2008 AFL season

For the 2008 season of the Arena Football League, see 2008 Arena Football League season.

2008 AFL premiership season
Official 2008 AFL logo
Teams	16
Premiers	Hawthorn (10th premiership)
Minor premiers	Geelong (13th minor premiership)
Pre-season cup	St Kilda (3rd pre-season cup win)
Matches played	185
Attendance	7,082,949 (38,286 per match)
Highest attendance	100,012 (Grand Final Geelong vs. Hawthorn)
Coleman Medallist	Lance Franklin (Hawthorn) 113 goals
Brownlow Medallist	Adam Cooney (Western Bulldogs)
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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	St 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	Syd 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

Colour	Result
Green	Win
Red	Loss
Blue	Draw

Bold – Home game

Ladder

2008 AFL Ladder

Team

Pts

Geelong

2672

1651

161.84

Hawthorn (P)

2434

1846

131.85

Western Bulldogs

2506

2112

118.66

St Kilda

2126

1923

110.56

Adelaide

2017

1838

109.74

Sydney

2095

1863

112.45

North Melbourne

2121

2187

96.98

Collingwood

2267

2038

111.24

Richmond

2228

2288

97.38

Brisbane Lions

2156

2200

98.00

Carlton

2217

2354

94.18

Essendon

2130

2608

81.67

Port Adelaide

2118

2208

95.92

Fremantle

1988

2121

93.73

West Coast

1670

2535

65.88

Melbourne

1629

2602

62.61

Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points for, PA = Points against

Ladder progression

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
Numbers highlighted in blue indicates the team finished first on the ladder in that round.
Numbers highlighted in red indicates the team finished in last place on the ladder in that round.

	Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22
1	Geelong	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	32	36	40	44	48	52	56	60	64	68	72	76	80	84
2	Hawthorn	4	8	12	16	20	24	28	32	36	36	40	44	44	48	52	52	52	56	60	60	64	68
3	Western Bulldogs	4	8	12	16	18	22	26	30	30	34	38	42	46	50	54	54	54	58	58	58	62	62
4	St Kilda	4	8	8	8	12	12	16	16	16	20	20	20	24	28	32	36	36	40	40	44	48	52
5	Adelaide	0	4	8	8	12	16	20	24	24	28	32	32	32	32	32	32	36	40	44	48	48	52
6	Sydney	0	4	8	12	12	14	14	18	22	26	30	34	38	38	38	42	42	42	46	46	46	50
7	North Melbourne	0	4	4	8	12	14	14	18	22	22	22	22	26	26	30	34	38	42	46	50	50	50
8	Collingwood	4	4	8	8	8	12	12	16	20	24	28	28	28	32	36	36	36	36	40	44	48	48
9	Richmond	4	4	4	8	10	10	10	10	14	14	14	18	22	22	26	30	34	34	34	38	42	46
10	Brisbane Lions	0	4	4	8	8	12	12	16	20	24	28	28	32	32	32	36	36	36	36	40	40	40
11	Carlton	0	0	0	4	8	8	12	12	16	16	20	24	24	28	28	28	32	32	36	36	40	40
12	Essendon	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	16	20	24	24	28	32	32	32	32	32
13	Port Adelaide	0	0	0	0	4	8	12	12	12	16	16	16	16	16	16	20	20	20	20	20	24	28
14	Fremantle	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	12	16	20	20	20	20	24
15	West Coast	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	16	16	16	16
16	Melbourne	0	0	0	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	4	4	4	8	8	8	8	8	8	12	12	12

Finals Series

Main article: 2008 AFL Finals Series

The 2008 Finals Series will be conducted according to the conventions of the AFL's Amended "Final Eight" system that the AFL instituted in the AFL season 2000.

