAFL table. After losing to Claremont in the first week of the finals, they defeated East Perth

East Perth Football Club

The East Perth Football Club, nicknamed the Royals, is an Australian rules football club that is a member of the West Australian Football League...

 in the preliminary final to reach the league's showpiece game. They were aiming for their first premiership in twenty years. Former 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,...

 player, Andrew Krakouer

Andrew J. Krakouer

Andrew James Krakouer is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League . He previously played for the Richmond Football Club in the AFL and played for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League .-Early life:Krakouer is the son...

, played for the Swans in what had been a spellbinding season for him, which was capped off by winning the Sandover Medal

Sandover Medal

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. Krakouer had been previously imprisoned for a violent assault.

The game

The first term was played at a fast tempo in which both sides defenses held firm. Swan Districts though were wasteful with their kicking for goal, scoring 1.6 (12) during the quarter to go into the first break down by nine points.

Swans began to outwit and outrun Claremont in the second quarter, largely thanks to Krakouer. They managed to add four goals to their total compared with the Tigers who managed only a further two goals.

The intensity of the match increased after the long break and both sides added four goals and five behinds to their respective scoreline, giving the Swans a slim lead at the final change.

As was the case in the third term both sides scored an equal amount of goals in last quarter, the most important and dramatic of these though was Krakouer's late goal merely seconds before the final siren. It put Swans into the one point lead that they would carry until the end of the game to clinch their first flag since 1990.

Andrew Krakouer was the stand out performer of the match, kicking four goal and gaining 40 disposals.

Final score:
Swan Districts: 14.16 (100);
Claremont: 14.15 (99)

Claremont

FB:	Blake Anderson	Brandon Franz	Nic Chidgzey
HB:	Ryan Neates	Beau Wilkes Beau Wilkes Beau Wilkes is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...	Simon Starling
C:	Byron Schammer Byron Schammer Byron Schammer is an Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League...	Luke Blackwell Luke Blackwell Luke Blackwell is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for Claremont in the West Australian Football League . He formerly played for Carlton in the Australian Football League...	Andrew Foster Andrew Foster (Australian rules footballer) Andrew Foster is an Australian rules footballer, who was rookie listed by the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was taken with Fremantle's second round pick in the 2007 Rookie Draft ....
HF:	Ian Richardson Ian Richardson (Australian footballer) Ian Richardson is an Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League . Richardson has played for the Claremont Tigers since his WAFL debut in 2008.- Career:...	Jesse Laurie	Andrew Browne Andrew Browne Andrew Grahame Browne is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League . He plays as a rover and began his football career at Claremont in the West Australian Football League...  (c Captain (Australian rules football) A captain of an Australian rules football team, sometimes known as a skipper is a player who, during the course of a match and off the field, has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player.... )
FF:	Jarrod Ninyette	David Crawford David Crawford (Australian footballer) David Crawford is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League .-Career:...	Kane Mitchell
R:	Andrew Ruck	Mitch Walton	Tom Swift Tom Swift (Australian footballer) Thomas "Tom" Swift is an Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
I:	Lewis Stevenson Lewis Stevenson (Australian footballer) Lewis Stevenson is an Australian rules footballer in the West Australian Football League and Australian Football League...	Tom Derickx	Ryan Brabazon
	Ian Rowe
Coach:	Simon McPhee Simon McPhee Simon McPhee is an Australian rules football coach, currently serving as senior coach of the Sandringham Football Club in the Victorian Football League...

Swan Districts

FB:	Graham Jetta	Tallan Ames	Matt Riggio Matt Riggio Matt Riggio is an Australian rules footballer who recently played for the North Melbourne in the Australian Football League . Riggio was a second round draft selection, number 28 overall, in the 2005 AFL Draft...
HB:	Wayde Twomey Wayde Twomey Wayde Twomey is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Background and state career:Twomey was raised in Tarneit, Victoria. He played junior football at the Hoppers Crossing Football Club, and played TAC Cup football for the Western Jets in 2003 and 2004...	Matthew Spencer	Clancee Pearce Clancee Pearce Clancee Pearce is an Australian rules footballer for the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League and the Swan Districts Football Club in the West Australian Football League ....
C:	Tom Roach	Josh Roberts (c Captain (Australian rules football) A captain of an Australian rules football team, sometimes known as a skipper is a player who, during the course of a match and off the field, has several additional roles and responsibilities over and above those of a regular player.... )	Pat Hassett
HF:	Justin Simpson	Tim Geappen	Paul Richardson
FF:	Andrew Krakouer	Ashley Hansen Ashley Hansen Ashley Hansen is an Australian rules footballer most known for his stint with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Hansen was born in Victoria, Australia and was educated at Mazenod College....	Ben Colreavy
R:	Llane Spaanderman Llane Spaanderman Llane Spaanderman is an Australian rules footballer who plays for Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League ....	Brett Robinson	Travis Casserly
I:	Ryan Davis Ryan Davis (Australian rules footballer) Ryan Davis is an Australian Rules footballer with the West Coast Eagles.-Biography:He started his senior football career at the North Shore Bombers before catching the eye of West Coast Eagle talent scouts. Signing a scholarship with the club in 2007, Davis had an outstanding year playing first...	Stephen Coniglio Stephen Coniglio Stephen J. Coniglio is an Australian rules footballer currently listed with the Greater Western Sydney Football Club in the Australian Football League...	Tony Notte Tony Notte Tony Notte is an Australian rules footballer who played for West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League . He was recruited from Swan Districts in the West Australian Football League with selection 20 in the 2007 AFL Draft. He made his AFL debut in Round 20, 2008 against the Melbourne...
	Michael Walters
Coach:	Brian Dawson