Competition: | afl |
Year: | 2008 |
Teams: | 16 |
Count: | 10 |
Mpcount: | 13 |
Pscount: | 3 |
Matches: | 185 |
Attendance: | 7082949 |
Highattend: | 100,012 (Grand Final, vs.) |
Top Goal Scorer: | Lance Franklin (102 goals) |
Brownlow Medal: | Adam Cooney (24 votes) |
Prevseason: | 2007 |
Nextseason: | 2009 |
The 2008 AFL season was the 112th season of the Australian Football League (AFL), the highest level senior Australian rules football competition in Australia, which was known as the Victorian Football League until 1989. The season featured sixteen clubs, ran from 20 March until 27 September, and comprised a 22-game home-and-away season followed by a finals series featuring the top eight clubs. 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.
The premiership was won by the Hawthorn Football Club for the tenth time, after they defeated by 26 points in the 2008 AFL Grand Final.
See main article: 2008 NAB Cup.
See main article: AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match.
|- style="background:#ccf;"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date||Report|- style="background:#fff;"|||17.12 (114) ||||14.12 (96) ||Telstra Dome||46,610 ||Friday, 18 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||19.17 (131) ||||10.10 (70) ||Skilled Stadium||24,801 ||Saturday, 19 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||16.12 (108) ||||15.14 (104) ||MCG||56,746 ||Saturday, 19 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||17.11 (113) ||||9.13 (67) ||The Gabba||27,784 ||Saturday, 19 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||18.11 (119) ||||13.11 (89) ||Telstra Dome||41,886 ||Saturday, 19 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||18.11 (119) ||||18.13 (121) ||Telstra Dome||38,401 ||Sunday, 20 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 13.14 (92) |||| 11.14 (80) ||AAMI Stadium||31,662 ||Sunday, 20 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 16.18 (114) |||| 10.8 (68) ||Subiaco||31,638 ||Sunday, 20 July||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#ccf;"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date||Report|- style="background:#fff;"|||11.11 (77) ||||12.16 (88) ||MCG||86,179 ||Friday, 25 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||19.14 (128) ||||11.14 (80) ||MCG||64,785||Saturday, 26 July|| AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||15.13 (103) ||||12.14 (86) ||Subiaco||34,037||Saturday, 26 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 18.9 (117) |||| 16.18 (114) ||Telstra Dome||31,275 ||Saturday, 26 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 6.17 (53)|||| 11.11 (77) ||SCG||26,260 ||Saturday, 26 July||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 15.11 (101) || || 20.9 (129) ||AAMI Stadium|| 19,072 ||Sunday, 27 July|| AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 10.10 (70) |||| 14.14 (98) ||MCG||21,330 ||Sunday, 27 July|| AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 15.8 (98) |||| 18.18 (126) ||Telstra Dome|| 37,879 ||Sunday, 27 July|| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#ccf;"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date||Report|- style="background:#fff;"||| 8.14 (62) |||| 17.14 (116) ||MCG|| 58,307 ||Friday, 1 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"| || 19.10 (124) |||| 17.6 (108) ||MCG|| 46,334 ||Saturday, 2 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"| || 13.16 (94) |||| 12.14 (86) ||AAMI Stadium|| 40,730 ||Saturday, 2 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"| ||20.14 (134)||||10.11 (71)||Telstra