In the fifty-seventh minute the Sea Eagles were again down in the Storm's half and on the last tackle decided to run the ball, which was kept alive and passed through seven sets of hands before going to a charging Brent Kite who stretched out of the tackle and slammed the ball down under the posts.It was at the time the fourth-biggest loss in the Storm's history.The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles defeated the Melbourne Storm 40-0, scoring eight tries, four of which were converted. Classics. After the video referee ruled the grounding successful, Matt Orford's conversion attempt hit the upright and missed so the score remained 4 - 0 with fifteen minutes of the first half remaining.

Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.Kennedy was mobbed by jubilant Raiders teammates after collapsing over the line in exhaustion after willing himself to back up centre Canberra won the hard way, though, recovering from 20-12 down early in the second half and then needing a missed conversion attempt from Broncos halfback Gunning for their eighth straight victory, Brisbane made a worrying start, conceding a soft try to five-eighth The Broncos steadied and went to the interval with a 16-12 buffer after tries to Hunt, interchange forward The Broncos looked set to go on with the job when centre The winner of the award is decided by the most votes during the year as decided by the referee of each game on a 3-2-1 basis for each game played throughout the regular season.The Toyota Cup Team of the Year is voted on by the 16 Toyota Cup coaches, with the players with the highest votes in each position selected. In the twenty-fourth minute the Sea Eagles' hooker Matt Ballin at close-range ran from dummy-half and crashed over the try-line.

Halfback The grand final's first quarter was played end to end with each side able to hold the other's attacking opportunities out. Orford's difficult kick went wide, so the Sea Eagles' lead remained at 8-0 with under five minutes of the half remaining which were played out with no further points scored.In the forty-seventh minute, The Sea Eagles were within twenty metres of the Storm's try-line when Matt Orford at first receiver put a grubber kick into the left corner which bounced up perfectly for Michael Robertson racing through on the wing to grab and dive over for his second try. Nine minutes later, the Sea Eagles were again on the attack and from ten metres out, moved the ball through the hands to the left wing where Michael Robertson dived over in the corner. The video referee was again called upon to examine the try, which was ruled to have been successfully scored just as Robertson's feet were being dragged onto the sideline by a defender. Computer predictions, tips, picks and ratings for the Australian Football League, National Football League (USA), National Rugby League (AUS) and Super Rugby (AUS, NZ, RSA, ARG, JAP). The 2008 Grand Final was the first Grand Final played in daylight since the introduction of the night Grand Final in 2001. The 2008 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2008 NRL season.It was played between the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Melbourne Storm on Sunday, 5 October at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.. Latest. The 2007 NRL season consisted of 25 weekly regular season rounds, starting from 16 March and ending on 2 September, followed by four weeks of play-offs that culminated in a grand final on 30 September.The 2008 National Rugby League season consisted of 26 weekly regular season rounds, starting on 14 March, followed by four weeks of play-offs, culminating in a Grand Final on 5 October. Ladder Stats Players Fantasy Tipping ... Finals Week 1 - Sunday 14th September 2008. Storm v Warriors - Qualifying Final, 2008 . Matai's second sideline conversion attempt missed, so the Sea Eagles were leading 18 - 0. The 2008 NRL Under-20s season was the first season of the National Rugby League's youth competition, known as the Toyota Cup due to sponsorship from Toyota. He made his NRL debut midway through 2008 but really arrived in 2010, scoring 17 tries to help lead Penrith to second spot on the ladder. 95:06 Classics. The draw and structure of the competition mirrors that of its senior counterpart, the 2018 Telstra Premiership. Kicking duty was handed to Steve Matai who cooly converted Robertson's try from next to the sideline, bringing his side's lead to 14 - 0. The 2008 NRL season was the 101st season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the eleventh run by the National Rugby League.For the second year, sixteen teams competed for the 2008 Telstra Premiership title. This is the highest Rugby League Grand Final margin in Australian history, eclipsing the The 2008 Grand Final was the first Grand Final played in daylight since the introduction of the night Grand Final in 2001.Melbourne and Manly were also the teams which contested the During the regular season, the Melbourne Storm won 17 of their 24 games, winning their third consecutive minor premiership on points differential from Manly and Cronulla.The loss against New Zealand saw Melbourne matched up against the Melbourne captain Cameron Smith was controversially suspended for a Manly also won 17 of their 24 games but lost the minor premiership to Melbourne on points differential, Melbourne having a 302 points difference compared to Manly's 290. Three minutes later, and from a similar attacking position, the Sea Eagles kept thee ball alive, a pass from Brett Stewart fifteen metres out arriving at the feet of Steve Matai who, with only one defender before him, picked it up and passed to Michael Robertson to dive over again in the same corner. The 2008 NRL season was the 101st season of professional rugby league club competition in Australia, and the eleventh run by the National Rugby League.For the second year, sixteen teams competed for the 2008 Telstra Premiership title.