NRL 2008

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The 2008 NRL was the eleventh season of the National Rugby League , the Australian-New Zealand rugby league championship. The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the Melbourne Storm , who lost 0:40 in the final against the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles . They won the NRL for the first time.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 17th 0 7th 584: 282 + 302 38
    02. Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 17th 0 7th 645: 355 + 290 38
    03. Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 17th 0 7th 451: 384 + 67 38
    04th Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney Roosters 24 15th 0 9 511: 446 + 65 34
    05. Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 14th 1 9 560: 452 + 108 33
    06th Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders 24 13 0 11 640: 527 + 113 30th
    07th St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 13 0 11 489: 378 + 111 30th
    08th. New Zealand colors.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 13 0 11 502: 567 - 65 30th
    09. Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights 24 12 0 12 516: 486 + 30 28
    010. Wests Tigers colours.svg West Tigers 24 11 0 13 528: 560 - 32 26th
    011. Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 24 11 0 13 501: 547 - 46 26th
    012. Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers 24 10 1 13 504: 611 - 107 25th
    013. Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24 10 0 14th 476: 586 - 110 24
    014th South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 8th 0 16 453: 666 - 213 20th
    015th North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 5 0 19th 474: 638 - 164 14th
    016. Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 5 0 19th 433: 782 - 349 14th
    • Since each team had two byes this season, 4 points were added to the normal number of points after the season.

    Playoffs

    Elimination / qualification playoffs

    September 12,
    8 p.m.     		Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney Roosters 16:24 Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 18,343
    Referee: Tony Archer
    (16: 8)
    Report
    September 13th
    6:30 pm     		Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 36:10 Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders Remondis Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 18,252
    Referee: Jared Maxwell
    (14: 0)
    report
    September 13,
    8:30 p.m.     		Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 38: 6 St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Brookvale Oval , Sydney
    Spectators: 19,227
    Referee: Shayne Hayne
    (20: 6)
    Report
    September 14,
    16:00     		Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 15:18 New Zealand colors.svg New Zealand Warriors Olympic Park Stadium , Melbourne
    Spectators: 15,193
    Referee: Jason Robinson
    (8: 8)
    Report

    Quarter finals

    September 19,
    8:30 p.m.     		New Zealand colors.svg New Zealand Warriors 30: 13 Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney Roosters Mount Smart Stadium , Auckland
    Spectators: 25,595
    Referee: Tony Archer
    (6:13)
    Report
    September 20,
    7:45 p.m.     		Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 14:16 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
    Spectators: 50,466
    Referee: Shayne Hayne
    (12: 0)
    report

    Semifinals

    September 26,
    7:45 p.m.     		Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 0: 28 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 27,570
    Referee: Tony Archer
    (0:16)
    report
    September 27,
    7:45 p.m.     		Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 32: 6 New Zealand colors.svg New Zealand Warriors Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 32,095
    Referee: Shayne Hayne
    (12: 0)
    report

    Grand Final

    October 5, 2008
    5:00 p.m.     		Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 40: 0 Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm ANZ Stadium , Sydney
    Spectators: 80,388
    Referee: Tony Archer
    Attempts: Ballin 24.
    Robertson 34th, 47th, 52nd
    Kite 58th
    Williams 68th
    Menzies 73rd
    Bell 76th
    Raise: Steve Matai (2/4)
    Lyon (2/2)
    		 (8: 0)
    report
    1 Brett Stewart
    2 Michael Robertson
    3 Steven Bell
    4th Steve Matai
    5 David Williams
    6th Jamie Lyon
    7th Matt Orford (C)Captain of the crew
    8th Brent Kite
    9 Matt Ballin
    10 Josh Perry
    11 Anthony Watmough
    12 Glen Hall
    13 Glenn Stewart
    Substitute:
    14th Heath L'Estrange
    15th Mark Bryant
    16 Jason King
    17th Hasler's
    1 Billy Slater
    2 Steve Turner
    3 Matt Geyer
    4th Israel Folau
    5 Anthony Quinn
    6th Greg Inglis
    7th Cooper Cronk (C)Captain of the crew
    8th Jeff Lima
    9 Russ Aitken
    10 Brett White
    11 Michael Crocker
    12 Jeremy Smith
    13 Dallas Johnson
    Substitute:
    14th Scott Anderson
    15th Adam Blair
    16 Sika Manu
    17th Antonio Kaufusi

    statistics

    Most attempts made
    Surname tries society
    1. AustraliaAustralia Brett Stewart 19th Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
    2. AustraliaAustralia Denan Kemp 17th Brisbane Broncos
    3. AustraliaAustralia Greg Inglis 16 Melbourne Storm
    New ZealandNew Zealand Manu Vatuvei New Zealand Warriors
    4th New ZealandNew Zealand Shaun Kenny-Dowall 15th Sydney Roosters
    AustraliaAustralia Adrian Purtell Canberra Raiders
    5. New ZealandNew Zealand Luke Covell 14th Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
    AustraliaAustralia Josh Morris St. George Illawarra Dragons
    Most points scored
    Surname Points society
    1. New ZealandNew Zealand Luke Covell 196 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks
    2. AustraliaAustralia Luke Burt 169 Parramatta Eels
    3. AustraliaAustralia Cameron Smith 160 Melbourne Storm
    4th AustraliaAustralia Matt Orford 153 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles
    5. AustraliaAustralia Kurt Gidley 150 Newcastle Knights

    Web links

    Commons : NRL 2008  - album with pictures, videos and audio files