2008 VFL season

2008 VFL
Teams 14
Premiers North Ballarat Roosters
(1st premiership)
Minor premiers Port Melbourne Borough
(18th minor premiership)
Matches played 149
Leading goalkicker Nick Sautner (Sandringham)
2007
2009

The 2008 Victorian Football League (VFL) was a semi-professional Australian Rules Football competition featuring thirteen teams from Victoria and one team from Tasmania.

It was the 127th season of the Australian rules football competition.

The VFL Season is split into two sub-leagues, seniors and reserves. Both leagues have the same teams, except for Tasmania and Geelong, who only play in the seniors league. The VFL Geelong and Collingwood team operates as a reserves team for the AFL team of the same name.

AFL alignments

Bendigo Bombers Essendon
Box Hill Hawks Hawthorn
Casey Scorpions Melbourne
Coburg Tigers Richmond
Collingwood Collingwood
Frankston
Geelong Geelong
North Ballarat North Melbourne
Northern Bullants Carlton
Port Melbourne
Sandringham St Kilda
Tasmania
Werribee North Melbourne
Williamstown Western Bulldogs

VFL season

Home \ Away1 BEN BOX CAS COB COLL FRA GEE NBR NBU PMB SAN TASWERWIL
Bendigo Bombers


92-133 83-80 117-69 99-112 98-66 119-90 90-127
Box Hill Hawks 84-119 94-61 70-122 86-112 90-104 92-140 76-164 85-88 90-82
Casey Scorpions


80-51 122-89 71-28 110-72 117-78 164-46 91-59 137-97
Coburg Tigers


145-94 79-67 98-151 121-68 178-103 91-92 58-133
Collingwood Magpies


136-46 98-105 67-123 46-125 42-117 87-74 68-102
Frankston Dolphins


120-63 62-69 92-71 83-100 97-81 92-66 161-95 148-52
Geelong Cats


131-81 51-85 77-78 52-84 100-111 96-68 140-87 112-80
North Ballarat Roosters 112-60 126-56 96-57 129-93 117-86 86-70 115-66 123-94 115-68
Northern Bullants


56-92 107-104 128-77 105-63 52-103 91-87 84-74 87-103 69-115
Port Melbourne Borough


150-65 106-76 155-107 109-51 108-87 109-108 168-108
Sandringham Zebras


159-89 119-82 79-49 90-102 105-60 75-142 163-76 105-119
Tasmanian Devils


111-92 101-95 125-101 86-91 112-115 51-203 56-121 49-200
Werribee Tigers


115-95 131-90 66-103 126-71 108-103 114-93 115-100 93-87 73-129
Williamstown Seagulls


153-90 111-95 92-110 162-94 121-107 123-106 151-114 130-66

Updated to games played on Round 16.
Source:
1 ^ The home team is listed in the left-hand column.
Colours: Blue = home team win; Yellow = draw; Red = away team win.

Ladder

2008 VFL Ladder
TEAM P W L D PF PA Pct PTS
1 Port Melbourne 16 13 3 - 1788 1274 140.35 52
2 North Ballarat (P) 16 13 3 - 1983 1463 135.54 52
3 Williamstown 16 12 4 - 1892 1436 131.75 48
4 Werribee 16 10 6 - 1672 1382 120.98 40
5 Casey 16 9 7 - 1588 1683 94.36 36
6 Coburg 16 8 8 - 1568 1445 108.51 32
7 Frankston 16 8 8 - 1624 1538 105.59 32
8 Northern Bullants 16 8 8 - 1351 1510 89.47 32
9 Sandringham 16 7 9 - 1739 1446 120.26 28
10 Geelong reserves 16 6 10 - 1516 1699 89.23 24
11 Bendigo 16 5 11 - 1380 1778 77.62 20
12 Collingwood reserves 16 5 11 - 1221 1625 75.14 20
13 Box Hill 16 4 12 - 1311 1721 76.18 16
14 Tasmania 16 4 12 - 1345 1978 68.00 16
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, Pct = Percentage; (P) = Premiers, PTS = Premiership points Source

Finals Series

  Qualifying / Elimination finals Semi-finals Preliminary finals Grand final
                                   
  QF1: September 7, TEAC Oval  
1  Port Melbourne 20.10 (130)  
4  Werribee 6.20 (56)     SF1: September 13, TEAC Oval  
     Williamstown 13.14 (92)    
EF1: September 6, Casey Fields      Frankston 12.19 (91)       PF1: September 20, TEAC Oval
5  Casey Scorpions 13.10 (88)        Port Melbourne 16.21 (117)  
8  Northern Bullants 12.11 (83)          Williamstown 13.18 (96)     GF: September 26, Telstra Dome
         North Ballarat 18.12 (120)
  EF2: September 6, TEAC Oval       PF2: September 21, TEAC Oval      Port Melbourne 11.9 (75)
6  Coburg 14.11 (95)          North Ballarat 13.14 (92)  
7  Frankston 14.17 (101)     SF2: September 14, TEAC Oval        Werribee 11.14 (80)  
     Werribee 19.16 (130)    
QF2: September 7, AUSTAR Arena      Casey Scorpions 9.7 (61)    
2  North Ballarat 15.16 (106)  
3  Williamstown 12.14 (86)  

Season Awards

Best and Fairest

The VFL Best and Fairest is awarded the J. J. Liston Trophy.

Rank Player Team Votes
1 James Podsiadly Werribee Tigers 16
=2 Peter Summers Sandringham Zebras 15
=2 Brett Johnson Williamstown Seagulls 15
=4 Greg Tivendale Coburg Tigers 14
=4 Brett Goodes North Ballarat Roosters 14
=4 Paul Kennedy Frankston Dolphins 14

Leading Goalkickers

The VFL Leading Goalkicker at the end of the regular season is awarded the Jim 'Frosty' Miller Medal. The 2008 winner was Nick Sautner of the Sandringham Zebras.[1]

Rank Player Team No. Games Total Goals
1 Nick Sautner Sandringham Zebras 16 74
2 James Podsiadly Werribee Tigers 20 73
3 Justin Berry Frankston Dolphins 20 50
4 Adrian Bonaddio Port Melbourne Borough 20 49
=5 Patrick Rose Williamstown Seagulls 20 48
=5 Robin Nahas Port Melbourne Borough 20 48

See also

References

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