Dome|| 42,238 ||Saturday, 2 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"| ||13.14 (92)||||11.18 (84)||Gold Coast Stadium|| 10,037 ||Saturday, 2 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"| || 17.11 (113) |||| 14.13 (97) ||Manuka Oval|| 13,550 ||Sunday, 3 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"| || 14.17 (101) |||| 14.9 (93) ||Telstra Dome|| 22,878 ||Sunday, 3 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"| || 17.14 (116) |||| 12.11 (83) ||Subiaco|| 42,096 ||Sunday, 3 August|| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#ccf;"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date||Report|- style="background:#fff;"|||5.11 (41) ||||24.13 (157) ||MCG||34,610 ||Friday, 8 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||18.24 (132) ||||9.12 (66) ||Telstra Dome||29,696 ||Saturday, 9 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||16.14 (110) ||||5.11 (41) ||Aurora Stadium||19,929 ||Saturday, 9 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||14.13 (97) ||||12.11 (83) ||MCG||52,135 ||Saturday, 9 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||17.10 (112) ||||15.18 (108) ||SCG||20,846 ||Saturday, 9 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||21.10 (136) ||||18.8 (116) ||Telstra Dome||31,957 ||Sunday, 10 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||16.12 (108)||||6.9 (45) ||AAMI Stadium||37,562 ||Sunday, 10 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||17.11 (113) ||||16.7 (103) ||Subiaco||35,288 ||Sunday, 10 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#ccf;"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date||Report|- style="background:#fff;"|||10.15 (75) ||||16.10 (106) ||AAMI Stadium|| 23,694 ||Friday, 15 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||10.13 (73) ||||19.15 (129) ||Telstra Dome||32,184 ||Saturday, 16 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||11.13 (79) ||||5.15 (45) ||MCG||17,958 ||Saturday, 16 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||13.12 (90) ||||10.19 (79) ||The Gabba||27,315 ||Saturday, 16 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||14.10 (94) ||||20.13 (133) ||ANZ Stadium||44,955 ||Saturday, 16 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||16.9 (105) ||||10.16 (76) ||MCG||44,523 ||Sunday, 17 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||14.6 (90) ||||22.9 (141) ||Telstra Dome||43,406 ||Sunday, 17 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 9.15 (69) ||||17.10 (112) ||Subiaco||34,014 ||Sunday, 17 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#ccf;"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date||Report|- style="background:#fff;"|||23.13 (151) ||||15.15 (105) ||Telstra Dome||37,294 ||Friday, 22 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||15.15 (105) ||||15.8 (98)||MCG||24,881 ||Saturday, 23 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||18.21 (129) ||||7.9 (51) ||AAMI Stadium||18,875 ||Saturday, 23 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||16.13 (109) ||||18.7 (115) ||The Gabba||34,327 ||Saturday, 23 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||18.10 (118) ||||10.13 (73) ||Telstra Dome||45,507 ||Saturday, 23 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||17.13 (115) ||||13.4 (82) ||Skilled Stadium||24,288||Sunday, 24 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||13.17 (95)||||6.11 (47)||Telstra Dome||33,811||Sunday, 24 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||9.8 (62) ||||19.19 (133) ||Subiaco||37,040 ||Sunday, 24 