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Round 1

Round 2

Round 3 (Rivalry Round)

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6 (ANZAC Round)

Round 7

AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match

Round 8

Round 9 (Indigenous Round)

Round 10

Round 11 (Queens Birthday)

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14 (Split Round)

Round 15

Round 16

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|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

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||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
Melbourne Cricket Ground
The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

||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

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||41,886 ||Saturday, 19 July||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||18.11 (119) ||||18.13 (121) ||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||38,401 ||Sunday, 20 July||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 13.14 (92) |||| 11.14 (80) ||AAMI Stadium

AAMI Stadium

Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...

||31,662 ||Sunday, 20 July||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 16.18 (114) |||| 10.8 (68) ||Subiaco

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

||31,638 ||Sunday, 20 July||AFL.com.au

Round 17

Melbourne Cricket Ground

The Melbourne Cricket Ground is an Australian sports stadium located in Yarra Park, Melbourne and is home to the Melbourne Cricket Club. It is the tenth largest stadium in the world, the largest in Australia, the largest stadium for playing cricket, and holds the world record for the highest light...

||86,179 ||Friday, 25 July||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||19.14 (128) ||||11.14 (80) ||MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

||64,785||Saturday, 26 July|| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||15.13 (103) ||||12.14 (86) ||Subiaco

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

||34,037||Saturday, 26 July||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 18.9 (117) |||| 16.18 (114) ||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||31,275 ||Saturday, 26 July||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 6.17 (53)|||| 11.11 (77) ||SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

The Sydney Cricket Ground is a sports stadium in Sydney in Australia. It is used for Australian football, Test cricket, One Day International cricket, some rugby league and rugby union matches and is the home ground for the New South Wales Blues cricket team and the Sydney Swans of the Australian...

||26,260 ||Saturday, 26 July||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 15.11 (101) || || 20.9 (129) ||AAMI Stadium

AAMI Stadium

Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...

|| 19,072 ||Sunday, 27 July|| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 10.10 (70) |||| 14.14 (98) ||MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

||21,330 ||Sunday, 27 July|| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 15.8 (98) |||| 18.18 (126) ||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

|| 37,879 ||Sunday, 27 July|| AFL.com.au

Round 18

Melbourne Cricket Ground

|| 58,307 ||Friday, 1 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 19.10 (124) |||| 17.6 (108) ||MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

|| 46,334 ||Saturday, 2 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 13.16 (94) |||| 12.14 (86) ||AAMI Stadium

AAMI Stadium

Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...

|| 40,730 ||Saturday, 2 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| ||20.14 (134)||||10.11 (71)||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

|| 42,238 ||Saturday, 2 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| ||13.14 (92)||||11.18 (84)||Gold Coast Stadium

Carrara Stadium

Carrara Stadium is a sporting venue on the Gold Coast in Queensland, Australia, located in the suburb of Carrara....

|| 10,037 ||Saturday, 2 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 17.11 (113) |||| 14.13 (97) ||Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval

Manuka Oval is a 13,550 capacity ground located in the suburb of Griffith, adjacent to Manuka, a business district of Canberra, Australia's capital....

|| 13,550 ||Sunday, 3 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 14.17 (101) |||| 14.9 (93) ||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

|| 22,878 ||Sunday, 3 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| || 17.14 (116) |||| 12.11 (83) ||Subiaco

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

|| 42,096 ||Sunday, 3 August|| AFL.com.au

Round 19 (Tom Wills
Tom Wills
Thomas Wentworth "Tom" Wills was an Australian all-round sportsman, umpire, coach and administrator who is credited with being a catalyst towards the invention of Australian rules football....

Round)

Melbourne Cricket Ground

||34,610 ||Friday, 8 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||18.24 (132) ||||9.12 (66) ||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||29,696 ||Saturday, 9 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||16.14 (110) ||||5.11 (41) ||Aurora Stadium

Aurora Stadium

York Park is a sports ground in the Inveresk and York Park Precinct, Launceston, Australia. Holding 20,000 people—more than any other stadium in Tasmania—York Park has been known as Aurora Stadium under a six-year naming rights agreement signed with Aurora Energy in 2004...

||19,929 ||Saturday, 9 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||14.13 (97) ||||12.11 (83) ||MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

||52,135 ||Saturday, 9 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||17.10 (112) ||||15.18 (108) ||SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

||20,846 ||Saturday, 9 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||21.10 (136) ||||18.8 (116) ||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||31,957 ||Sunday, 10 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||16.12 (108)||||6.9 (45) ||AAMI Stadium

AAMI Stadium

Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...

||37,562 ||Sunday, 10 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||17.11 (113) ||||16.7 (103) ||Subiaco

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

||35,288 ||Sunday, 10 August||AFL.com.au

Round 20

AAMI Stadium

Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...

|| 23,694 ||Friday, 15 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||10.13 (73) ||||19.15 (129) ||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||32,184 ||Saturday, 16 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||11.13 (79) ||||5.15 (45) ||MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

||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

Melbourne Cricket Ground

||44,523 ||Sunday, 17 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||14.6 (90) ||||22.9 (141) ||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||43,406 ||Sunday, 17 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 9.15 (69) ||||17.10 (112) ||Subiaco

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

||34,014 ||Sunday, 17 August||AFL.com.au

Round 21

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||37,294 ||Friday, 22 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||15.15 (105) ||||15.8 (98)||MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

||24,881 ||Saturday, 23 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||18.21 (129) ||||7.9 (51) ||AAMI Stadium

AAMI Stadium

Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...

||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

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||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

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||33,811||Sunday, 24 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||9.8 (62) ||||19.19 (133) ||Subiaco

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

||37,040 ||Sunday, 24 August||AFL.com.au

Round 22

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

|| 35,106 ||Friday 29 August|| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 10.12 (72) |||| 23.10 (148) ||MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

||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

AAMI Stadium

Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...

|| 37,545 ||Saturday, 30 August|| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 12.9 (81) |||| 24.15 (159) ||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

|| 49,057 ||Saturday, 30 August|| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
||| 17.12 (114) |||| 6.17 (53) ||SCG

Sydney Cricket Ground

|| 24,076 ||Saturday, 30 August|| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||6.5 (41) ||||18.13 (121) ||MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

||37,046 ||Sunday, 31 August||AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
|||5.9 (39) ||||21.21 (147) ||Telstra Dome

Telstra Dome

Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

||46,161 ||Sunday, 31 August||AFL.com.au

Finals Series

The 2008 Finals Series will be conducted according to the conventions of the AFL's Amended "Final Eight" system

AFL finals system

The current AFL finals system was devised by the Australian Football League in 2000 as its end-of-season championship playoff tournament. It is a revision of the McIntyre Final Eight System, used by the AFL from 1994 to 1999, designed to address several perceived issues with that system...

that the AFL instituted in the AFL season 2000.

