He finished fourth in the Copeland Trophy, along with Heath Shaw, only three votes behind the eventual winner Alan Didak.

He returned for the Elimination Final win against Sydney before withdrawing late against West Coast the next week, his last game for the season.

In 2010, Fraser played nine games for the club, and he lost his first-choice ruckman position to new recruit Darren Jolly.

Fraser's AFL playing career ended when he resigned from the Gold Coast Suns on 29 August 2012.

[4] He remained with the club until the start of the 2020 season, at which point the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic saw Carlton end its connection with the Northern Blues and make Fraser redundant.

[citation needed] Fraser married long time girlfriend Kylie Sutcliffe in December 2008 in Port Melbourne.