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#ccf;"|Home team||Home team score||Away team||Away team score||Ground||Crowd||Date||Report|- style="background:#fff;"||| 12.8 (80) |||| 8.8 (56) ||Subiaco|| 35,106 ||Friday, 29 August|| AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 10.12 (72) |||| 23.10 (148) ||MCG||22,144 ||Saturday, 30 August|| AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 24.20 (164) |||| 10.5 (65) ||Skilled Stadium|| 21,752 ||Saturday, 30 August|| AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 10.16 (76) |||| 9.13 (67) ||AAMI Stadium|| 37,545 ||Saturday, 30 August|| AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 12.9 (81) |||| 24.15 (159) ||Telstra Dome|| 49,057 ||Saturday, 30 August|| AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"||| 17.12 (114) |||| 6.17 (53) ||SCG|| 24,076 ||Saturday, 30 August|| AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||6.5 (41) ||||18.13 (121) ||MCG||37,046 ||Sunday, 31 August||AFL.com.au|- style="background:#fff;"|||5.9 (39) ||||21.21 (147) ||Telstra Dome||46,161 ||Sunday, 31 August||AFL.com.au
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 | |
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WB -3 | WCE +76 | PA +6 | Haw -44 | Frem +17 | Carl +30 | NM +33 | Melb +76 | WCE -50 | Ess +5 | Rich +50 | Haw -4 | BL -13 | Geel -68 | Coll -32 | PA -12 | Syd +24 | Carl +8 | Rich +63 | Ess +56 | StK -48 | WB +9 | Coll -31 | X | X | X | 5 | ||
WCE -16 | Coll +2 | Syd -17 | PA +20 | Haw -12 | Melb +52 | Geel -27 | Carl +33 | StK +46 | NM +31 | Frem +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 | ||
Rich -30 | StK -40 | Ess -16 | Coll +23 | Melb +33 | Adel -30 | WCE +37 | BL -33 | Frem +9 | Geel -56 | PA +12 | Coll +30 | Ess -35 | Rich +30 | StK -32 | Syd -2 | WB +28 | Adel -8 | PA +66 | NM -51 | BL +6 | Haw -78 | X | X | X | X | 11 | ||
Frem +26 | BL -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 | PA +31 | Syd +45 | Frem -24 | Adel +31 | StK -34 | X | X | 8 | ||
NM +55 | Geel -99 | Carl +16 | WB -30 | StK -36 | Coll -73 | PA -64 | Syd -91 | Rich -38 | Adel -5 | Haw -51 | WCE +22 | Carl +35 | Frem +4 | BL +37 | Rich -4 | Coll +48 | Melb +16 | WCE -10 | Adel -56 | WB -46 | StK -108 | X | X | X | X | 12 | ||
Coll -26 | Haw -15 | WCE +14 | Rich -64 | Adel -17 | Geel -1 | Melb -6 | WB -3 | Carl -9 | PA -28 | BL -24 | NM +53 | StK -8 | Ess -4 | Geel -74 | Melb +46 | PA +28 | WCE +33 | Syd -4 | StK -43 | Rich -7 | Coll +24 | X | X | X | X | 14 | ||
PA +9 | Ess +99 | Melb +30 | StK +42 | Syd +42 | Frem +1 | BL +27 | Rich +30 | Coll -86 | Carl +56 | NM +13 | PA +59 | WCE +135 | Adel +68 | Frem +74 | WB +61 | Haw +11 | Rich +63 | Melb +116 | Syd +39 | NM +33 | WCE +99 | StK +58 | X | WB +29 | Haw -26 | 1 | ||
Melb +104 | Frem +15 | NM +16 | Adel +44 | BL +12 | Rich +12 | Coll +65 | PA +15 | Melb +19 | WB -32 | Ess +51 | Adel +4 | NM -27 | WCE +57 | Syd +31 | StK -30 | Geel -11 | Coll +54 | BL +69 | Rich -29 | WCE +71 | Carl +78 | WB +51 | X | StK +54 | Geel +26 | 2 | ||
Haw -104 | WB -95 | Geel -30 | NM -48 | Carl -33 | BL -53 | Frem +6 | Adel -76 | Haw -19 | StK -79 | Coll -21 | Rich -22 | Syd -40 | BL +1 | WB -31 | Frem -46 | NM -28 | Ess -16 | Geel -116 | WCE +34 | PA -78 | Rich -80 | X | X | X | X | 16 | ||
Ess -55 | Rich +41 | Haw -16 | Melb +48 | Coll +7 | Syd 0 | Adel -33 | WCE +6 | WB +3 | BL -31 | Geel -13 | Frem -53 | Haw +27 | StK -15 | PA +2 | Coll +18 | Melb +28 | BL +8 | WB +20 | Carl +51 | Geel -33 | PA -76 | Syd -35 | X | X | X | 7 | ||
