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2008 AFL premiership season
Teams16
PremiersHawthorn
10th premiership
Minor premiersGeelong
13th minor premiership
Pre-season cupSt Kilda
3rd pre-season cup win
Brownlow MedallistAdam Cooney
Western Bulldogs (24 votes)
Coleman MedallistLance Franklin
Hawthorn (102 goals)
Attendance
Matches played185
Total attendance7,082,949 (38,286 per match)
Highest100,012 (GF Geelong vs. Hawthorn)
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The 2008 Australian Football League season was the 112th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. This season commenced on 20 March 2008 and concluded on 27 September 2008. The season consisted of twenty-two rounds of home-and-away matches, and four rounds of finals. The premiership was won by Hawthorn, who beat minor premiers Geelong by 26 points in the 2008 AFL Grand Final.

A significant feature of the season was the celebration of the 150th anniversary since the sport of Australian rules football was first established in 1858.

NAB Cup

Main article: 2008 NAB Cup
2008 NAB Cup Grand Final
Saturday, 8 March Adelaide 0.9.10 (64) def. by St Kilda 2.7.9 (69) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 26,823)

Premiership season

Round 1

Round 1 (Season launch and Easter)
Thursday, 20 March Carlton 11.13 (79) def. by Richmond 17.7 (109) MCG (crowd: 72,552) Report
Thursday, 20 March Port Adelaide 14.12 (96) def. by Geelong 15.15 (105) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 28,206) Report
Saturday, 22 March Collingwood 16.15 (111) def. Fremantle 13.7 (85) MCG (crowd: 45,383) Report
Saturday, 22 March West Coast 14.8 (92) def. Brisbane Lions 11.10 (76) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 39,591) Report
Saturday, 22 March St Kilda 6.15 (51) def. Sydney 6.13 (49) Telstra Dome (crowd: 36,614) Report
Sunday, 23 March Western Bulldogs 19.12 (126) def. Adelaide 18.15 (123) Telstra Dome (crowd: 24,835) Report
Sunday, 23 March Hawthorn 23.16 (154) def. Melbourne 6.14 (50) MCG (crowd: 40,141) Report
Monday, 24 March North Melbourne 9.13 (67) def. by Essendon 19.8 (122) Telstra Dome (crowd: 48,100) Report

Round 2

Round 2
Friday, 28 March Brisbane Lions 13.18 (96) def. Collingwood 13.16 (94) The Gabba (crowd: 33,867) Report
Saturday, 29 March Melbourne 9.12 (66) def. by Western Bulldogs 24.17 (161) MCG (crowd: 27,821) Report
Saturday, 29 March Adelaide 21.7 (133) def. West Coast 8.9 (57) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 38,162) Report
Saturday, 29 March Fremantle 14.13 (97) def. by Hawthorn 16.16 (112) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 38,022) Report
Saturday, 29 March St Kilda 19.11 (125) def. Carlton 12.13 (85) Telstra Dome (crowd: 43,396) Report
Sunday, 30 March Sydney 22.14 (146) def. Port Adelaide 11.12 (78) SCG (crowd: 24,700) Report
Sunday, 30 March Geelong 22.18 (150) def. Essendon 6.15 (51) Telstra Dome (crowd: 50,636) Report
Sunday, 30 March Richmond 13.8 (86) def. by North Melbourne 20.7 (127) MCG (crowd: 39,292) Report

Round 3

Round 3 (Rivalry Round)
Friday, 4 April Western Bulldogs 19.11 (125) def. St Kilda 13.9 (87) Telstra Dome (crowd: 38,667) Report
Saturday, 5 April North Melbourne 13.8 (86) def. by Hawthorn 15.12 (102) Telstra Dome (crowd: 39,816) Report
Saturday, 5 April West Coast 10.13 (73) def. by Fremantle 12.15 (87) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 39,027) Report
Saturday, 5 April Brisbane Lions 10.11 (71) def. by Sydney 13.10 (88) The Gabba (crowd: 29,061) Report
Saturday, 5 April Essendon 23.12 (150) def. Carlton 21.8 (134) MCG (crowd: 64,388) Report
Sunday, 6 April Geelong 16.16 (112) def. Melbourne 12.10 (82) Skilled Stadium (crowd: 23,569) Report
Sunday, 6 April Richmond 11.12 (78) def. by Collingwood 18.14 (122) MCG (crowd: 70,802) Report
Sunday, 6 April Adelaide 12.13 (85) def. Port Adelaide 11.13 (79) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 45,524) Report

Round 4

Round 4
Friday, 11 April Essendon 14.14 (98) def. by Western Bulldogs 19.14 (128) Telstra Dome (crowd: 47,641) Report
Saturday, 12 April St Kilda 13.16 (94) def. by Geelong 21.10 (136) Telstra Dome (crowd: 44,368) Report
Saturday, 12 April North Melbourne 18.19 (127) def. Melbourne 11.13 (79) MCG (crowd: 23,427) Report
Saturday, 12 April Sydney 16.11 (107) def. West Coast 5.15 (45) ANZ Stadium (crowd: 44,235) Report
Saturday, 12 April Port Adelaide 16.8 (104) def. by Brisbane Lions 18.16 (124) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 25,205) Report
Sunday, 13 April Hawthorn 17.12 (114) def. Adelaide 10.10 (70) Aurora Stadium (crowd: 15,124) Report
Sunday, 13 April Carlton 17.9 (111) def. Collingwood 13.10 (88) MCG (crowd: 77,873) Report
Sunday, 13 April Fremantle 10.13 (73) def. by Richmond 20.17 (137) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 37,541) Report

Round 5

Round 5
Friday, 18 April St Kilda 18.15 (123) def. Essendon 14.3 (87) Telstra Dome (crowd: 46,792) Report
Saturday, 19 April Geelong 16.18 (114) def. Sydney 10.12 (72) Skilled Stadium (crowd: 24,368) Report
Saturday, 19 April Adelaide 12.16 (88) def. Fremantle 10.11 (71) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 39,554) Report
Saturday, 19 April Brisbane Lions 17.16 (118) def. by Hawthorn 19.16 (130) The Gabba (crowd: 30,019) Report
Saturday, 19 April Collingwood 15.15 (105) def. by North Melbourne 16.16 (112) MCG (crowd: 51,990) Report
Sunday, 20 April Melbourne 9.14 (68) def. by Carlton 15.11 (101) MCG (crowd: 44,759) Report
Sunday, 20 April Western Bulldogs 19.16 (130) drew with Richmond 20.10 (130) Telstra Dome (crowd: 37,767) Report
Sunday, 20 April West Coast 16.8 (104) def. by Port Adelaide 19.14 (128) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 38,302) Report