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Game	Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Broadcast	Report
Qualifying Final 2	Hawthorn	18.19 (127)	Western Bulldogs	11.10 (76)	MCG	76,703	Friday, 5 September	Seven	AFL.com.au
Elimination Final 1	Adelaide	14.10 (94)	Collingwood	19.11 (125)	AAMI Stadium	37,685	Saturday, 6 September	Ten	AFL.com.au
Elimination Final 2	Sydney	17.8 (110)	North Melbourne	11.9 (75)	ANZ Stadium	19,127	Saturday, 6 September	Ten	AFL.com.au
Qualifying Final 1	Geelong	17.17 (119)	St Kilda	8.13 (61)	MCG	71,653	Sunday, 7 September	Seven	AFL.com.au

Semi Finals

Game	Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Broadcast	Report
Semi Final 2	Western Bulldogs	16.10 (106)	Sydney	9.15 (69)	MCG	42,731	Friday, 12 September	Seven	AFL.com.au
Semi Final 1	St Kilda	17.4 (106)	Collingwood	9.18 (72)	MCG	76,707	Saturday, 13 September	Ten	AFL.com.au

Preliminary Finals

Game	Home team	Home team score	Away team	Away team score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Broadcast	Report
Preliminary Final 1	Geelong	12.11 (83)	Western Bulldogs	7.12 (54)	MCG	70,143	Friday, 19 September	Seven	AFL.com.au
Preliminary Final 2	Hawthorn	18.10 (118)	St Kilda	9.10 (64)	MCG	77,002	Saturday, 20 September	Ten	AFL.com.au

Grand Final

Main article: 2008 AFL Grand Final

Game	Team 1	Team 1 score	Team 2	Team 2 score	Ground	Crowd	Date	Broadcast	Report
Grand Final	Geelong	11.23 (89)	Hawthorn	18.7 (115)	MCG	100,012	Saturday, 27 September	Seven	AFL.com.au

Game records

Statistics correct as at end of Round 22.

Highest Score: 28.14 (182) – Geelong v West Coast 5.17 (47), Round 13^[1]
Lowest Score: 5.9 (39) – Essendon v St Kilda 21.21 (147),Round 22^[1]
Highest Losing Score: 21.8 (134) – Carlton v Essendon 23.12 (150), Round 3^[2]
Lowest Winning Score: 6.15 (51) – St Kilda v Sydney 6.13 (49), Round 1^[3]
Greatest Margin: 135 points – Geelong 28.14 (182) v West Coast 5.17 (47), Round 13^[1]
Smallest Margin (excluding draws): 1 point –
- Fremantle 13.10 (88) v Geelong 13.11 (89), Round 6^[4]
- Melbourne 14.9 (93) v Brisbane 13.14 (92), Round 14^[4]
Highest Aggregate Score: 44.20 (284) – Essendon 23.12 (150) v Carlton 21.8 (134), Round 3^[5]
Lowest Aggregate Score: 12.28 (100) – St Kilda 6.15 (51) v Sydney 6.13 (49), Round 1^[6]
Best Accuracy: 85.71% – 12.2 (74) Hawthorn v Western Bulldogs 15.16 (106), Round 10^[7]
Worst Accuracy: 22.73% –
- 5.17 (47) West Coast v Geelong 28.14 (182), Round 13^[8]
- 5.17 (47) Adelaide v West Coast 14.13 (97), Round 9^[8]

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
	Player	Club	Games	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	583
2	Jimmy Bartel	Geelong	551
3	Kane Cornes	Port Adelaide	551
4	Sam Mitchell	Hawthorn	529
5	Adam Cooney	Western Bulldogs	529
6	Andrew Carrazzo	Carlton	517
7	Daniel Cross	Western Bulldogs	513
8	Scott Thompson	Adelaide	507
9	Matthew Boyd	Western Bulldogs	505
10	Luke Power	Brisbane Lions	502

Kicks

Rank	Player	Team	Total
1	Alan Didak	Collingwood	325
2	Marc Murphy	Carlton	310
3	Dane Swan	Collingwood	302
4	Brent Harvey	North Melbourne	299
5	Nathan Bock	Adelaide	298
6	Jimmy Bartel	Geelong	298
7	Brent Stanton	Essendon	295
7	Leigh Montagna	St Kilda	293
9	Jordan McMahon	Richmond	293
10	Andrew Embley	West Coast	283