Geel -9 | Syd -68 | Adel -6 | BL -20 | WCE +24 | StK +21 | Ess +64 | Haw -15 | Syd -11 | Frem +28 | Carl -12 | Geel -59 | Rich -4 | WB -54 | NM -2 | Adel +12 | Frem -28 | StK -8 | Carl -66 | Coll -31 | Melb +78 | NM +76 | X | X | X | X | 13 | ||
Carl +30 | NM -41 | Coll -44 | Frem +64 | WB 0 | Haw -12 | StK -3 | Geel -30 | Ess +38 | Syd -82 | Adel -50 | Melb +22 | PA +4 | Carl -30 | WCE +77 | Ess +4 | BL +3 | Geel -63 | Adel -63 | Haw +29 | Frem +7 | Melb +80 | X | X | X | X | 9 | ||
Syd +2 | Carl +40 | WB -38 | Geel -42 | Ess +36 | PA -21 | Rich +3 | Coll -9 | BL -46 | Melb +79 | WB -27 | Syd -35 | Frem +8 | NM +15 | Carl +32 | Haw +30 | WCE -17 | PA +8 | Coll -14 | Frem +43 | Adel +48 | Ess +108 | Geel -58 | Coll +34 | Haw -54 | X | 4 | ||
StK -2 | PA +68 | BL +17 | WCE +62 | Geel -42 | NM 0 | WB -18 | Ess +91 | PA +11 | Rich +82 | WCE +5 | StK +35 | Melb +40 | Coll -29 | Haw -31 | Carl +2 | Adel -24 | WB -16 | Frem +4 | Geel -39 | Coll -45 | BL +61 | NM +35 | WB -37 | X | X | 6 | ||
BL +16 | Adel -76 | Frem -14 | Syd -62 | PA -24 | WB -60 | Carl -37 | NM -6 | Adel +50 | Coll -100 | Syd -5 | Ess -22 | Geel -135 | Haw -57 | Rich -77 | BL -46 | StK +17 | Frem -33 | Ess +10 | Melb -34 | Haw -71 | Geel -99 | X | X | X | X | 15 | ||
Adel +3 | Melb +95 | StK +38 | Ess +30 | Rich 0 | WCE +60 | Syd +18 | Frem +3 | NM -3 | Haw +32 | StK +27 | BL +63 | Coll +10 | PA +54 | Melb +31 | Geel -61 | Carl -28 | Syd +16 | NM -20 | BL -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 |
See main article: 2008 AFL finals series.
See main article: 2008 AFL Grand Final.
Player | Club | Games | Goals | Best Performance | ||||||||||||||||
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width=40 | Season | width=40 | Finals | width=40 | Total | width=40 | Goals | width=220 | Opponent(s) | width=40 | Round(s) | |||||||||
align=center | 1 | align=center | Lance Franklin | align=center | align=center | 25 | align=center | 102 | align=center | 11 | align=center | 113 | align=center | 9 | align=center | align=center | 11 | |||
align=center | 2 | align=center | Brendan Fevola | align=center | align=center | 22 | align=center | 99 | align=center | – | align=center | 99 | align=center | 8 | align=center | , | align=center | 3, 11 | ||
align=center | 3 | align=center | Daniel Bradshaw | align=center | align=center | 20 | align=center | 75 | align=center | – | align=center | 75 | align=center | 7 | align=center | align=center | 5 | |||
align=center | 4 | align=center | Jarryd Roughead | align=center | align=center | 24 | align=center | 66 | align=center | 9 | align=center | 75 | align=center | 6 | align=center | , | align=center | 7, 14 | ||
align=center | 5 | align=center | Jonathan Brown | align=center | align=center | 21 | align=center | 70 | align=center | – | align=center | 70 | align=center | 6 | align=center | ,, | align=center | 8, 9, 10 | ||
align=center | 6 | align=center | Matthew Pavlich | align=center | align=center | 19 | align=center | 67 | align=center | – | align=center | 67 | align=center | 8 | align=center | align=center | 12 | |||
align=center | 7 | align=center | Nick Riewoldt | align=center | align=center | 24 | align=center | 56 | align=center | 9 | align=center | 65 | align=center | 6 | align=center | align=center | 16 | |||
align=center | 8 | align=center | Matthew Lloyd | align=center | align=center | 21 | align=center | 62 | align=center | – | align=center | 62 | align=center | 8 | align=center | align=center | 18 | |||
align=center | 9 | align=center | Stephen Milne | align=center | align=center | 24 | align=center | 54 | align=center | 6 | align=center | 60 | align=center | 7 | align=center | , | align=center | 7, 22 | ||