Round 6

Round 6 (ANZAC Round)
Friday, 25 April Collingwood 23.16 (154) def. Essendon 12.9 (81) MCG (crowd: 88,999) Report
Friday, 25 April Fremantle 13.10 (88) def. by Geelong 13.11 (89) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 38,022) Report
Saturday, 26 April Carlton 11.15 (81) def. by Adelaide 16.15 (111) MCG (crowd: 41,033) Report
Saturday, 26 April Western Bulldogs 20.14 (134) def. West Coast 11.8 (74) Telstra Dome (crowd: 29,927) Report
Saturday, 26 April Port Adelaide 12.10 (82) def. St Kilda 9.7 (61) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 20,517) Report
Sunday, 27 April Brisbane Lions 19.23 (137) def. Melbourne 13.7 (85) The Gabba (crowd: 22,878) Report
Sunday, 27 April North Melbourne 9.10 (64) drew with Sydney 8.16 (64) Telstra Dome (crowd: 28,392) Report
Sunday, 27 April Hawthorn 14.22 (106) def. Richmond 15.4 (94) MCG (crowd: 46,076) Report

Round 7

Round 7
Friday, 2 May West Coast 10.14 (74) def. by Carlton 17.9 (111) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 41,254) Report
Saturday, 3 May Geelong 15.15 (105) def. Brisbane Lions 11.12 (78) Skilled Stadium (crowd: 23,388) Report
Saturday, 3 May Hawthorn 24.10 (154) def. Collingwood 13.11 (89) MCG (crowd: 76,048) Report
Saturday, 3 May Richmond 16.11 (107) def. by St Kilda 17.8 (110) Telstra Dome (crowd: 40,585) Report
Saturday, 3 May Adelaide 15.17 (107) def. North Melbourne 11.8 (74) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 41,898) Report
Sunday, 4 May Sydney 14.10 (94) def. by Western Bulldogs 18.4 (112) SCG (crowd: 29,018) Report
Sunday, 4 May Melbourne 17.17 (119) def. Fremantle 15.23 (113) MCG (crowd: 19,423) Report
Sunday, 4 May Essendon 15.4 (94) def. by Port Adelaide 24.14 (158) Telstra Dome (crowd: 28,409) Report

AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match

Main article: AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match
AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match
Saturday, 10 May Victoria 21.11 (137) def. Dream Team 18.12 (120) MCG (crowd: 69,294) Report

Round 8

Round 8
Friday, 16 May St Kilda 14.10 (94) def. by Collingwood 16.7 (103) Telstra Dome (crowd: 48,417) Report
Saturday, 17 May Hawthorn 17.15 (117) def. Port Adelaide 15.12 (102) Aurora Stadium (crowd: 15,682) Report
Saturday, 17 May Richmond 10.9 (69) def. by Geelong 14.15 (99) MCG (crowd: 37,275) Report
Saturday, 17 May Carlton 12.20 (92) def. by Brisbane Lions 18.17 (125) Telstra Dome (crowd: 38,675) Report
Saturday, 17 May North Melbourne 13.11 (89) def. West Coast 12.11 (83) Gold Coast Stadium (crowd: 6,354) Report
Sunday, 18 May Adelaide 22.18 (150) def. Melbourne 11.8 (74) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 35,649) Report
Sunday, 18 May Sydney 21.17 (143) def. Essendon 7.10 (52) ANZ Stadium (crowd: 34,904) Report
Sunday, 18 May Fremantle 17.9 (111) def. by Western Bulldogs 17.12 (114) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 35,624) Report

Round 9

Round 9 (Indigenous Round)
Friday, 23 May Collingwood 20.14 (134) def. Geelong 7.6 (48) MCG (crowd: 78,206) Report
Saturday, 24 May Carlton 14.13 (97) def. Fremantle 14.4 (88) Telstra Dome (crowd: 28,955) Report
Saturday, 24 May Port Adelaide 14.10 (94) def. by Sydney 16.9 (105) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 25,013) Report
Saturday, 24 May Essendon 10.12 (72) def. by Richmond 16.14 (110) MCG (crowd: 60,333) Report
Saturday, 24 May West Coast 14.13 (97) def. Adelaide 5.17 (47) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 35,348) Report
Sunday, 25 May Brisbane Lions 21.15 (141) def. St Kilda 14.11 (95) The Gabba (crowd: 27,566) Report
Sunday, 25 May Melbourne 12.6 (78) def. by Hawthorn 14.13 (97) MCG (crowd: 41,341) Report
Sunday, 25 May Western Bulldogs 16.14 (110) def. by North Melbourne 16.17 (113) Telstra Dome (crowd: 35,471) Report

Round 10

Round 10
Friday, 30 May Adelaide 9.20 (74) def. Essendon 10.9 (69) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 41,897) Report
Saturday, 31 May Collingwood 27.11 (173) def. West Coast 10.13 (73) MCG (crowd: 52,968) Report
Saturday, 31 May Hawthorn 12.2 (74) def. by Western Bulldogs 15.16 (106) Aurora Stadium (crowd: 19,378) Report
Saturday, 31 May Brisbane Lions 18.21 (129) def. North Melbourne 15.8 (98) The Gabba (crowd: 22,118) Report
Saturday, 31 May Geelong 19.19 (133) def. Carlton 12.5 (77) Telstra Dome (crowd: 46,231) Report
Sunday, 1 June Sydney 21.13 (139) def. Richmond 8.9 (57) SCG (crowd: 26,852) Report
Sunday, 1 June St Kilda 19.15 (129) def. Melbourne 7.8 (50) Telstra Dome (crowd: 27,854) Report
Sunday, 1 June Fremantle 10.15 (75) def. by Port Adelaide 16.7 (103) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 34,236) Report

Round 11

Round 11 (Queens Birthday)
Friday, 6 June North Melbourne 17.12 (114) def. by Geelong 19.13 (127) Telstra Dome (crowd: 38,373) Report
Saturday, 7 June Richmond 14.12 (96) def. by Adelaide 22.14 (146) MCG (crowd: 32,767) Report
Saturday, 7 June Essendon 12.7 (79) def. by Hawthorn 19.16 (130) Telstra Dome (crowd: 46,377) Report
Saturday, 7 June West Coast 11.12 (78) def. by Sydney 12.11 (83) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 38,802) Report
Sunday, 8 June Brisbane Lions 14.12 (96) def. Fremantle 10.14 (74) The Gabba (crowd: 24,506) Report
Sunday, 8 June St Kilda 11.13 (79) def. by Western Bulldogs 15.16 (106) Telstra Dome (crowd: 38,914) Report
Sunday, 8 June Port Adelaide 8.15 (63) def. by Carlton 10.15 (75) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 29,240) Report
Monday, 9 June Melbourne 13.17 (95) def. by Collingwood 17.14 (116) MCG (crowd: 59,548) Report