Handballs

Rank	Player	Team	Total
1	Daniel Cross	Western Bulldogs	326
2	Kane Cornes	Port Adelaide	302
3	Joel Corey	Geelong	300
4	Sam Mitchell	Hawthorn	291
5	Shane Tuck	Richmond	287
6	Adam Cooney	Western Bulldogs	273
7	Cameron Bruce	Melbourne	264
8	Brett Deledio	Richmond	264
9	Matthew Boyd	Western Bulldogs	262
10	Brady Rawlings	North Melbourne	260

Marks

Rank	Player	Team	Total
1	Matthew Richardson	Richmond	206
2	Nick Riewoldt	St Kilda	188
3	Samuel Fisher	St Kilda	172
4	Robert Murphy	Western Bulldogs	160
5	Cameron Mooney	Geelong	155
6	Paul Medhurst	Collingwood	152
7	Nathan Bock	Adelaide	147
8	Brad Johnson	Western Bulldogs	147
9	Andrew Embley	West Coast	147
10	Brian Lake	Western Bulldogs	141

Tackles

Rank	Player	Team	Total
1	Brett Kirk	Sydney	138
2	Domenic Cassisi	Port Adelaide	133
3	Jude Bolton	Sydney	129
4	Lenny Hayes	St Kilda	128
5	Joel Corey	Geelong	124
6	Jimmy Bartel	Geelong	116
7	Luke Ball	St Kilda	107
8	James Kelly	Geelong	107
9	Scott Thompson	Adelaide	106
10	Daniel Cross	Western Bulldogs	102

Hitouts

Rank	Player	Team	Total
1	Aaron Sandilands	Fremantle	646
2	Dean Cox	West Coast	570
3	Darren Jolly	Sydney	530
4	Mark Blake	Geelong	494
5	Jamie Charman	Brisbane Lions	434
6	Dean Brogan	Port Adelaide	397
7	David Hille	Essendon	364
8	Steven King	St Kilda	361
9	Troy Simmonds	Richmond	359
10	Brendon Lade	Port Adelaide	349

Awards

The 2008 Brownlow Medal for the AFL's fairest and best player was awarded to Adam Cooney, of the Western Bulldogs, who polled 24 votes.
The Leigh Matthews Trophy as the AFL's most valuable player was awarded to Gary Ablett, Jr., of Geelong.
The Coleman Medal was awarded to Lance Franklin of Hawthorn, who kicked 102 goals during the home and away season.
The Norm Smith Medal as the player adjudged best afield in the AFL Grand Final was awarded to Luke Hodge, of Hawthorn.
The McClelland Trophy was awarded to Geelong for holding top position on the ladder after 22 rounds.^[9]
The Wooden Spoon was obtained by Melbourne who finished the season in last place on the ladder after 22 rounds.
Chris Judd from Carlton was named the captain of the 2008 All-Australian Team, with seven Geelong players named and nine players made their All-Australian debuts.^[10]
The AFL Mark of the Year and Alex Jesaulenko Medal was awarded to Matthew Lloyd of Essendon for a spectacular high mark against Melbourne in Round 19.^[11]
The AFL Goal of the Year and Phil Manassa Medal was awarded to Leon Davis of Collingwood for his chase, tackle and goal against Fremantle in Round 22.^[11]
The AFL Army Award was awarded to Brett Deledio for the footballer who displays the most courageous and/or team related act of the season, for running with the flight of the ball to attempt a mark in the final minutes of Richmond's Round 7 loss to St Kilda.^[12]

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.^[13]

Club Best and Fairests

Club	Award Name	Winner^[14]
Adelaide	Malcolm Blight Medal	Nathan Bock
Brisbane Lions	Merrett-Murray Medal	Jonathan Brown^[15]
Carlton	John Nicholls Medal	Chris Judd
Collingwood	Copeland Trophy	Dane Swan
Essendon	Crichton Medal	David Hille
Fremantle	Doig Medal	Matthew Pavlich^[16]
Geelong	Carji Greeves Medal	Joel Corey
Hawthorn	Peter Crimmins Medal	Lance Franklin^[17]
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^[18]
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 come back and win the game by 38 points to make 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.^[19] 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 motication 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.^[20] 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.^[21]

International rules

Australia played Ireland in the two test 2008 International Rules Series. This series was played in Australia at Subiaco Oval and at the Melbourne Cricket Ground at the end of October. In 2007 the International Rules series was aborted by the Irish after they accused the Australians of being too rough in the previous series held in Ireland.^[22] However, after discussions between the teams they have decided to hold the 2008 series with some rule changes.