align=center | 10 | align=center | Daniel Motlop | align=center | align=center | 21 | align=center | 57 | align=center | – | align=center | 57 | align=center | 7 | align=center | align=center | 7 |
Rank | Player | Team | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Joel Corey | 730 | ||
2 | Jimmy Bartel | 702 | ||
3 | Sam Mitchell | 667 | ||
4 | Daniel Cross | 663 | ||
5 | Adam Cooney | 637 | ||
6 | Matthew Boyd | 629 | ||
7 | Kane Cornes | 613 | ||
8 | Joel Selwood | 607 | ||
9 | Gary Ablett, Jr. | 606 | ||
10 | Dane Swan | 590 |
Rank | Player | Team | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Leigh Montagna | 388 | ||
2 | Jimmy Bartel | 382 | ||
3 | Dane Swan | 368 | ||
4 | Sam Fisher | 359 | ||
5 | Lindsay Gilbee | 352 | ||
6 | Brent Harvey | 339 | ||
7 | Joel Corey | 339 | ||
7 | Brendon Goddard | 337 | ||
9 | Nick Dal Santo | 336 | ||
10 | Marc Murphy | 335 |
Rank | Player | Team | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Daniel Cross | 422 | ||
2 | Joel Corey | 391 | ||
3 | Sam Mitchell | 354 | ||
4 | Kane Cornes | 345 | ||
5 | Adam Cooney | 326 | ||
6 | Joel Selwood | 324 | ||
7 | Lenny Hayes | 322 | ||
8 | Jimmy Bartel | 320 | ||
9 | Shane Tuck | 318 | ||
10 | Gary Ablett, Jr. | 318 |
Rank | Player | Team | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Nick Riewoldt | 240 | ||
2 | Samuel Fisher | 228 | ||
3 | Matthew Richardson | 220 | ||
4 | Robert Murphy | 204 | ||
5 | Cameron Mooney | 201 | ||
6 | Brendon Goddard | 182 | ||
7 | Paul Medhurst | 179 | ||
8 | Brian Lake | 175 | ||
9 | Brad Johnson | 172 | ||
10 | Clinton Young | 172 |
Rank | Player | Team | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Brett Kirk | 151 | ||
2 | Lenny Hayes | 144 | ||
3 | Jude Bolton | 143 | ||
4 | Joel Corey | 138 | ||
5 | Domenic Cassisi | 133 | ||
6 | Jimmy Bartel | 124 | ||
7 | Daniel Cross | 117 | ||
8 | Martin Mattner | 126 | ||
9 | James Kelly | 112 | ||
10 | Daniel Harris | 109 |
Rank | Player | Team | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Aaron Sandilands | 646 | ||
2 | Dean Cox | 571 | ||
3 | Darren Jolly | 543 | ||
4 | Mark Blake | 525 | ||
5 | Jamie Charman | 434 | ||
6 | Steven King | 408 | ||
7 | Dean Brogan | 397 | ||
8 | David Hille | 364 | ||
9 | Troy Simmonds | 359 | ||
10 | Robert Campbell | 358 |
width=20 abbr="Position" | width=100 | Player | width=20 abbr="Round 1" | 1 | width=20 abbr="Round 2" | 2 | width=20 abbr="Round 3" | 3 | width=20 abbr="Round 4" | 4 | width=20 abbr="Round 5" | 5 | width=20 abbr="Round 6" | 6 | width=20 abbr="Round 7" | 7 | width=20 abbr="Round 8" | 8 | width=20 abbr="Round 9" | 9 | width=20 abbr="Round 10" | 10 | width=20 abbr="Round 11" | 11 | width=20 abbr="Round 12" | 12 | width=20 abbr="Round 13" | 13 | width=20 abbr="Round 14" | 14 | width=20 abbr="Round 15" | 15 | width=20 abbr="Round 16" | 16 | width=20 abbr="Round 17" | 17 | width=20 abbr="Round 18" | 18 | width=20 abbr="Round 19" | 19 | width=20 abbr="Round 20" | 20 | width=20 abbr="Round 21" | 21 | width=20 abbr="Round 22" | 22 | width=20 abbr="Total" | 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 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||
See main article: 2008 AFL Rising Star. The AFL Rising Star award for 2008 was awarded to Rhys Palmer from .[5]
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.[29]
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.[30]
Scott McLaren umpired his 300th game,[31] and Shane McInerney umpired his 250-game, in round 4.[32] Experienced field umpires Martin Ellis and Matthew Head both announced their retirements during the year.[33] [34]