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Melbourne Cricket Ground

AAMI Stadium

Football Park is an Australian rules football stadium located in West Lakes, a western suburb of Adelaide, South Australia...

| 37,685
| Saturday, 6 September
| Ten
| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| Elimination Final 2
|
| 17.8 (110)
|
| 11.9 (75)
| ANZ Stadium
| 19,127
| Saturday, 6 September
| Ten
| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| Qualifying Final 1
|
| 17.17 (119)
|
| 8.13 (61)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 71,653
| Sunday, 7 September
| Seven
| AFL.com.au

Semi Finals

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 42,731
| Friday, 12 September
| Seven
| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| Semi Final 1
|
| 17.4 (106)
|
| 9.18 (72)
| MCG

Melbourne Cricket Ground

Preliminary Finals

McG

Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....

| 70,143
| Friday, 19 September
| Seven
| AFL.com.au
|- style="background:#fff;"
| Preliminary Final 2
|
| 18.10 (118)
|
| 9.10 (64)
| MCG

McG

Joseph McGinty Nichol , better known as McG, is an American director and producer of film and television, as well as a former record producer....

| 77,002
| Saturday, 20 September
| Ten
| AFL.com.au

Grand Final

Melbourne Cricket Ground

| 100,012
| Saturday, 27 September
| Seven
| AFL.com.au
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Game records

Statistics correct as at end of Round 22.

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

Leading Goal-kickers and Coleman Medal
Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

^{updated after grand final}

The Coleman Medal

Coleman Medal

The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

was awarded to Lance Franklin

Lance Franklin

Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Jr is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Nicknamed 'Buddy', Franklin primarily plays as a centre half-forward, but also spends some time in the midfield, where he plays along the wing...

for kicking the most goals at the end of the Home and Away season.

	Player	Club	Games	Goals			Best Performance
	Player	Club	Games	Season Coleman Medal The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...	Finals	Total	Goals	Opponent(s)	Round(s)
1	Lance Franklin Lance Franklin Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Jr is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Nicknamed 'Buddy', Franklin primarily plays as a centre half-forward, but also spends some time in the midfield, where he plays along the wing...		25	102	11	113	9		11
2	Brendan Fevola Brendan Fevola Brendan Fevola is a professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League....		22	99	–	99	8	,	3, 11
3	Daniel Bradshaw Daniel Bradshaw Daniel Mark Bradshaw is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Sydney Swans and the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League....		20	75	–	75	7		5
4	Jarryd Roughead Jarryd Roughead Jarryd Roughead is an Australian rules footballer playing for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League .-Early life:Born in Leongatha in southern Gippsland, Roughead played Gippsland Power...		24	66	9	75	6	,	7, 14
5	Jonathan Brown		21	70	–	70	6	, ,	8, 9, 10
6	Matthew Pavlich Matthew Pavlich Matthew Pavlich is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League ....		19	67	–	67	8		12
7	Nick Riewoldt Nick Riewoldt Nick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...		24	56	9	65	6		16
8	Matthew Lloyd Matthew Lloyd Matthew James Lloyd is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and was the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League...		21	62	–	62	8		18
9	Stephen Milne Stephen Milne Stephen Milne is a professional footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:...		24	54	6	60	7	,	7, 22
10	Daniel Motlop Daniel Motlop Daniel Motlop is an Indigenous Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Kangaroos career :...		21	57	–	57	7		7

Disposals

Rank	Player	Total
1	Joel Corey Joel Corey Joel Corey is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder, tall and weighing , Corey is able to contribute inside or outside while on the ball....	583
2	Jimmy Bartel Jimmy Bartel James 'Jimmy' Bartel is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder at and , Bartel is a Brownlow Medallist, two-time All-Australian, and was part of the Cats' AFL premiership-winning teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011, being named the...	551
3	Kane Cornes Kane Cornes Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...	551
4	Sam Mitchell Sam Mitchell (footballer) Samuel Mitchell is an Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Debut season :...	529
5	Adam Cooney Adam Cooney Adam Cooney is an Australian rules footballer, playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL. Cooney, recruited from West Adelaide in the SANFL, won the 2008 Brownlow Medal with 24 votes becoming the 10th Footscray/Western Bulldog player to win the AFL's highest individual honor.He attended...	529
6	Andrew Carrazzo Andrew Carrazzo Andrew Carrazzo is an Australian rules footballer for Carlton in the Australian Football League .- Early career :...	517
7	Daniel Cross	513
8	Scott Thompson Scott Thompson Scott Thompson is a Canadian television actor and comedian, best known for his time as a member of the comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.-Personal life:...	507
9	Matthew Boyd Matthew Boyd Matthew Boyd is an Australian rules football player who has come through the Western Bulldogs' rookie list, debuting in 2003. Prior to that he had played for Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup and Frankston in the VFL...	505
10	Luke Power Luke Power Luke Power is an Australian rules footballer. He is currently contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney. He was a part of the Brisbane Lions's 2001, 2002, and 2003 premierships. He is known for his effective use of the ball disposals, rare mistakes and his deadly accurate left foot. Many AFL...	502

Kicks

Rank	Player	Total
1	Alan Didak Alan Didak Alan Didak is a professional Australian rules footballer of Croatian descent playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...	325
2	Marc Murphy Marc Murphy Marc Murphy is an Australian rules footballer, recruited at number one in the 2005 AFL Draft by the Carlton Football Club.-Early life and junior career:...	310
3	Dane Swan Dane Swan Dane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...	302
4	Brent Harvey Brent Harvey Brent "Boomer" Harvey is an Australian rules footballer and the current captain of the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....	299
5	Nathan Bock Nathan Bock Nathan Bock is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . He played for the Adelaide Football Club between 2002 and 2010, and announced in August 2010 that he would join the new Gold Coast Football Club in 2011.-Adelaide career:He was elevated off the Adelaide Football...	298
6	Jimmy Bartel Jimmy Bartel James 'Jimmy' Bartel is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder at and , Bartel is a Brownlow Medallist, two-time All-Australian, and was part of the Cats' AFL premiership-winning teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011, being named the...	298
7	Brent Stanton Brent Stanton Brent Stanton is an Australian rules footballer, playing for the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...	295
7	Leigh Montagna Leigh Montagna Leigh Montagna is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. Montagna was recruited as the number 37 draft pick in the 2001 AFL Draft. He is a midfielder with St Kilda Football Club.-AFL career:...	293
9	Jordan McMahon Jordan McMahon Jordan McMahon is an Australian rules football player. McMahon, a native South Australian, was drafted from the Glenelg Football Club in the 2000 AFL Draft as a first round selection by the Western Bulldogs. Playing as a running defender, McMahon had seven seasons at the Western Bulldogs,...	293
10	Andrew Embley Andrew Embley Andrew Embley is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Early life:Andrew Embley was born to Maurice and Anne Embley on 27 June, 1981, in Perth, Western Australia...	283

Handballs

Rank	Player	Total
1	Daniel Cross	326
2	Kane Cornes Kane Cornes Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...	302
3	Joel Corey Joel Corey Joel Corey is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder, tall and weighing , Corey is able to contribute inside or outside while on the ball....	300
4	Sam Mitchell Sam Mitchell (footballer) Samuel Mitchell is an Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Debut season :...	291
5	Shane Tuck Shane Tuck Shane Tuck is an Australian Rules footballer and the son of Hawthorn legend and VFL/AFL games record holder Michael Tuck. He is the nephew of Geelong great Gary Ablett Sr and former Hawthorn players Kevin & Geoff Ablett...	287
6	Adam Cooney Adam Cooney Adam Cooney is an Australian rules footballer, playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL. Cooney, recruited from West Adelaide in the SANFL, won the 2008 Brownlow Medal with 24 votes becoming the 10th Footscray/Western Bulldog player to win the AFL's highest individual honor.He attended...	273
7	Cameron Bruce Cameron Bruce Cameron Bruce is a professional Australian rules football player, who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club after being selected by the Hawks in the Pre-season Draft, as was widely speculated to occur after he quit playing for the Melbourne Football Club, with whom he had played for 11 seasons, and...	264
8	Brett Deledio Brett Deledio Brett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/career:...	264
9	Matthew Boyd Matthew Boyd Matthew Boyd is an Australian rules football player who has come through the Western Bulldogs' rookie list, debuting in 2003. Prior to that he had played for Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup and Frankston in the VFL...	262
10	Brady Rawlings Brady Rawlings Brady Rawlings is a former Australian rules footballer who played 245 games for the Kangaroos.He is the younger brother of former AFL footballer, and Richmond 2009 caretaker coach, Jade. Rawlings was recruited to the Kangaroos in the 1998 AFL Draft, with the 15th selection...	260

Marks

Rank	Player	Total
1	Matthew Richardson Matthew Richardson (Australian rules footballer) Matthew "Richo" Richardson , is a retired professional Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond in the Australian Football League...	206
2	Nick Riewoldt Nick Riewoldt Nick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...	188
3	Samuel Fisher	172
4	Robert Murphy Robert Murphy (Australian rules footballer) Robert "Bob" Murphy is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. Renowned for his silky skills and leadership qualities, Murphy has also proven himself a versatile player, equally capable of playing in attack or in defence depending on the...	160
5	Cameron Mooney Cameron Mooney Cameron Mooney was an Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne and Geelong Football Clubs in the Australian Football League...	155
6	Paul Medhurst Paul Medhurst Paul Medhurst is a former professional Australian rules football who played for the Fremantle Football Club and the Collingwood Football Club....	152
7	Nathan Bock Nathan Bock Nathan Bock is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . He played for the Adelaide Football Club between 2002 and 2010, and announced in August 2010 that he would join the new Gold Coast Football Club in 2011.-Adelaide career:He was elevated off the Adelaide Football...	147
8	Brad Johnson Brad Johnson (Australian rules footballer) Brad Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who was the captain of Australian Football League team Western Bulldogs...	147
9	Andrew Embley Andrew Embley Andrew Embley is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Early life:Andrew Embley was born to Maurice and Anne Embley on 27 June, 1981, in Perth, Western Australia...	147
10	Brian Lake	141

Tackles

Rank	Player	Total
1	Brett Kirk Brett Kirk Brett Kirk is a former Australian rules football player of the Sydney Swans, and is known colloquially as "Kirky", "Captain Kirk", during the 2005 AFL Finals Series, "Captain Blood" and by teammates as "Hippy". Kirk is a hard working and onfield leader who has played in a premiership with the...	138
2	Domenic Cassisi Domenic Cassisi Domenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...	133
3	Jude Bolton Jude Bolton Jude Bolton is an Australian rules football player with the Sydney Swans of the AFL. Bolton currently holds the record for most tackles in a VFL/AFL career....	129
4	Lenny Hayes Lenny Hayes Lenny Hayes is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.Hayes is a former captain of St Kilda and continues to be an onfield leader in the Saints' midfield....	128
5	Joel Corey Joel Corey Joel Corey is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder, tall and weighing , Corey is able to contribute inside or outside while on the ball....	124
6	Jimmy Bartel Jimmy Bartel James 'Jimmy' Bartel is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder at and , Bartel is a Brownlow Medallist, two-time All-Australian, and was part of the Cats' AFL premiership-winning teams in 2007, 2009 and 2011, being named the...	116
7	Luke Ball Luke Ball Luke Patrick Ball is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for in the Australian Football League....	107
8	James Kelly	107
9	Scott Thompson Scott Thompson (footballer) Scott Thompson is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career:He was drafted by Melbourne with the 16th selection in the 2000 AFL Draft from Port Adelaide in the SANFL. Debuting with the Melbourne in 2001 as a 19-year-old, he struggled to break through into...	106
10	Daniel Cross	102

Hitouts

Rank	Player	Total
1	Aaron Sandilands Aaron Sandilands Aaron Sandilands is an Australian rules footballer. At 211 cm tall and weighing 122 kg , he is the heaviest and equal tallest player in the history of the game...	646
2	Dean Cox	570
3	Darren Jolly Darren Jolly Darren Jolly is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League . Jolly has previously played for Melbourne, the Sydney Swans...	530
4	Mark Blake	494
5	Jamie Charman Jamie Charman Jamie Charman is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League.-Overview:He was recruited as the number 29 draft pick in the 2000 AFL Draft from Northern Eagles in Queensland...	434
6	Dean Brogan Dean Brogan Dean Scott Brogan is a ruckman in the Australian Football League . He was also a former basketballer with the Adelaide 36ers.-Adelaide 36ers career :...	397
7	David Hille David Hille David Hille is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He debuted in 2001 with the Essendon Football Club and has been a solid ruckman for a number of years....	364
8	Steven King Steven King (footballer) Steven King is a former Australian rules footballer for Geelong and St Kilda in the Australian Football League .- Geelong :...	361
9	Troy Simmonds Troy Simmonds Troy Simmonds is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Fremantle and Richmond in the Australian Football League.-Melbourne: 1999 – 2001:Simmonds was first drafted by Melbourne in the 1999 Preseason Draft...	359
10	Brendon Lade Brendon Lade Brendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :...	349

Awards

The 2008 Brownlow Medal
2008 Brownlow Medal
The 2008 Brownlow Medal was awarded to Adam Cooney of the Western Bulldogs, who was adjudged to have been the best and fairest player during the 2008 Australian Football League home and away season. It is the most prestigious individual award in Australian rules football and was held at the Crown...

for the AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

's fairest and best player was awarded to Adam Cooney
Adam Cooney
Adam Cooney is an Australian rules footballer, playing for the Western Bulldogs in the AFL. Cooney, recruited from West Adelaide in the SANFL, won the 2008 Brownlow Medal with 24 votes becoming the 10th Footscray/Western Bulldog player to win the AFL's highest individual honor.He attended...

, of the , who polled 24 votes.
The Leigh Matthews Trophy
Leigh Matthews Trophy
The Leigh Matthews Trophy is an annual award given by the AFL Players Association to the Most Valuable Player in the Australian Football League. It is named in honour of Leigh Matthews, who won the first MVP award in 1982, when the league was still known as the Victorian Football League...

as the AFL's most valuable player was awarded to Gary Ablett, Jr.
Gary Ablett, Jr.
Gary Ablett, Jr. is a professional Australian rules football player and current captain of the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

, of .
The Coleman Medal
Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

was awarded to Lance Franklin
Lance Franklin
Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Jr is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Nicknamed 'Buddy', Franklin primarily plays as a centre half-forward, but also spends some time in the midfield, where he plays along the wing...

of , who kicked 102 goals during the home and away season.
The Norm Smith Medal
Norm Smith Medal
The Norm Smith Medal is the award given in the AFL Grand Final to the player adjudged by an independent panel of experts to have been the best player in the match.-History:The Norm Smith Medal is named after former Melbourne player and coach, Norm Smith...

as the player adjudged best afield in the AFL Grand Final
AFL Grand Final
The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...

was awarded to Luke Hodge
Luke Hodge
Luke Hodge is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...

, of Hawthorn.
The McClelland Trophy
McClelland Trophy
The McClelland Trophy is an Australian rules football trophy, currently awarded to the minor premiers in the Australian Football League each year...

was awarded to for holding top position on the ladder after 22 rounds.
The Wooden Spoon
Wooden spoon (award)
A wooden spoon is a mock or real award, usually given to an individual or team which has come last in a competition, but sometimes also to runners-up. Examples range from the academic to sporting and more frivolous events...

was obtained by who finished the season in last place on the ladder after 22 rounds.
Chris Judd
Chris Judd
Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

from was named the captain of the 2008 All-Australian Team
2008 All-Australian Team
The 2008 Australian rules football All-Australian selection committee provided the 40 leading players of the year in their playing positions at the conclusion of the home and away season before announcing the final 22 during the All Australian Presentation Dinner on 15 September 2008...

, with seven Geelong players named and nine players made their All-Australian debuts.
The AFL Mark of the Year and Alex Jesaulenko
Alex Jesaulenko
Alex 'Jezza' Jesaulenko MBE is a former Australian rules footballer and coach. He is regarded as one of the game's greatest-ever players and is an official Legend of the Australian Football Hall of Fame...

Medal was awarded to Matthew Lloyd
Matthew Lloyd
Matthew James Lloyd is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and was the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League...

of for a spectacular high mark against in Round 19.
The AFL Goal of the Year and Phil Manassa
Phil Manassa
Phil Manassa is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the Collingwood Magpies in the VFL.He is famous for a goal on the run from the half back flank, which he kicked in the 1977 Grand Final replay. The Phil Manassa Medal is awarded to the winner of the AFL Goal of the Year.-External...

Medal was awarded to Leon Davis
Leon Davis (footballer)
Leon Davis is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Drafted to Collingwood in 1999 as a small forward, Davis is of Aboriginal heritage. Davis made an early impression at the Pies and played Round 1 in his debut season. He showed that he was capable of turning a match but...

of for his chase, tackle and goal against in Round 22.
The AFL Army Award
AFL Army Award
From 2007 until 2009 the Australian Football League produced the AFL Army Award to recognise players who produced significant acts of bravery or selflessness to promote the cause of their team during a game...

was awarded to Brett Deledio
Brett Deledio
Brett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/career:...

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 's Round 7 loss to .

Rising Star Nominees

The AFL Rising Star award

AFL Rising Star award

The NAB AFL Rising Star award is given annually to a standout young player in the Australian Football League. Since 2007 the winner has been presented with the Ron Evans Medal and was first awarded in 1993...

for 2008 was awarded to Rhys Palmer
Rhys Palmer
Rhys Palmer is an Australian rules footballer who is currently contracted to in the Australian Football League. He previously played for , and won the AFL Rising Star award in 2008.-Early life:...

from .

Club Best and Fairests

Club	Award Name	Winner
	Malcolm Blight Medal Malcolm Blight Medal The Malcolm Blight Medal is a post-season award given to the best and fairest player in the Adelaide Crows Football Club. The medal was named after former Adelaide Crows coach, Malcolm Blight and was first awarded in 1991.-Recipients:-Multiple Recipients:...	Nathan Bock Nathan Bock Nathan Bock is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . He played for the Adelaide Football Club between 2002 and 2010, and announced in August 2010 that he would join the new Gold Coast Football Club in 2011.-Adelaide career:He was elevated off the Adelaide Football...
	Merrett-Murray Medal Merrett-Murray Medal The Merrett–Murray Medal has been awarded annually since 1997, to the player adjudged the Brisbane Lions Club Champion over the immediately preceding AFL season...	Jonathan Brown
	John Nicholls Medal John Nicholls Medal The John Nicholls Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for the Carlton Football Club for the season....	Chris Judd Chris Judd Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
	Copeland Trophy Copeland Trophy The E.W. Copeland Trophy is an Australian rules football award given by the Collingwood Football Club to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for Collingwood during the year....	Dane Swan Dane Swan Dane Swan is an Australian rules footballer for Collingwood in the Australian Football League.Since 2007 Swan has emerged as one of the AFL's elite midfielders, winner of the prestigious Brownlow Medal in 2011 with a record tally of 34 votes...
	Crichton Medal	David Hille David Hille David Hille is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He debuted in 2001 with the Essendon Football Club and has been a solid ruckman for a number of years....
	Doig Medal Doig Medal The Doig Medal is the best and fairest award given out to the player considered best and fairest during a season for the Fremantle Football Club in the AFL....	Matthew Pavlich Matthew Pavlich Matthew Pavlich is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
	Carji Greeves Medal Carji Greeves Medal The Carji Greeves Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for the Geelong Football Club for the season....	Joel Corey Joel Corey Joel Corey is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder, tall and weighing , Corey is able to contribute inside or outside while on the ball....
	Peter Crimmins Medal Peter Crimmins Medal The Peter Crimmins Medal is an Australian rules football award given to the player from the Hawthorn Football Club deemed best and fairest for the season.Peter Crimmins was a rover for Hawthorn, playing 1966-1975...	Lance Franklin Lance Franklin Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Jr is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Nicknamed 'Buddy', Franklin primarily plays as a centre half-forward, but also spends some time in the midfield, where he plays along the wing...
	Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Medal The Keith 'Bluey' Truscott Memorial Trophy is awarded to the Melbourne Football Club player judged Best and Fairest for the season.It is named in honor of Keith 'Bluey' Truscott, a former dual premiership player and World War II fighter ace killed in 1943....	Cameron Bruce Cameron Bruce Cameron Bruce is a professional Australian rules football player, who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club after being selected by the Hawks in the Pre-season Draft, as was widely speculated to occur after he quit playing for the Melbourne Football Club, with whom he had played for 11 seasons, and...
	Syd Barker Medal Syd Barker Medal The Syd Barker Medal is awarded to the North Melbourne Football Club player who has been judged the best and fairest of the footy season. The award has been given out continuously since 1937. Before then it was known as the Syd Barker Memorial Trophy....	Brent Harvey Brent Harvey Brent "Boomer" Harvey is an Australian rules footballer and the current captain of the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
	John Cahill Medal John Cahill Medal The John Cahill Medal, named after Port Adelaide Power's inaugural AFL coach John Cahill, is awarded to the Best and Fairest player every season for the Port Adelaide Football Club.-Recipients:-Multiple Recipients:...	Kane Cornes Kane Cornes Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:...
	Jack Dyer Medal Jack Dyer Medal The Jack Dyer Medal is an Australian rules football award given each season to the player or players adjudged Best and Fairest for the Richmond Football Club....	Brett Deledio Brett Deledio Brett Deledio is an Australian rules football player currently playing for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life/career:...
	Trevor Barker Award Trevor Barker Award The Trevor Barker Award is an Australian rules football award for the player voted the St Kilda Football Club Club Champion during the home and away season in the Australian Football League by a voting panel....	Samuel Fisher
	Bob Skilton Medal Bob Skilton Medal The Bob Skilton Medal is awarded to the Sydney Swans player adjudged the Best and Fairest over the home and away season. It is named after Bob Skilton, who won the award a record nine times from 1958 to 1968.-List of winners:...	Jarrad McVeigh Jarrad McVeigh Jarrad McVeigh is a New South Wales-born AFL player with the Sydney Swans. He is the younger brother of Essendon's Mark McVeigh.- Biography :...
	Club Champion Award Club Champion Award The Club Champion Award is the award given to the West Coast Eagles player determined to have been the "Best and Fairest" throughout an AFL season....	Dean Cox
	Charles Sutton Medal Charles Sutton Medal The Charles Sutton Medal is awarded to the player adjudged Best and Fairest for the Western Bulldogs. Scott West holds the record at the club, winning seven medals, followed by Gary Dempsey, with six...	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.
The highest ever odds for an AFL–VFL game of $34 were offered for to beat in their Round 3 clash at Skilled Stadium. Geelong won by 30 points. came back from a 37-point deficit against at quarter time to come back and win the game by 38 points to make a 75-point turnaround in Round 4. produced its biggest ever comeback in Round 4 against when they were down by 47 points late in the third quarter to win by 20 points, a 67-point turnaround. forward Barry Hall
Barry Hall
Barry Hall is a former Australian rules footballer. Hall is considered to be one of the best forwards of the modern era, being named All-Australian, leading his club's goalkicking on nine occasions and captaining the Sydney Swans to their 2005 AFL Grand Final victory...

was suspended for seven weeks, the equal-longest suspension handed out since the tribunal was reconfigured, for striking defender Brent Staker
Brent Staker
Brent Staker is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL, who plays for the Brisbane Lions.-Early life:Staker grew up in Broken Hill in remote country New South Wales....

with a clean punch to the head. Later in the season, 's Dean Solomon
Dean Solomon
Dean Solomon is retired Australian rules footballer. He played for the Fremantle Dockers and the Essendon Bombers in his 13 year, 209 games and a premiership career.-Early career:...

beat that record, being suspended for eight weeks after hitting 's Cameron Ling
Cameron Ling
Cameron Ling is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League...

in the cheekbone with a reckless bump.'s 73-point win over in round 6 was the biggest victory on an Anzac Day Match ever. won its first game for the season in Round 7 against by six points, after recovering from a 50-point half-time deficit, the second-largest half-time deficit ever overcome in VFL/AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

history. This was the second in a VFL/AFL
Australian Football League
The Australian Football League is both the governing body and the major professional competition in the sport of Australian rules football...

-record string of five consecutive games which Fremantle lost after holding a three-quarter time lead. suffered its worst ever loss at Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval
Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

, and worst loss anywhere since 1989, in Round 13, losing to by 135 points.
Round 14 marked the first time all non-Victorian clubs lost in the same round since entered the competition in 1997. The feat was repeated in Round 15.
With its final-round victory, matched the 2000 record of 21 wins in a season. Ironically, 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 .
In the Round 22 match between and , Hawthorn forward Lance Franklin
Lance Franklin
Lance "Buddy" Franklin, Jr is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Nicknamed 'Buddy', Franklin primarily plays as a centre half-forward, but also spends some time in the midfield, where he plays along the wing...

became the first player since Tony Lockett
Tony Lockett
Anthony Howard "Tony" Lockett is a former Australian rules football player. Lockett is the highest goal scorer in the history of the VFL/AFL with 1,360 goals in a career of 281 games, that commenced in 1983 with the St Kilda Football Club, and finished in 2002 with the Sydney Swans...

in 1998 to kick 100 goals in the Home & 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
Brendan Fevola
Brendan Fevola is a professional Australian rules footballer. He played with the Carlton and Brisbane Lions football clubs in the Australian Football League....

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 requiring a win of 90+ points over to claim 4th place going into the finals. recorded a new record winning margin over Essendon of 108 points which saw the Saints replace in 4th place for the finals series.
On Monday 1 September, Leigh Matthews
Leigh Matthews
Leigh Raymond "Lethal Leigh" Matthews AM is a former player and coach of Australian rules football. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League from 1969 to 1985, coached Collingwood from 1986–1995, and coached the Brisbane Lions from 1999 to 2008...

announced his resignation from his senior coaching position at the . Michael Voss
Michael Voss
Michael Voss is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League team and a former professional Australian rules footballer....

has taken up this position despite committing to for 2009.
The second elimination final between and was the lowest crowd number for a final outside Victoria with only 19,127 despite being at ANZ Stadium where Sydney have averaged 50,000 for finals.
The Grand Final between and drew a crowd of 100,012, the first crowd over 100,000 people since the 1986 Grand Final
1986 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1986.- Awards :* The Brownlow Medal was awarded to both Greg Williams of the Sydney Swans and Robert "Dipper" DiPierdomenico of the Hawthorn Hawks...

.
By losing the Grand Final after finishing with a home-and-away record of 21–1, broke the record set in 1935
1935 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1935.-Premiership season:In 1935, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...

and 1936
1936 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1936.-Premiership season:In 1936, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus one substitute player, known as the 19th man...

by (16–2) for best record by a non-premier, and the record for most wins by a non-premier held jointly by (1973
1973 VFL season
Results and statistics for the Victorian Football League season of 1973.-Premiership season:In 1973, the VFL competition consisted of twelve teams of 18 on-the-field players each, plus two substitute players, known as the 19th man and the 20th man...

) and (1991
1991 AFL season
Results and statistics for the Australian Football League season of 1991.See List of Australian Football League premiers for a complete list.-National Cup:...

) (both 19 wins). played in a controversial draw against at Telstra Dome
Telstra Dome
Docklands Stadium is a multi-purpose sports and entertainment stadium in the Docklands precinct of Melbourne, Victoria, Australia...

in round six, after it was later revealed that Sydney had nineteen men on the field. Sydney had one too many players on the ground for a period of play before, during and after the behind that tied the scores was scored. As a direct consequence of this, the league had to amend the interchange laws in round nine. See related article

International rules

Australia played Ireland in the two test 2008 International Rules Series

2008 International Rules Series

The 2008 International Rules series was the 10th annual International Rules Series and the 16th time that a test series of international rules football has been played between Ireland and Australia....

. This series was played in Australia at Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval

Subiaco Oval , known colloquially as Subi, is the highest capacity sports stadium in Perth, Western Australia...

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

2006 International Rules series

The 2006 International Rules series is the 9th annual International Rules Series and the 15th time that a test series of international rules football has been played between Ireland and Australia....

held in Ireland. However after discussions between the teams they have decided to hold the 2008 series with some rule changes.

Club leadership

Coach	Captain(s)	Vice Captain(s)/Leadership Group
Neil Craig Neil Craig Neil P. Craig is a former Australian rules footballer, fitness adviser and former coach of the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . As of 2012, he will be based in a new role as the Director of Sports Performance at the Melbourne Football Club...	Simon Goodwin Simon Goodwin Simon Goodwin is a former Australian rules footballer, who is a dual premiership player with the Adelaide Football Club and is now an assistant coach at the Essendon Football Club.-Early career :...	Nathan Bassett Nathan Bassett Nathan "Fred" Bassett is a former Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club of the Australian Football League.... , Brett Burton Brett Burton Brett Burton is a retired Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League. He was picked up at Pick 16 in the 1998 AFL Draft by the Adelaide Football Club... , Tyson Edwards, Ben Rutten Ben Rutten Benjamin "Truck" Rutten is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . He is known for his size, strength and ability to contain some of the game's best forwards.... , Nathan van Berlo Nathan van Berlo Nathan van Berlo is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . He is the captain of the Adelaide Football Club....
Leigh Matthews Leigh Matthews Leigh Raymond "Lethal Leigh" Matthews AM is a former player and coach of Australian rules football. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League from 1969 to 1985, coached Collingwood from 1986–1995, and coached the Brisbane Lions from 1999 to 2008...	Simon Black Simon Black Simon Black is an Australian rules footballer playing for the Brisbane Lions in the Australian Football League.Black is a midfielder with a reputation for hard work and skill... , Jonathan Brown, Nigel Lappin Nigel Lappin Nigel Lappin is a former professional Australian rules footballer.Lappin was born in Corowa, New South Wales, but grew up in Chiltern, Victoria and was drafted to play for the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League in 1993, playing his first AFL game the following year... , Luke Power Luke Power Luke Power is an Australian rules footballer. He is currently contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney. He was a part of the Brisbane Lions's 2001, 2002, and 2003 premierships. He is known for his effective use of the ball disposals, rare mistakes and his deadly accurate left foot. Many AFL...	N/A
Brett Ratten Brett Ratten Brett "Ratts" Ratten is a former Australian rules footballer and the current coach of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....	Chris Judd Chris Judd Christopher Dylan "Chris" Judd is a professional Australian rules footballer and current captain of the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League ....	Nick Stevens Nick Stevens Nick Stevens is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Originally from St Marys in the VMFL, Stevens was recruited in the 1997 AFL Draft to the Port Adelaide Football Club where he became a very prominent outside midfielder... (vc), Andrew Carrazzo Andrew Carrazzo Andrew Carrazzo is an Australian rules footballer for Carlton in the Australian Football League .- Early career :... , Heath Scotland Heath Scotland Heath Scotland is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Background:Scotland grew up and played his junior football for the Darley Football Club, then in the Riddell District Football League, and he played TAC Cup football for the Western Jets. He also featured in the... , Kade Simpson Kade Simpson Kade Simpson is an Australian rules footballer, currently playing with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League....
Mick Malthouse Mick Malthouse Michael "Mick" Malthouse is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Collingwood Football Club.While his playing career included a premiership for Richmond in the VFL, he is best known for his Australian Football League coaching career.Malthouse is the most successful coach...	Scott Burns Scott Burns Scott Burns is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Football career:Originally from Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League, Burns was drafted by the Collingwood Football Club with the 90th selection in the 1992 National Draft...	Josh Fraser Josh Fraser Josh Fraser is a professional Australian rules football player currently playing for the Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League and formerly of the Collingwood Football Club.... (vc), Tarkyn Lockyer Tarkyn Lockyer Tarkyn Lockyer is a former professional Australian rules football player who played for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :... , Nick Maxwell Nick Maxwell Nick Maxwell is an Australian rules football player and current captain of the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :... , Scott Pendlebury Scott Pendlebury Scott Pendlebury is a professional Australian rules football player who plays for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Early life :...
Matthew Knights Matthew Knights Matthew Knights is a former Australian rules football player, having played in the midfield for the Richmond Football Club from 1988 to 2002. He went on to a coaching career, most notably as head coach of the Essendon Football Club from 2008 to 2010...	Matthew Lloyd Matthew Lloyd Matthew James Lloyd is a former Australian rules footballer who played for and was the captain of the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League...	Mark McVeigh Mark McVeigh Mark McVeigh is an Australian rules footballer. He made his debut for Essendon Football Club in 1999 after representing NSW/ACT at Under 18 level... , David Hille David Hille David Hille is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He debuted in 2001 with the Essendon Football Club and has been a solid ruckman for a number of years.... (vc)
Mark Harvey Mark Harvey Mark Harvey is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Essendon Football Club. He played 206 games from 1984 to 1997, kicking 190 goals, and was assistant coach at Essendon from 1998 to 2005...	Mathew Pavlich	Josh Carr Josh Carr Joshua "Josh" Carr is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a midfielder for Port Adelaide and Fremantle in the Australian Football League. After originally being drafted by Port Adelaide and playing in their 2004 premiership side he returned to Western Australia to play with his... (vc)
Mark Thompson	Tom Harley Tom Harley Thomas 'Tom' Harley is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League...	Cameron Ling Cameron Ling Cameron Ling is a former Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League... (vc), Cameron Mooney Cameron Mooney Cameron Mooney was an Australian rules footballer who played with the North Melbourne and Geelong Football Clubs in the Australian Football League... (dvc), Joel Corey Joel Corey Joel Corey is an Australian rules footballer for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League . A midfielder, tall and weighing , Corey is able to contribute inside or outside while on the ball.... , Paul Chapman, Max Rooke