Club leadership

Club	Coach	Captain(s)	Vice Captain(s)/Leadership Group
Adelaide	Neil Craig	Simon Goodwin^[23]	Nathan Bassett, Brett Burton, Tyson Edwards, Ben Rutten, Nathan van Berlo
Brisbane Lions	Leigh Matthews	Simon Black, Jonathan Brown, Nigel Lappin, Luke Power^[24]	N/A
Carlton	Brett Ratten	Chris Judd^[25]	Nick Stevens(vc), Andrew Carrazzo, Heath Scotland, Kade Simpson^[26]
Collingwood	Mick Malthouse	Scott Burns^[27]	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^[28]	Luke Hodge (vc), Shane Crawford, Chance Bateman, Brad Sewell,
Melbourne	Dean Bailey	Cameron Bruce, James McDonald	Brock McLean, Brad Miller,^[29]
North Melbourne	Dean Laidley	Adam Simpson^[30]	Brady Rawlings, Daniel Harris, Michael Firrito, Nathan Thompson, Drew Petrie, Corey Jones, Daniel Pratt, Brent Harvey
Port Adelaide	Mark Williams	Warren Tredrea^[31]	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^[32]
St Kilda	Ross Lyon	Nick Riewoldt^[33]	Lenny Hayes
Sydney	Paul Roos	Leo Barry, Craig Bolton, Brett Kirk^[34]	N/A
West Coast	John Worsfold	Darren Glass^[35]	Dean Cox(vc), Tyson Stenglein(vc), Matt Priddis, Ashley Hansen, Adam Selwood^[36]
Western Bulldogs	Rodney Eade	Brad Johnson	Scott West, Robert Murphy, Daniel Cross, Daniel Giansiracusa, Matthew Boyd, Dale Morris^[37]

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.^[38]

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.^[39]

Scott McLaren umpired his 300th game in Round 4^[40] and Shane McInerney umpired his 250 game in Round 4.^[41] Experienced field umpires Martin Ellis and Matthew Head both announced their retirements during the year.^[42]^[43]

Player changes

Debuts

Main article: List of AFL debuts in 2008

A total of 84 players made their AFL debut in 2008,^[44] including 14 of the 17 first round draft selections from the 2007 AFL Draft.^[45] Hawthorn's Cyril Rioli was the only debutant to play all 22 games in the Home and Away season.^[45]

Retirements

Name	Club	Date Retired	Reason
Beau McDonald	Brisbane Lions	14 February	Recent injuries forced him out of the game.^[46]
Danny Jacobs	Hawthorn	12 March	Hip injury.^[47]
Hugh Minson	Port Adelaide	9 April	Knee problems.^[48]
David Neitz	Melbourne	19 May	Neck problems.^[49]
Matthew Carr	Fremantle	19 May	Leg problems.^[50]
Michael Braun	West Coast	7 July (finished season)	Time is right.^[51]
Peter Bell	Fremantle	7 July	Time is right.^[52]
Andrew McDougall	Western Bulldogs	17 July	Injury and non-selection.^[53]
Shaun McManus	Fremantle	29 July	Time is right.^[54]
Michael Wilson	Port Adelaide	5 August	Injury.^[55]
Robert Harvey	St Kilda	6 August (finished season)	Time is right.^[56]
Heath Black	Fremantle	6 August	Injury.^[57]
Mal Michael	Essendon	15 August (finished season)	Time is right.^[58]
Rhett Biglands	Adelaide	18 August	Knee Injury.^[59]
Nigel Lappin	Brisbane Lions	19 August	Achilles injury .^[60]
Mark Johnson	Fremantle	20 August (finished season)	Time is right.^[61]
Jason Johnson	Essendon	25 August	Time is right.^[62]
Adam Ramanauskas	Essendon	25 August	Time is right.^[62]
Shannon Grant	North Melbourne	26 August (finished season)	Time is right.^[63]
Luke Webster	Fremantle	27 August	Injuries and club's future direction.^[64]
Nathan Bassett	Adelaide	27 August (finished season)	Health concerns.^[65]
Ben Holland	Melbourne	30 August	Time is right.^[66]
Jeff Farmer	Fremantle	2 September	Time is right.^[67]
Nathan Ablett	Geelong	2 September	Pursue a career in the building industry.^[68]
Ben Mathews	Sydney	2 September	Time is right.^[69]
Jess Sinclair	North Melbourne	10 September	Time is right.^[70]
Peter Everitt	Sydney	12 September	Time is right.^[71]
Fraser Gehrig	St Kilda	13 September	Unsuccessful attempt to relaunch his football career.^[72]
Ryan Lonie	Collingwood	15 September	Injury.^[73]
Shane Wakelin	Collingwood	15 September	Time is right.^[74]
Nathan Thompson	North Melbourne	19 September	No offer for 2009^[75]
Scott Burns	Collingwood	22 September	Time is right^[76]
Ken McGregor	Adelaide	30 September	Time is right^[77]
Jason Saddington	Carlton	13 October	Time is right^[78]
Shane Crawford	Hawthorn	8 November	Time is right^[79]

Sackings/Delistings

Name	Club	Date Delisted
Courtney Johns	Essendon	15 August	^[80]
Damien Peverill	Essendon	25 August	^[81]
Jeff White	Melbourne	26 August	^[82]
Adem Yze	Melbourne	26 August	^[82]
Greg Tivendale	Richmond	28 August	^[83]
Ryley Dunn	Fremantle	3 September	^[84]
Steven Armstrong	West Coast	4 September	^[85]
Chad Jones	West Coast	4 September	^[85]
James Thomson	West Coast	4 September	^[85]
Jace Bode	Melbourne	4 September	^[86]
Isaac Weetra	Melbourne	4 September	^[86]
Robert Copeland	Brisbane Lions	19 September	^[87]
Chris Schmidt	Brisbane Lions	19 September	^[87]
Wayde Mills	Brisbane Lions	19 September	^[87]
Haydn Kiel	Brisbane Lions	19 September	^[87]
Brodie Holland	Collingwood	23 September	^[88]
Chris Egan	Collingwood	23 September	^[88]
Sam Iles	Collingwood	23 September	^[88]
Scott West	Western Bulldogs	23 September	^[89]
Peter Street	Western Bulldogs	23 September	^[89]
Nick Davis	Sydney	12 October	^[90]
Liam Bedford	Geelong	15 October	^[91]
Jason Davenport	Geelong	15 October	^[91]
Chris Kangars	Geelong	15 October	^[91]
Tim Clarke	Hawthorn	16 October	^[92]
Zac Dawson	Hawthorn	16 October	^[92]
Luke McEntee	Hawthorn	16 October	^[92]
Garry Moss	Hawthorn	16 October	^[92]
Jayden Attard	St Kilda	22 October	^[93]
Matthew Ferguson	St Kilda	22 October	^[93]
Michael Rix	St Kilda	22 October	^[93]
Shane Birss	St Kilda	22 October	^[93]
Charlie Gardiner	St Kilda	22 October	^[93]
Glenn Chivers	St Kilda	22 October	^[93]
Luke Van Rheenen	St Kilda	22 October	^[93]
Aaron Fiora	St Kilda	31 October	^[94]
Chris Johnson	Melbourne	31 October	^[95]

Coaching 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.^[96]

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.^[97]

Footnotes

1 2 3 2008 Season Records
↑ Highest Scores
↑ Lowest Scores
1 2 Records >> Match Scores >> Greatest Margins
↑ Records >> Aggregate Scores >> Highest Scores
↑ Records >> Aggregate Scores >> Lowest Scores
↑ Records >> Match Scores >> Best Accuracy
1 2 Records >> Match Scores >> Worst Accuracy
↑ Cats demolish Eagles by 99 points
↑ Eagles, Dockers picked for All Australian squad
1 2 Looyd, Davis make their mark
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