Round 12

Round 12
Friday, 13 June Essendon 16.17 (113) def. West Coast 13.13 (91) Telstra Dome (crowd: 33,386) Report
Saturday, 14 June Western Bulldogs 19.17 (131) def. Brisbane Lions 10.8 (68) MCG (crowd: 39,320) Report
Saturday, 14 June Fremantle 18.12 (120) def. North Melbourne 9.13 (67) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 34,105) Report
Saturday, 14 June Sydney 14.18 (102) def. St Kilda 9.13 (67) SCG (crowd: 25,996) Report
Saturday, 14 June Adelaide 10.12 (72) def. by Hawthorn 11.10 (76) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 44,559) Report
Sunday, 15 June Geelong 15.18 (108) def. Port Adelaide 7.7 (49) Skilled Stadium (crowd: 21,642) Report
Sunday, 15 June Collingwood 12.17 (89) def. by Carlton 17.17 (119) MCG (crowd: 80,310) Report
Sunday, 15 June Richmond 16.20 (116) def. Melbourne 14.10 (94) Telstra Dome (crowd: 27,348) Report

Round 13

Round 13
Friday, 20 June St Kilda 10.5 (65) def. Fremantle 8.9 (57) Telstra Dome (crowd: 22,440) Report
Saturday, 21 June Hawthorn 10.16 (76) def. by North Melbourne 15.13 (103) MCG (crowd: 42,508) Report
Saturday, 21 June Port Adelaide 19.9 (123) def. by Richmond 20.7 (127) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 20,923) Report
Saturday, 21 June Brisbane Lions 11.17 (83) def. Adelaide 10.10 (70) The Gabba (crowd: 29,964) Report
Saturday, 21 June West Coast 5.17 (47) def. by Geelong 28.14 (182) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 38,414) Report
Sunday, 22 June Melbourne 11.8 (74) def. by Sydney 17.12 (114) Manuka Oval (crowd: 11,437) Report
Sunday, 22 June Carlton 15.11 (101) def. by Essendon 20.16 (136) MCG (crowd: 59,177) Report
Sunday, 22 June Collingwood 13.11 (89) def. by Western Bulldogs 15.9 (99) Telstra Dome (crowd: 44,885) Report

Round 14

Round 14 (Split Round)
Friday, 27 June Hawthorn 18.18 (126) def. West Coast 9.15 (69) MCG (crowd: 29,138) Report
Saturday, 28 June Richmond 12.16 (88) def. by Carlton 17.16 (118) MCG (crowd: 73,503) Report
Saturday, 28 June North Melbourne 9.15 (69) def. by St Kilda 12.12 (84) Gold Coast Stadium (crowd: 9,128) Report
Saturday, 28 June Western Bulldogs 20.15 (135) def. Port Adelaide 11.15 (81) TIO Stadium (crowd: 11,373) Report
Sunday, 29 June Melbourne 14.9 (93) def. Brisbane Lions 13.14 (92) MCG (crowd: 23,278) Report
Sunday, 29 June Fremantle 13.13 (91) def. by Essendon 14.11 (95) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 34,239) Report
Friday, 4 July Adelaide 8.8 (56) def. by Geelong 18.16 (124) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 44,377) Report
Saturday, 5 July Sydney 6.14 (50) def. by Collingwood 11.13 (79) ANZ Stadium (crowd: 59,202) Report

Round 15

Round 15
Friday, 11 July Carlton 12.15 (87) def. by St Kilda 18.11 (119) MCG (crowd: 55,658) Report
Saturday, 12 July Collingwood 15.16 (106) def. Adelaide 11.8 (74) MCG (crowd: 52,592) Report
Saturday, 12 July Geelong 18.10 (118) def. Fremantle 6.8 (44) Skilled Stadium (crowd: 21,286) Report
Saturday, 12 July Essendon 24.11 (155) def. Brisbane Lions 18.10 (118) Telstra Dome (crowd: 40,053) Report
Saturday, 12 July Port Adelaide 10.14 (74) def. by North Melbourne 10.16 (76) AAMI Stadium (crowd: 19,851) Report
Sunday, 13 July Hawthorn 15.16 (106) def. Sydney 10.15 (75) MCG (crowd: 49,529) Report
Sunday, 13 July Western Bulldogs 14.11 (95) def. Melbourne 9.10 (64) Telstra Dome (crowd: 27,446) Report
Sunday, 13 July West Coast 11.9 (75) def. by Richmond 24.8 (152) Subiaco Oval (crowd: 37,085) Report

Round 16

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Report
North Melbourne 17.12 (114) Collingwood 14.12 (96) Telstra Dome 46,610 Friday, 18 July AFL.com.au
Geelong 19.17 (131) Western Bulldogs 10.10 (70) Skilled Stadium 24,801 Saturday, 19 July AFL.com.au
Richmond 16.12 (108) Essendon 15.14 (104) MCG 56,746 Saturday, 19 July AFL.com.au
Brisbane Lions 17.11 (113) West Coast 9.13 (67) The Gabba 27,784 Saturday, 19 July AFL.com.au
St Kilda 18.11 (119) Hawthorn 13.11 (89) Telstra Dome 41,886 Saturday, 19 July AFL.com.au
Carlton 18.11 (119) Sydney 18.13 (121) Telstra Dome 38,401 Sunday, 20 July AFL.com.au
Port Adelaide 13.14 (92) Adelaide 11.14 (80) AAMI Stadium 31,662 Sunday, 20 July AFL.com.au
Fremantle 16.18 (114) Melbourne 10.8 (68) Subiaco 31,638 Sunday, 20 July AFL.com.au

Round 17

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Report
Hawthorn 11.11 (77) Geelong 12.16 (88) MCG 86,179 Friday, 25 July AFL.com.au
Essendon 19.14 (128) Collingwood 11.14 (80) MCG 64,785 Saturday, 26 July AFL.com.au
West Coast 15.13 (103) St Kilda 12.14 (86) Subiaco 34,037 Saturday, 26 July AFL.com.au
Richmond 18.9 (117) Brisbane Lions 16.18 (114) Telstra Dome 31,275 Saturday, 26 July AFL.com.au
Sydney 6.17 (53) Adelaide 11.11 (77) SCG 26,260 Saturday, 26 July AFL.com.au
Port Adelaide 15.11 (101) Fremantle 20.9 (129) AAMI Stadium 19,072 Sunday, 27 July AFL.com.au
Melbourne 10.10 (70) North Melbourne 14.14 (98) MCG 21,330 Sunday, 27 July AFL.com.au
Western Bulldogs 15.8 (98) Carlton 18.18 (126) Telstra Dome 37,879 Sunday, 27 July AFL.com.au

Round 18

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Report
Collingwood 8.14 (62) Hawthorn 17.14 (116) MCG 58,307 Friday, 1 August AFL.com.au
Essendon 19.10 (124) Melbourne 17.6 (108) MCG 46,334 Saturday, 2 August AFL.com.au
Adelaide 13.16 (94) Carlton 12.14 (86) AAMI Stadium 40,730 Saturday, 2 August AFL.com.au
Geelong 20.14 (134) Richmond 10.11 (71) Telstra Dome 42,238 Saturday, 2 August AFL.com.au
North Melbourne 13.14 (92) Brisbane Lions 11.18 (84) Gold Coast Stadium 10,037 Saturday, 2 August AFL.com.au
Western Bulldogs 17.11 (113) Sydney 14.13 (97) Manuka Oval 13,550 Sunday, 3 August AFL.com.au
St Kilda 14.17 (101) Port Adelaide 14.9 (93) Telstra Dome 22,878 Sunday, 3 August AFL.com.au
Fremantle 17.14 (116) West Coast 12.11 (83) Subiaco 42,096 Sunday, 3 August AFL.com.au

