National Youth Competition 2008

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The National Youth Competition 2008 (also known as the Toyota Cup 2008 for sponsorship reasons) was the first season of the National Youth Competition , the Australian-New Zealand U-20 rugby league championship. The first place in the table after the end of the regular season occupied the Canberra Raiders , who won in the final 28:24 against the Brisbane Broncos .

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders 24 18th 0 6th 744: 581 + 163 40
    02. Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 24 15th 1 8th 684: 476 + 208 35
    03. New Zealand colors.svg New Zealand Warriors 24 14th 3 7th 721: 533 + 188 35
    04th Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers 24 15th 1 8th 692: 583 + 109 35
    05. Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 24 14th 3 7th 578: 564 + 14 35
    06th St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons 24 13 2 9 561: 520 + 41 32
    07th Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 3 9 711: 587 + 124 31
    08th. Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans 24 13 1 10 686: 567 + 119 31
    09. Wests Tigers colours.svg West Tigers 24 13 0 11 620: 623 - 3 30th
    010. South Sydney colours.svg South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 2 11 618: 584 + 34 28
    011. Manly Sea Eagles colors.svg Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 0 13 519: 532 - 13 26th
    012. Newcastle colors.svg Newcastle Knights 24 8th 1 15th 526: 630 - 104 21st
    013. Melbourne colours.svg Melbourne Storm 24 8th 1 15th 512: 638 - 126 21st
    014th Cronulla colors.svg Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 6th 1 17th 394: 666 - 272 17th
    015th Eastern Suburbs colors.svg Sydney Roosters 24 6th 0 18th 480: 721 - 241 16
    016. North Queensland colours.svg North Queensland Cowboys 24 4th 3 17th 455: 696 - 241 15th
    • 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,
    5:30 p.m.     		Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 28:22 Canterbury colors.svg Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Referee: Gerard Sutton
    September 13
    16:15     		Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders 43: 12 Gold Coast Titans colours.svg Gold Coast Titans Remondis Stadium , Sydney
    Referee: Alan Shortall
    September 13
    6:15 pm     		Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers 16:24 Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels Brookvale Oval , Sydney
    Referee: Phillip Haines
    September 14
    13:45     		New Zealand colors.svg New Zealand Warriors 47: 20 St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Olympic Park Stadium , Melbourne
    Referee: Chris James

    Quarter finals

    September 19
    6:15 pm     		New Zealand colors.svg New Zealand Warriors 38: 4 Penrith colors.svg Penrith Panthers Mount Smart Stadium , Auckland
    Referee: Phillip Haines
    September 20,
    5:30 p.m.     		Parramatta colors.svg Parramatta Eels 22:23 St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Suncorp Stadium , Brisbane
    Referee: Chris James

    Semifinals

    26 September
    5:30 p.m.     		Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders 18:14 St. George colors.svg St. George Illawarra Dragons Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Referee: Phillip Haines
    September 27,
    5:30 p.m.     		Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos 28:26 New Zealand colors.svg New Zealand Warriors Sydney Football Stadium , Sydney
    Referee: Chris James

    Grand Final

    October 5, 2008
    2:15 p.m.     		Canberra colors.svg Canberra Raiders 28:24 a.d. Brisbane colors.svg Brisbane Broncos ANZ Stadium , Sydney
    Referee: Shayne Hayne
    Attempts: Picker (2), Dugan , Low , Smith
    Raise: Dugan (4/5)
    		 (16:12)
    		 Tries: Yow Yeh (2), Gibb , Hunt , Spence
    Increases: Hunt (2/5)

    statistics

    Most points scored
    Surname Points society
    1. AustraliaAustralia Ben Barba 254 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs
    2. New ZealandNew Zealand Kevin Locke 236 New Zealand Warriors
    3. AustraliaAustralia Josh Dugan 226 Canberra Raiders
    4th AustraliaAustralia Ben Hunt 166 Brisbane Broncos
    5. AustraliaAustralia Lachlan Coote 138 Penrith Panthers
    6th AustraliaAustralia Nathan Gardner 136 Parramatta Eels
    7th New ZealandNew Zealand Jordan Kahu 124 Brisbane Broncos
    8th. TongaTonga Eddie Paea 122 South Sydney Rabbitohs
    9. AustraliaAustralia Chris Sandow 118 South Sydney Rabbitohs
    10. AustraliaAustralia Daly Cherry-Evans 113 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles