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2008 National Youth Competition
Teams16
Premiers Canberra (1st title)
Minor premiers Canberra (1st title)
Matches played201
Points scored9938
Wooden spoon North Queensland (1st spoon)
Player of the Year Ben Hunt
Top point-scorer(s) Ben Barba (254)
Top try-scorer(s) Ben Barba (28)
2009 →

The 2008 NRL Under-20s season was the first season of the National Rugby League's youth competition, known as the Toyota Cup due to sponsorship from Toyota. The draw and structure of the competition mirrors that of its senior counterpart, the 2008 Telstra Premiership.

Season summary

Schedule

Further information: 2008 NRL Under-20s season results

NYC Records

Main article: List of NRL Under-20s records

Ladder

2008 Toyota Cup season
Pos Team Pld W D L B PF PA PD Pts
1 Canberra Raiders (P) 24 18 0 6 2 744 581 +163 40
2 Brisbane Broncos 24 15 1 8 2 684 476 +208 35
3 New Zealand Warriors 24 14 3 7 2 721 533 +188 35
4 Penrith Panthers 24 15 1 8 2 692 583 +109 35
5 Parramatta Eels 24 14 3 7 2 578 564 +14 35
6 St George Illawarra Dragons 24 13 2 9 2 561 520 +41 32
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 24 12 3 9 2 711 587 +124 31
8 Gold Coast Titans 24 13 1 10 2 686 567 +119 31
9 Wests Tigers 24 13 0 11 2 620 623 -3 30
10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 24 11 2 11 2 618 584 +34 28
11 Manly Warringah Sea Eagles 24 11 0 13 2 519 532 -13 26
12 Newcastle Knights 24 8 1 15 2 526 630 -104 21
13 Melbourne Storm 24 8 1 15 2 512 638 -126 21
14 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 24 6 1 17 2 394 666 -272 17
15 Sydney Roosters 24 6 0 18 2 480 721 -241 16
16 North Queensland Cowboys 24 4 3 17 2 455 696 -241 15

Ladder Progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26
1 Canberra Raiders 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 20 22 22 24 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 36 38 40
2 Brisbane Broncos 0 0 2 4 6 6 6 6 8 10 12 14 15 15 17 19 21 21 23 25 25 27 29 31 33 35
3 New Zealand Warriors 0 0 2 4 5 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 30 30 32 34 34 35
4 Penrith Panthers 2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 26 28 29 29 31 31 31 31 33 35 35
5 Parramatta Eels 2 4 6 7 9 11 13 13 13 15 17 17 17 19 21 23 23 23 23 25 27 29 31 33 34 35
6 St. George Illawarra Dragons 0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 23 25 25 25 27 27 29 29 31 31 31 31 32 32
7 Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs 0 2 4 6 7 7 7 9 11 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 23 25 25 27 27 29 31 31 31 31
8 Gold Coast Titans 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 9 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 25 27 29 29 29 29 31
9 Wests Tigers 2 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 28 28 30 30
10 South Sydney Rabbitohs 0 0 0 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 14 16 16 17 18 20 20 20 20 22 24 26 26 28
11 Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles 2 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 18 18 20 20 20 22 24 26
12 Newcastle Knights 0 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 13 15 17 17 17 17 19 21 21
13 Melbourne Storm 2 3 3 3 5 5 7 9 11 11 11 13 13 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 19 21 21 21 21
14 Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks 0 1 3 3 3 3 5 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 17
15 Sydney Roosters 2 4 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 14 16
16 North Queensland Cowboys 0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 8 9 11 11 11 11 13 13 15 15 15 15

Finals Series

Home Score Away Match Information
Date and Time Venue Referee
Qualifying Finals
Brisbane Broncos 28-22 Canterbury Bulldogs 12 September 2008, 5:30pm Sydney Football Stadium Gerard Sutton
Canberra Raiders 43-12 Gold Coast Titans 13 September 2008, 4:15pm Toyota Stadium Alan Shortall
Penrith Panthers 16-24 Parramatta Eels 13 September 2008, 6:15pm Brookvale Oval Phillip Haines
New Zealand Warriors 47-20 St. George Illawarra 14 September 2008, 1:45pm Olympic Park Chris James
Semi Finals
New Zealand Warriors 38-4 Penrith Panthers 19 September 2008, 6:15pm Mt Smart Stadium Phillip Haines
Parramatta Eels 22-23 St. George Illawarra 20 September 2008, 5:30pm Suncorp Stadium Chris James
Preliminary Finals
Canberra Raiders 18-14 St. George Illawarra 26 September 2008, 5:30pm Sydney Football Stadium Phillip Haines
Brisbane Broncos 28-26 New Zealand Warriors 27 September 2008, 5:30pm Sydney Football Stadium Chris James
Grand Final
Canberra Raiders 28-24 Brisbane Broncos 5 October 2008, 2:15pm ANZ Stadium Shayne Hayne

Grand final

Canberra Raiders Position Brisbane Broncos
Josh Dugan FB Josh Hoffman
Drury Low WG Mitch Rivett
Jarrod Croker CE Will Tupou
Daniel Vidot CE Brendon Gibb
Michael Brophy WG Jharal Yow Yeh
Michael Picker FE Jared Kahu
Matt Smith HB Ben Hunt
Andrew Edwards PR Josh McGuire
Travis Waddell HK Andrew McCullough
Nick Skinner PR Mitchell Dodds
Jarrad Kennedy SR Matt Handcock
Zach Merritt SR Troyden Watene
Shaun Fensom (c) LK Alex Glenn (c)
Brock Dunn Bench Michael Spence
Justin Carney Bench Dunamis Lui
Todd Rheinberger Bench Guy Ford
Levi Freeman Bench Tom Butterfield
Tony Adam Coach Anthony Griffin

A Spectacular try to second-rower Jarrad Kennedy seven minutes into golden-point extra time gave Canberra a thrilling 28-24 victory over Brisbane in the U20 rugby league grand final at ANZ Stadium.

Kennedy was mobbed by jubilant Raiders teammates after collapsing over the line in exhaustion after willing himself to back up centre Jarrod Croker, who had collected a cross-field kick from halfback Matt Smith as the clock wound down.

Canberra won the hard way, though, recovering from 20-12 down early in the second half and then needing a missed conversion attempt from Broncos halfback Ben Hunt to force extra time.

Gunning for their eighth straight victory, Brisbane made a worrying start, conceding a soft try to five-eighth Michael Picker, which fullback Josh Dugan converted for a 6-0 lead after 10 minutes.

The Broncos steadied and went to the interval with a 16-12 buffer after tries to Hunt, interchange forward Michael Spence and winger Jharal Yow Yeh.

The Broncos looked set to go on with the job when centre Brendon Gibb crossed out wide in the opening minutes of the second half, but the Raiders refused to lie down.

A second try to Michael Picker and a goose-stepping four-pointer to winger Drury Low, plus Dugan's heroics, eventually set the scene for Kennedy's match-winning play.[1]

Match Summary

Sunday, 5 October
2:15pm
Canberra Raiders 28 – 24 Brisbane Broncos
Tries:
Michael Picker (10', 26') 2
Drury Low (53') 1
Josh Dugan (66') 1
Jarrad Kennedy (88') 1
Goals:
Josh Dugan 4/4
(11', 27', 55', 67') 		1st: 12 – 16
2nd: 12 – 8
GP: 4 – 0
 Tries:
2 (44', 68') Jharal Yow Yeh
1 (17') Ben Hunt
1 (29') Michael Spence
1 (39') Brendon Gibb
Goals:
2/5 Ben Hunt
(18', 30')
ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Referee: Shayne Hayne
Player of the Match: Josh Dugan

Statistics

Top Pointscorers

Player Team P T G FG Pts
1 Ben Barba Bulldogs 20 28 70 2 254
2 Kevin Locke New Zealand 24 15 88 - 236
3 Josh Dugan Canberra 19 15 83 - 226
4 Ben Hunt Brisbane 26 17 49 - 166
5 Lachlan Coote Penrith 12 15 39 - 138
6 Nathan Gardner Parramatta 16 18 32 - 136
7 Jordan Kahu Brisbane 22 5 52 - 124
8 Eddie Paea South Sydney 19 11 38 2 122
9 Chris Sandow South Sydney 11 6 47 - 118
10 Daly Cherry-Evans Manly 24 7 41 3 113

Top Tryscorers

Player Team P T
1 Ben Barba Bulldogs 20 28
2 Jharal Yow Yeh Brisbane 26 27
3 Kevin Gordon Gold Coast 20 20
4 Nathan Gardner Parramatta 16 18
5 Ben Hunt Brisbane 26 17
6 Drury Low Canberra 16 16
7 Lachlan Coote Penrith 12 15
7 Coedi Towney Wests Tigers 17 15
7 Simon Williams Newcastle 17 15
7 John Kennedy St George Illawarra 23 15
7 Kevin Locke New Zealand 24 15

Awards

Toyota Cup Player of the Year

The winner of the award is decided by the most votes during the year as decided by the referee of each game on a 3-2-1 basis for each game played throughout the regular season.

Winner:
Ben Hunt, Brisbane
Nominated:
Ben Barba, Bulldogs
Eddie Paea, South Sydney
Matt Mundine, St. George Illawarra

Toyota Cup Team of the Year

The Toyota Cup Team of the Year is voted on by the 16 Toyota Cup coaches, with the players with the highest votes in each position selected.

Position Player Club
FB Lachlan Coote Penrith
WG Jharal Yow Yeh Brisbane
CE Justin Carney Canberra
CE Tony Williams Parramatta
WG Kevin Gordon Gold Coast
FE Ben Barba Bulldogs
HB Chris Sandow South Sydney
PR Russell Packer New Zealand
HK Masada Iosefa Penrith
PR John Kite Bulldogs
SR Joel Thompson Canberra
SR Daniel Harrison Bulldogs
LK Shaun Fensom Canberra
Bench Ben Hunt Brisbane
Bench Matt Mundine St George Illawarra
Bench Jordan Rapana Gold Coast
Bench Ben Matulino New Zealand

References

  1. ^ "Raiders claim inaugural Toyota Cup". Fox Sports. Retrieved 5 October 2008.
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