Round 19

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Report
Melbourne 5.11 (41) Geelong 24.13 (157) MCG 34,610 Friday, 8 August AFL.com.au
Carlton 18.24 (132) Port Adelaide 9.12 (66) Telstra Dome 29,696 Saturday, 9 August AFL.com.au
Hawthorn 16.14 (110) Brisbane Lions 5.11 (41) Aurora Stadium 19,929 Saturday, 9 August AFL.com.au
Collingwood 14.13 (97) St Kilda 12.11 (83) MCG 52,135 Saturday, 9 August AFL.com.au
Sydney 17.10 (112) Fremantle 15.18 (108) SCG 20,846 Saturday, 9 August AFL.com.au
North Melbourne 21.10 (136) Western Bulldogs 18.8 (116) Telstra Dome 31,957 Sunday, 10 August AFL.com.au
Adelaide 16.12 (108) Richmond 6.9 (45) AAMI Stadium 37,562 Sunday, 10 August AFL.com.au
West Coast 17.11 (113) Essendon 16.7 (103) Subiaco 35,288 Sunday, 10 August AFL.com.au

Round 20

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Report
Port Adelaide 10.15 (75) Collingwood 16.10 (106) AAMI Stadium 23,694 Friday, 15 August AFL.com.au
Essendon 10.13 (73) Adelaide 19.15 (129) Telstra Dome 32,184 Saturday, 16 August AFL.com.au
Melbourne 11.13 (79) West Coast 5.15 (45) MCG 17,958 Saturday, 16 August AFL.com.au
Brisbane Lions 13.12 (90) Western Bulldogs 10.19 (79) The Gabba 27,315 Saturday, 16 August AFL.com.au
Sydney 14.10 (94) Geelong 20.13 (133) ANZ Stadium 44,955 Saturday, 16 August AFL.com.au
Richmond 16.9 (105) Hawthorn 10.16 (76) MCG 44,523 Sunday, 17 August AFL.com.au
Carlton 14.6 (90) North Melbourne 22.9 (141) Telstra Dome 43,406 Sunday, 17 August AFL.com.au
Fremantle 9.15 (69) St Kilda 17.10 (112) Subiaco 34,014 Sunday, 17 August AFL.com.au

Round 21

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Report
Western Bulldogs 23.13 (151) Essendon 15.15 (105) Telstra Dome 37,294 Friday, 22 August AFL.com.au
Richmond 15.15 (105) Fremantle 15.8 (98) MCG 24,881 Saturday, 23 August AFL.com.au
Port Adelaide 18.21 (129) Melbourne 7.9 (51) AAMI Stadium 18,875 Saturday, 23 August AFL.com.au
Brisbane Lions 16.13 (109) Carlton 18.7 (115) The Gabba 34,327 Saturday, 23 August AFL.com.au
Collingwood 18.10 (118) Sydney 10.13 (73) Telstra Dome 45,507 Saturday, 23 August AFL.com.au
Geelong 17.13 (115) North Melbourne 13.4 (82) Skilled Stadium 24,288 Sunday, 24 August AFL.com.au
St Kilda 13.17 (95) Adelaide 6.11 (47) Telstra Dome 33,811 Sunday, 24 August AFL.com.au
West Coast 9.8 (62) Hawthorn 19.19 (133) Subiaco 37,040 Sunday, 24 August AFL.com.au

Round 22

Home team Home team score Away team Away team score Ground Crowd Date Report
Fremantle 12.8 (80) Collingwood 8.8 (56) Subiaco 35,106 Friday, 29 August AFL.com.au
North Melbourne 10.12 (72) Port Adelaide 23.10 (148) MCG 22,144 Saturday, 30 August AFL.com.au
Geelong 24.20 (164) West Coast 10.5 (65) Skilled Stadium 21,752 Saturday, 30 August AFL.com.au
Adelaide 10.16 (76) Western Bulldogs 9.13 (67) AAMI Stadium 37,545 Saturday, 30 August AFL.com.au
Carlton 12.9 (81) Hawthorn 24.15 (159) Telstra Dome 49,057 Saturday, 30 August AFL.com.au
Sydney 17.12 (114) Brisbane Lions 6.17 (53) SCG 24,076 Saturday, 30 August AFL.com.au
Melbourne 6.5 (41) Richmond 18.13 (121) MCG 37,046 Sunday, 31 August AFL.com.au
Essendon 5.9 (39) St Kilda 21.21 (147) Telstra Dome 46,161 Sunday, 31 August AFL.com.au

Win/loss table

Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 F1 F2 F3 GF Ladder
Adelaide WB
3 		WCE
76 		Port
6 		Haw
44 		Freo
17 		Carl
30 		NM
33 		Melb
76 		WCE
50 		Ess
5 		Rich
50 		Haw
4 		Bris
13 		Geel
68 		Coll
32 		Port
12 		Syd
24 		Carl
8 		Rich
63 		Ess
56 		StK
48 		WB
9 		Coll
31 		X X X 5
Brisbane Lions WCE
16 		Coll
2 		Syd
17 		Port
20 		Haw
12 		Melb
52 		Geel
27 		Carl
33 		StK
46 		NM
31 		Freo
22 		WB
63 		Adel
13 		Melb
1 		Ess
37 		WCE
46 		Rich
3 		NM
8 		Haw
69 		WB
11 		Carl
6 		Syd
61 		X X X X 10
Carlton Rich
20 		StK
40 		Ess
16 		Coll
23 		Melb
33 		Adel
30 		WCE
37 		Bris
33 		Freo
9 		Geel
56 		Port
12 		Coll
30 		Ess
35 		Rich
30 		StK
32 		Syd
2 		WB
28 		Adel
8 		Port
66 		NM
51 		Bris
6 		Haw
78 		X X X X 11
Collingwood Freo
26 		Bris
2 		Rich
44 		Carl
23 		NM
7 		Ess
73 		Haw
65 		StK
9 		Geel
86 		WCE
100 		Melb
21 		Carl
30 		WB
10 		Syd
29 		Adel
32 		NM
18 		Ess
48 		Haw
54 		StK
14 		Port
31 		Syd
45 		Freo
24 		Adel
31 		StK
34 		X X 8
Essendon NM
55 		Geel
99 		Carl
16 		WB
30 		StK
36 		Coll
73 		Port
64 		Syd
91 		Rich
38 		Adel
5 		Haw
51 		WCE
22 		Carl
35 		Freo
4 		Bris
37 		Rich
4 		Coll
48 		Melb
16 		WCE
10 		Adel
56 		WB
46 		StK
108 		X X X X 12
Fremantle Coll
26 		Haw
15 		WCE
14 		Rich
64 		Adel
17 		Geel
1 		Melb
6 		WB
3 		Carl
9 		Port
28 		Bris
24 		NM
53 		StK
8 		Ess
4 		Geel
74 		Melb
46 		Port
28 		WCE
33 		Syd
4 		StK
43 		Rich
7 		Coll
24 		X X X X 14
Geelong Port
9 		Ess
99 		Melb
30 		StK
42 		Syd
42 		Freo
1 		Bris
27 		Rich
30 		Coll
86 		Carl
56 		NM
13 		Port
59 		WCE
135 		Adel
68 		Freo
74 		WB
61 		Haw
11 		Rich
63 		Melb
116 		Syd
39 		NM
33 		WCE
99 		StK
58 		X WB
29 		Haw
26 		1
Hawthorn Melb
104 		Freo
15 		NM
16 		Adel
44 		Bris
12 		Rich
12 		Coll
65 		Port
15 		Melb
19 		WB
32 		Ess
51 		Adel
4 		NM
27 		WCE
57 		Syd
31 		StK
30 		Geel
11 		Coll
54 		Bris
69 		Rich
29 		WCE
71 		Carl
78 		WB
51 		X StK
54 		Geel
26 		2
Melbourne Haw
104 		WB
95 		Geel
30 		NM
48 		Carl
33 		Bris
53 		Freo
6 		Adel
76 		Haw
19 		StK
79 		Coll
21 		Rich
22 		Syd
40 		Bris
1 		WB
31 		Freo
46 		NM
28 		Ess
16 		Geel
116 		WCE
34 		Port
78 		Rich
80 		X X X X 16
North Melbourne Ess
55 		Rich
41 		Haw
16 		Melb
48 		Coll
7 		Syd
0 		Adel
33 		WCE
6 		WB
3 		Bris
31 		Geel
13 		Freo
53 		Haw
27 		StK
15 		Port
2 		Coll
18 		Melb
28 		Bris
8 		WB
20 		Carl
51 		Geel
33 		Port
76 		Syd
35 		X X X 7
Port Adelaide Geel
9 		Syd
68 		Adel
6 		Bris
20 		WCE
24 		StK
21 		Ess
64 		Haw
15 		Syd
11 		Freo
28 		Carl
12 		Geel
59 		Rich
4 		WB
54 		NM
2 		Adel
12 		Freo
28 		StK
8 		Carl
66 		Coll
31 		Melb
78 		NM
76 		X X X X 13
Richmond Carl
30 		NM
41 		Coll
44 		Freo
64 		WB
0 		Haw
12 		StK
3 		Geel
30 		Ess
38 		Syd
82 		Adel
50 		Melb
22 		Port
4 		Carl
30 		WCE
77 		Ess
4 		Bris
3 		Geel
63 		Adel
63 		Haw
29 		Freo
7 		Melb
80 		X X X X 9
St Kilda Syd
2 		Carl
40 		WB
38 		Geel
42 		Ess
36 		Port
21 		Rich
3 		Coll
9 		Bris
46 		Melb
79 		WB
27 		Syd
35 		Freo
8 		NM
15 		Carl
32 		Haw
30 		WCE
17 		Port
8 		Coll
14 		Freo
43 		Adel
48 		Ess
108 		Geel
58 		Coll
34 		Haw
54 		X 4
Sydney StK
2 		Port
68 		Bris
17 		WCE
62 		Geel
42 		NM
0 		WB
18 		Ess
91 		Port
11 		Rich
82 		WCE
5 		StK
35 		Melb
40 		Coll
29 		Haw
31 		Carl
2 		Adel
24 		WB
16 		Freo
4 		Geel
39 		Coll
45 		Bris
61 		NM
35 		WB
37 		X X 6
West Coast Bris
16 		Adel
76 		Freo
14 		Syd
62 		Port
24 		WB
60 		Carl
37 		NM
6 		Adel
50 		Coll
100 		Syd
5 		Ess
22 		Geel
135 		Haw
57 		Rich
77 		Bris
46 		StK
17 		Freo
33 		Ess
10 		Melb
34 		Haw
71 		Geel
99 		X X X X 15
Western Bulldogs Adel
3 		Melb
95 		StK
38 		Ess
30 		Rich
0 		WCE
60 		Syd
18 		Freo
3 		NM
3 		Haw
32 		StK
27 		Bris
63 		Coll
10 		Port
54 		Melb
31 		Geel
61 		Carl
28 		Syd
16 		NM
20 		Bris
11 		Ess
46 		Adel
9 		Haw
51 		Syd
37 		Geel
29 		X 3
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 F1 F2 F3 GF Ladder
+ Win Qualified for finals
- Loss X Bye
Draw Eliminated

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Ladder

Template:AFL Ladder/2008

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Finals series

Main article: 2008 AFL finals series

Week one

Home team Score Away team Score Ground Crowd Date Broadcast Report
Hawthorn 18.19 (127) Western Bulldogs 11.10 (76) MCG 76,703 Friday, 5 September Seven AFL.com.au
Adelaide 14.10 (94) Collingwood 19.11 (125) AAMI Stadium 37,685 Saturday, 6 September Ten AFL.com.au
Sydney 17.8 (110) North Melbourne 11.9 (75) ANZ Stadium 19,127 Saturday, 6 September Ten AFL.com.au
Geelong 17.17 (119) St Kilda 8.13 (61) MCG 71,653 Sunday, 7 September Seven AFL.com.au

Week two

Home team Score Away team Score Ground Crowd Date Broadcast Report
Western Bulldogs 16.10 (106) Sydney 9.15 (69) MCG 42,731 Friday, 12 September Seven AFL.com.au
St Kilda 17.4 (106) Collingwood 9.18 (72) MCG 76,707 Saturday, 13 September Ten AFL.com.au

Week three

Home team Score Away team Score Ground Crowd Date Broadcast Report
Geelong 12.11 (83) Western Bulldogs 7.12 (54) MCG 70,143 Friday, 19 September Seven AFL.com.au
Hawthorn 18.10 (118) St Kilda 9.10 (64) MCG 77,002 Saturday, 20 September Ten AFL.com.au

Week four

Main article: 2008 AFL Grand Final
Home team Score Away team Score Ground Crowd Date Broadcast Report
Geelong 11.23 (89) Hawthorn 18.7 (115) MCG 100,012 Saturday, 27 September Seven AFL.com.au

Statistics leaders

Leading Goal-kickers and Coleman Medal

updated after grand final

The Coleman Medal was awarded to Lance Franklin for kicking the most goals at the end of the Home and Away season.

Player Club Games Goals Best Performance
Season Finals Total Goals Opponent(s) Round(s)
1 Lance Franklin Hawthorn 25 102 11 113 9 Essendon 11
2 Brendan Fevola Carlton 22 99 – 99 8 Essendon, Collingwood 3, 11
3 Daniel Bradshaw Brisbane Lions 20 75 – 75 7 Hawthorn 5
4 Jarryd Roughead Hawthorn 24 66 9 75 6 Collingwood, West Coast 7, 14
5 Jonathan Brown Brisbane Lions 21 70 – 70 6 Carlton, St Kilda, North Melbourne 8, 9, 10
6 Matthew Pavlich Fremantle 19 67 – 67 8 North Melbourne 12
7 Nick Riewoldt St Kilda 24 56 9 65 6 Hawthorn 16
8 Matthew Lloyd Essendon 21 62 – 62 8 Melbourne 18
9 Stephen Milne St Kilda 24 54 6 60 7 Richmond, Essendon 7, 22
10 Daniel Motlop Port Adelaide 21 57 – 57 7 Essendon 7

Disposals

Rank Player Team Total
1 Joel Corey Geelong 730
2 Jimmy Bartel Geelong 702
3 Sam Mitchell Hawthorn 667
4 Daniel Cross Western Bulldogs 663
5 Adam Cooney Western Bulldogs 637
6 Matthew Boyd Western Bulldogs 629
7 Kane Cornes Port Adelaide 613
8 Joel Selwood Geelong 607
9 Gary Ablett, Jr. Geelong 606
10 Dane Swan Collingwood 590

Kicks

Rank Player Team Total
1 Leigh Montagna St Kilda 388
2 Jimmy Bartel Geelong 382
3 Dane Swan Collingwood 368
4 Sam Fisher St Kilda 359
5 Lindsay Gilbee Western Bulldogs 352
6 Brent Harvey North Melbourne 339
7 Joel Corey Geelong 339
7 Brendon Goddard St Kilda 337
9 Nick Dal Santo St Kilda 336
10 Marc Murphy Carlton 335

Handballs

Rank Player Team Total
1 Daniel Cross Western Bulldogs 422
2 Joel Corey Geelong 391
3 Sam Mitchell Hawthorn 354
4 Kane Cornes Port Adelaide 345
5 Adam Cooney Western Bulldogs 326
6 Joel Selwood Geelong 324
7 Lenny Hayes St Kilda 322
8 Jimmy Bartel Geelong 320
9 Shane Tuck Richmond 318
10 Gary Ablett, Jr. Geelong 318

Marks

Rank Player Team Total
1 Nick Riewoldt St Kilda 240
2 Samuel Fisher St Kilda 228
3 Matthew Richardson Richmond 220
4 Robert Murphy Western Bulldogs 204
5 Cameron Mooney Geelong 201
6 Brendon Goddard St Kilda 182
7 Paul Medhurst Collingwood 179
8 Brian Lake Western Bulldogs 175
9 Brad Johnson Western Bulldogs 172
10 Clinton Young Hawthorn 172

Tackles

Rank Player Team Total
1 Brett Kirk Sydney 151
2 Lenny Hayes St Kilda 144
3 Jude Bolton Sydney 143
4 Joel Corey St Kilda 138
5 Domenic Cassisi Port Adelaide 133
6 Jimmy Bartel Geelong 124
7 Daniel Cross Western Bulldogs 117
8 Martin Mattner Sydney 126
9 James Kelly Geelong 112
10 Daniel Harris North Melbourne 109

Hitouts

Rank Player Team Total
1 Aaron Sandilands Fremantle 646
2 Dean Cox West Coast 571
3 Darren Jolly Sydney 543
4 Mark Blake Geelong 525
5 Jamie Charman Brisbane Lions 434
6 Steven King St Kilda 408
7 Dean Brogan Port Adelaide 397
8 David Hille Essendon 364
9 Troy Simmonds Richmond 359
10 Robert Campbell Hawthorn 358

Awards

Coleman Medal

  • Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the player led the Coleman that round.
Player 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Total
1 Lance Franklin 6 4 5 6 8 1 6 6 3 5 9 1 1 5 4 3 4 8 6 3 4 4 102
2 Brendan Fevola 2 2 8 7 7 1 4 5 1 3 2 8 7 4 3 5 6 5 4 6 2 7 99
3 Daniel Bradshaw 3 3 5 5 7 6 1 1 6 6 0 - - 4 4 4 3 5 2 2 6 2 75
4 Jonathan Brown 6 2 1 4 0 2 - 6 6 6 3 3 2 5 5 3 3 5 1 3 4 0 70
5 Matthew Pavlich 1 3 5 3 0 5 5 4 4 1 3 8 5 6 1 5 - 4 1 3 - - 67
6 Jarryd Roughead 3 4 4 1 1 5 6 3 1 4 3 3 2 6 3 3 2 4 1 0 2 5 66
7 Matthew Lloyd 6 0 4 - 0 3 5 1 4 1 2 2 4 1 4 2 4 8 3 3 4 1 62
8 Daniel Motlop 2 2 2 0 4 3 7 2 2 5 1 3 6 0 1 4 2 2 1 - 5 3 57
9 Nick Riewoldt 2 2 2 3 3 3 1 - 1 1 2 1 3 1 3 6 5 3 2 5 3 4 56
10 Stephen Milne 1 4 2 2 2 0 7 2 2 3 1 1 - 4 5 1 2 1 2 3 2 7 54

Rising Star Nominees

Main article: 2008 AFL Rising Star

The AFL Rising Star award for 2008 was awarded to Rhys Palmer from Fremantle.[5]

Club Best and Fairests

Club Award Name Winner[6]
Adelaide Malcolm Blight Medal Nathan Bock
Brisbane Lions Merrett-Murray Medal Jonathan Brown[7]
Carlton John Nicholls Medal Chris Judd
Collingwood Copeland Trophy Dane Swan
Essendon Crichton Medal David Hille
Fremantle Doig Medal Matthew Pavlich[8]
Geelong Carji Greeves Medal Joel Corey
Hawthorn Peter Crimmins Medal Lance Franklin[9]
Melbourne Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal Cameron Bruce
North Melbourne Syd Barker Medal Brent Harvey
Port Adelaide John Cahill Medal Kane Cornes
Richmond Jack Dyer Medal Brett Deledio
St Kilda Trevor Barker Award Samuel Fisher[10]
Sydney Bob Skilton Medal Jarrad McVeigh
West Coast Club Champion Award Dean Cox
Western Bulldogs Charles Sutton Medal Daniel Cross

Notable events

  • This was the first season since 1998 in which NMFC competed as "North Melbourne" instead of "Kangaroos", following the end of their decade-long experiment with home-away-from-home venues in Sydney, Canberra, and the Gold Coast.
  • Western Bulldogs came back from a 37-point deficit against St Kilda at quarter time to win the game by 38 points, a 75-point turnaround, in Round 4.
  • Brisbane Lions produced its biggest ever comeback in Round 4 against Port Adelaide when they were down by 47 points late in the third quarter to win by 20 points, a 67-point turnaround.
  • Sydney forward Barry Hall was suspended for seven weeks, then the equal-longest suspension handed out since the tribunal was reconfigured to a points-based system in 2005, for striking West Coast defender Brent Staker with a clean punch to the head. Later in the season, Fremantle's Dean Solomon beat that record, being suspended for eight weeks after hitting Geelong's Cameron Ling in the cheekbone with an elbow.
  • Melbourne won its first game for the season in Round 7 against Fremantle by six points, after recovering from a 50-point half-time deficit, the second-largest half-time deficit ever overcome in VFL/AFL history.[11] This was the second in a VFL/AFL-record string of five consecutive games which Fremantle lost after holding a three-quarter time lead.
  • West Coast suffered its worst ever loss at Subiaco Oval, and worst loss anywhere since 1989, in Round 13, losing to Geelong by 135 points.
  • In Round 13, Dustin Fletcher (in his 288th game) and his father, Ken (264 games), claimed the record of most VFL/AFL games played by a father-son combination (552 games).
  • In Round 16, Richmond player Joel Bowden deliberately conceded two behinds directly from the kick-in, to waste time while protecting his team's four-point lead over Essendon. This was a major motivation for the introduction of a rule from 2009 that allows the umpire to give award free kick for a deliberate rushed behind.
  • With its final-round victory, Geelong matched the 2000 Essendon record of 21 wins in a home-and-away season. Ironically, Geelong also set the record for the highest average losing margin in a VFL/AFL season, with its only loss coming by 86 points at the hands of Collingwood.
  • In the Round 22 match between Carlton and Hawthorn, Hawthorn forward Lance Franklin became the first player since Tony Lockett in 1998 to kick 100 goals in the home-and-away Season. Franklin became the 28th player in VFL/AFL history to reach this milestone, and the first indigenous player to do so.
  • In the same game, Brendan Fevola scored seven second-half goals to fall one goal short of the same milestone, becoming the first person in VFL/AFL history to be stranded on 99 goals for a season.
  • The final game of the home and away season saw the 8th-placed St Kilda requiring a win of 90+ points over Essendon to claim 4th place going into the finals. St Kilda recorded a new record winning margin over Essendon of 108 points which saw the Saints replace Adelaide in 4th place for the finals series.
  • On Monday 1 September, Leigh Matthews announced his resignation from his senior coaching position at the Brisbane Lions. Michael Voss took up this position despite committing to West Coast for 2009.
  • The second elimination final between Sydney and North Melbourne was the lowest crowd number for a final outside Victoria with only 19,127 despite being at ANZ Stadium where Sydney had averaged 50,000 for finals.
  • The Grand Final between Geelong and Hawthorn drew a crowd of 100,012, the first crowd over 100,000 people since the 1986 Grand Final.
  • By losing the Grand Final after finishing with a home-and-away record of 21–1, Geelong broke the record set in 1935 and 1936 by South Melbourne (16–2) for best record by a non-premier, and the record for most wins by a non-premier held jointly by Collingwood (1973) and West Coast (1991) (both 19 wins).
  • Sydney played in a controversial draw against North Melbourne at Telstra Dome in round six; it was later revealed that Sydney had nineteen men on the field for a brief period of play before, during and after the behind that tied the scores was scored.[12] As a direct consequence of this, the league amended the interchange laws in round nine, appointing interchange stewards to police the players and to signal to the field umpires if an infringement has occurred. Any infringement now results in a free kick being awarded.[13]

Notable events

  • West Coast missed the finals for the first time since 2001 ending one of the longest finals streak.
  • This was the first season since 1998 in which NMFC competed as "North Melbourne" instead of "Kangaroos", following the end of their decade-long experiment with home-away-from-home venues in Sydney, Canberra, and the Gold Coast.
  • Western Bulldogs came back from a 37-point deficit against St Kilda at quarter time to win the game by 38 points, a 75-point turnaround, in Round 4.
  • Brisbane Lions produced its biggest ever comeback in Round 4 against Port Adelaide when they were down by 47 points late in the third quarter to win by 20 points, a 67-point turnaround.
  • Sydney forward Barry Hall was suspended for seven weeks, then the equal-longest suspension handed out since the tribunal was reconfigured to a points-based system in 2005, for striking West Coast defender Brent Staker with a clean punch to the head. Later in the season, Fremantle's Dean Solomon beat that record, being suspended for eight weeks after hitting Geelong's Cameron Ling in the cheekbone with an elbow.
  • Melbourne won its first game for the season in Round 7 against Fremantle by six points, after recovering from a 50-point half-time deficit, the second-largest half-time deficit ever overcome in VFL/AFL history.[14] This was the second in a VFL/AFL-record string of five consecutive games which Fremantle lost after holding a three-quarter time lead.
  • West Coast suffered its worst ever loss at Subiaco Oval, and worst loss anywhere since 1989, in Round 13, losing to Geelong by 135 points.
  • In Round 13, Dustin Fletcher (in his 288th game) and his father, Ken (264 games), claimed the record of most VFL/AFL games played by a father-son combination (552 games).
  • In Round 16, Richmond player Joel Bowden deliberately conceded two behinds directly from the kick-in, to waste time while protecting his team's four-point lead over Essendon. This was a major motivation for the introduction of a rule from 2009 that allows the umpire to give award free kick for a deliberate rushed behind.
  • With its final-round victory, Geelong matched the 2000 Essendon record of 21 wins in a home-and-away season. Ironically, Geelong also set the record for the highest average losing margin in a VFL/AFL season, with its only loss coming by 86 points at the hands of Collingwood.
  • In the Round 22 match between Carlton and Hawthorn, Hawthorn forward Lance Franklin became the first player since Tony Lockett in 1998 to kick 100 goals in the home-and-away Season. Franklin became the 28th player in VFL/AFL history to reach this milestone, and the first indigenous player to do so.
  • In the same game, Brendan Fevola scored seven second-half goals to fall one goal short of the same milestone, becoming the first person in VFL/AFL history to be stranded on 99 goals for a season.
  • The final game of the home and away season saw the 8th-placed St Kilda requiring a win of 90+ points over Essendon to claim 4th place going into the finals. St Kilda recorded a new record winning margin over Essendon of 108 points which saw the Saints replace Adelaide in 4th place for the finals series.
  • On Monday 1 September, Leigh Matthews announced his resignation from his senior coaching position at the Brisbane Lions. Michael Voss took up this position despite committing to West Coast for 2009.
  • The second elimination final between Sydney and North Melbourne was the lowest crowd number for a final outside Victoria with only 19,127 despite being at ANZ Stadium where Sydney had averaged 50,000 for finals.
  • The Grand Final between Geelong and Hawthorn drew a crowd of 100,012, the first crowd over 100,000 people since the 1986 Grand Final.
  • By losing the Grand Final after finishing with a home-and-away record of 21–1, Geelong broke the record set in 1935 and 1936 by South Melbourne (16–2) for best record by a non-premier, and the record for most wins by a non-premier held jointly by Collingwood (1973) and West Coast (1991) (both 19 wins).
  • Sydney played in a controversial draw against North Melbourne at Telstra Dome in round six; it was later revealed that Sydney had nineteen men on the field for a brief period of play before, during and after the behind that tied the scores was scored.[15] As a direct consequence of this, the league amended the interchange laws in round nine, appointing interchange stewards to police the players and to signal to the field umpires if an infringement has occurred. Any infringement now results in a free kick being awarded.[16]

Club leadership

Club Coach Captain(s) Vice Captain(s)/Leadership Group
Adelaide Neil Craig Simon Goodwin[17] Nathan Bassett, Brett Burton, Tyson Edwards, Ben Rutten, Nathan van Berlo
Brisbane Lions Leigh Matthews Simon Black, Jonathan Brown, Nigel Lappin, Luke Power[18] N/A
Carlton Brett Ratten Chris Judd[19] Nick Stevens(vc), Andrew Carrazzo, Heath Scotland, Kade Simpson[20]
Collingwood Mick Malthouse Scott Burns[21] Josh Fraser(vc), Tarkyn Lockyer, Nick Maxwell, Scott Pendlebury
Essendon Matthew Knights Matthew Lloyd Mark McVeigh, David Hille(vc)
Fremantle Mark Harvey Mathew Pavlich Josh Carr (vc)
Geelong Mark Thompson Tom Harley Cameron Ling (vc), Cameron Mooney (dvc), Joel Corey, Paul Chapman, Max Rooke
Hawthorn Alastair Clarkson Sam Mitchell[22] Luke Hodge (vc), Shane Crawford, Chance Bateman, Brad Sewell,
Melbourne Dean Bailey Cameron Bruce, James McDonald Brock McLean, Brad Miller,[23]
North Melbourne Dean Laidley Adam Simpson[24] Brady Rawlings, Daniel Harris, Michael Firrito, Nathan Thompson, Drew Petrie, Corey Jones, Daniel Pratt, Brent Harvey
Port Adelaide Mark Williams Warren Tredrea[25] Brendon Lade(vc), Chad Cornes(vc), Shaun Burgoyne(vc), Michael Wilson, Kane Cornes and Dom Cassisi
Richmond Terry Wallace Kane Johnson Chris Newman (vc), Nathan Foley (vc), Nathan Brown, Troy Simmonds, Joel Bowden and Kayne Pettifer[26]
St Kilda Ross Lyon Nick Riewoldt[27] Lenny Hayes
Sydney Paul Roos Leo Barry, Craig Bolton, Brett Kirk[28] N/A
West Coast John Worsfold Darren Glass[29] Dean Cox(vc), Tyson Stenglein(vc), Matt Priddis, Ashley Hansen, Adam Selwood[30]
Western Bulldogs Rodney Eade Brad Johnson Scott West, Robert Murphy, Daniel Cross, Daniel Giansiracusa, Matthew Boyd, Dale Morris[31]

Umpires

The AFL introduced an additional two boundary umpires in Round 21 in order to reduce the error rate and enable the umpires to keep up with the play.[32]

Brett Rosebury was appointed the 2008 All-Australian umpire, the first West Australian umpire to receive that honour. Controversially, however, he was not appointed to umpire the AFL Grand Final, with Scott McLaren, Michael Vozzo and Shaun Ryan selected ahead of Rosebury.[33]

Scott McLaren umpired his 300th game in Round 4[34] and Shane McInerney umpired his 250 game in Round 4.[35] Experienced field umpires Martin Ellis and Matthew Head both announced their retirements during the year.[36][37]

Coach changes

  • Surprising some, Leigh Matthews announced his retirement as coach of the Brisbane Lions two days after their final game of the season in what was reported as a move to make way for potential coaching candidate, Michael Voss.[38]
  • Despite being newly signed for two years as Assistant Coach of West Coast, as expected, former Brisbane Lions captain Michael Voss was appointed as coach of the Brisbane Lions, one day after Leigh Matthews resigned.[39]

See also

Footnotes

  1. ^ Cats demolish Eagles by 99 points Archived 15 September 2008 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ Eagles, Dockers picked for All Australian squad Archived 24 May 2011 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ a b Looyd, Davis make their mark
  4. ^ Richmond's Deledio wins 2008 Army Award Archived 9 June 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  5. ^ "Docker Rhys Palmer wins 2008 Rising Star award". PerthNow. 2 September 2008. Retrieved 16 September 2016.
  6. ^ "Club best and fairest results". Realfooty. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  7. ^ AAP (5 October 2008). "Brown top Lion". Realfooty. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  8. ^ AAP (5 October 2008). "Pavlich named Dockers' best". Realfooty. Archived from the original on 6 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ Arup, Thomas (5 October 2008). "Franklin is top Hawk in year of personal and team accolades". Realfooty. Archived from the original on 7 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ AAP (5 October 2008). "Fisher voted best Saint". Realfooty. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 5 October 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ AFL Tables – Game Records
  12. ^ Roos returns fire on North's reaction
  13. ^ AFL interchange rules overhauled Archived 9 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  14. ^ AFL Tables – Game Records
  15. ^ Roos returns fire on North's reaction
  16. ^ AFL interchange rules overhauled Archived 9 May 2012 at the Wayback Machine
  17. ^ "Goodwin to captain the Crows". AdelaideNow. 12 December 2007. Retrieved 22 January 2008.
  18. ^ "Four co-captains may be enough for Lions". Sydney Morning Herald. 12 February 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 13 February 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |dead-url= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  19. ^ "Judd will skipper Blues, Stevens to deputy". AFL.com.au. 19 February 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 19 February 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  20. ^ "Each man will get his chance: Ratten". Ben Broad. 23 January 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2008.
  21. ^ "Burns to captain Pies". Sebastian Hassett. 6 March 2008. Archived from the original on 30 March 2008. Retrieved 6 March 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  22. ^ "Mitchell to captain Hawks". 7 October 2007. Archived from the original on 6 October 2012. Retrieved 12 September 2012. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  23. ^ "Neitz decides to stay as Demon's skipper". Sydney Morning Herald. 17 January 2008. Archived from the original on 18 January 2008. Retrieved 1 February 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  24. ^ "North leadership group adds two true Roos". Michael Tormey. 30 January 2008. Retrieved 30 January 2007.
  25. ^ "Tredrea to lead Power again". AFL. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 29 March 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  26. ^ "Newman ready for the challenge". AFL. 2 November 2008. Retrieved 5 May 2008.
  27. ^ "Saints appoint Riewoldt sole skipper". AFL. 12 March 2008. Archived from the original on 13 March 2008. Retrieved 12 March 2008. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  28. ^ "Bolton steps up". Herald Sun. Australia. 13 February 2008. Retrieved 14 February 2008.
  29. ^ Mic Cullen (9 November 2007). "Glass to captain West Coast". Retrieved 22 January 2008.
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