Alastair Clarkson Alastair Clarkson Alastair Clarkson is a former Australian rules footballer and current coach of the Hawthorn Football Club.- North Melbourne :...	Sam Mitchell Sam Mitchell (footballer) Samuel Mitchell is an Australian rules football player for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Debut season :...	Luke Hodge Luke Hodge Luke Hodge is a professional Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League... (vc), Shane Crawford Shane Crawford Shane Barry Crawford is a former Australian rules footballer, having played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League... , Chance Bateman Chance Bateman Chance Bateman is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for Hawthorn in the Australian Football League .... , Brad Sewell Brad Sewell Brad Sewell is an Australian rules footballer with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was selected with pick number 6 in the Rookie Draft in 2003... ,
Dean Bailey Dean Bailey Dean Bailey is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon, a former coach of the Melbourne Football Club, as well as a former assistant coach at Port Adelaide.-Coaching career:...	Cameron Bruce Cameron Bruce Cameron Bruce is a professional Australian rules football player, who plays for the Hawthorn Football Club after being selected by the Hawks in the Pre-season Draft, as was widely speculated to occur after he quit playing for the Melbourne Football Club, with whom he had played for 11 seasons, and... , James McDonald James McDonald (footballer) James McDonald is an Australian rules footballer, currently contracted to in the Australian Football League . He previously played for and captained the Melbourne Football Club.- Career :...	Brock McLean Brock McLean Brock "Chooka" McLean is a professional Australian rules footballer currently with the Carlton Football Club in the Australian Football League... , Brad Miller Brad Miller (footballer) Brad Miller is an Australian rules footballer, who currently plays with Richmond after previously playing with the Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League until he was delisted at the end of the 2010 season.-Early life:Brad is the son of Neville Miller, who played 30 games with... ,
Dean Laidley Dean Laidley Dean Laidley is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the West Coast Eagles and North Melbourne in the Australian Football League from 1987 to 1997, including in North Melbourne's 1996 premiership side. He served as coach of North Melbourne from 2003 to 2009...	Adam Simpson Adam Simpson Adam Simpson is a retired Australian rules footballer who is a former captain of North Melbourne.-Early life:Simpson grew up in the northern suburbs of Melbourne, where he played junior football with the Eltham Football Club and the Northern Knights-Early career:Debuting in 1995, he has won two...	Brady Rawlings Brady Rawlings Brady Rawlings is a former Australian rules footballer who played 245 games for the Kangaroos.He is the younger brother of former AFL footballer, and Richmond 2009 caretaker coach, Jade. Rawlings was recruited to the Kangaroos in the 1998 AFL Draft, with the 15th selection... , Daniel Harris Daniel Harris Daniel Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League , after having played for the North Melbourne Football Club between 2001 and 2009. He played as a midfielder and has been noted as one of the best centre clearance... , Michael Firrito Michael Firrito Michael "Spud" Firrito is an Australian Rules footballer for the Kangaroos Football Club. He made his AFL debut in round 12 on the 13 June 2003. He played 2 games that year and the following year received a Rising Star nomination. Although primarily a defender, he has been used by the Kangaroos as... , Nathan Thompson Nathan Thompson Nathan Thompson is a former Australian rules footballer, who previously played with the Hawthorn and North Melbourne Football Clubs in the Australian Football League. He is currently a part of the Panel on the Sunday Footy Show.... , Drew Petrie Drew Petrie Drew Petrie is an Australian rules footballer for the North Melbourne Football Club. Since debuting in 2001 he has played over 100 games for the club. He has played in a variety of roles for the Kangaroos including centre half-forward, defence and ruck... , Corey Jones Corey Jones Corey Jones is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the North Melbourne Kangaroos in the Australian Football League. Jones grew up in the small Victorian town of Wycheproof, near Bendigo.-Career:... , Daniel Pratt, Brent Harvey Brent Harvey Brent "Boomer" Harvey is an Australian rules footballer and the current captain of the North Melbourne Football Club in the Australian Football League ....
Mark Williams Mark M. Williams Mark "Choco" Williams is a former Australian rules footballer who coached the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League from 1999 to 2010...	Warren Tredrea Warren Tredrea Warren Gary Tredrea is retired Australian rules footballer with the Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League . A forward, tall and weighing , Tredrea is the son of former Collingwood and Port Adelaide player Gary Tredrea.Tredrea was zone selected for the inaugural Port...	Brendon Lade Brendon Lade Brendon Lade is a former Australian rules footballer who spent his entire AFL career with the Port Adelaide Football Club.- Early Career :... (vc), Chad Cornes Chad Cornes Chad Studley Cornes is a Australian rules footballer, who is contracted to play for Greater Western Sydney in 2012, in the Australian Football League... (vc), Shaun Burgoyne Shaun Burgoyne Shaun Playford Burgoyne is an Australian rules footballer playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League... (vc), Michael Wilson Michael Wilson (footballer) Michael Robert Wilson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club.-Success :... , Kane Cornes Kane Cornes Kane Graham Cornes in an Australian rules football player who plays for Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League.-Early life:... and Dom Cassisi Domenic Cassisi Domenic Cassisi is a premiership winning Australian rules footballer for the Port Adelaide Football Club, and their current captain...
Terry Wallace Terry Wallace Terry Wallace is a former professional Australian rules football player and coach.As a player, his career spanned three VFL/AFL clubs; most notably Hawthorn where he played in three premierships as well as achieving All-Australian selection, and two Best and Fairests with the Footscray Football Club...	Kane Johnson Kane Johnson Kane "Johno" Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer and former captain of the Richmond Football Club and dual premiership winner with the Adelaide Crows in the Australian Football League .-Career:...	Chris Newman Chris Newman (Australian rules footballer) Chris Newman is an Australian rules footballer, and currently the captain of the Richmond Football Club. He was drafted at Pick 55 in the 2000 AFL Draft from the Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup.... (vc), Nathan Foley Nathan Foley (footballer) Nathan Foley is an Australian rules football player. He plays as a midfielder for the Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League .... (vc), Nathan Brown, Troy Simmonds Troy Simmonds Troy Simmonds is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Melbourne, Fremantle and Richmond in the Australian Football League.-Melbourne: 1999 – 2001:Simmonds was first drafted by Melbourne in the 1999 Preseason Draft... , Joel Bowden Joel Bowden Joel Bowden was an Australian rules footballer with the Richmond Football Club in the AFL. In 2007, he was declared the new president of the AFL Players Association.... and Kayne Pettifer Kayne Pettifer Kayne Pettifer was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Pettifer first attracted the talent scouts when he was awarded the Larke Medal for his outstanding performance during the Australian Vic Country's Under 18 team at the 2000 AFL National Under 18 Championships...
Ross Lyon Ross Lyon Ross Lyon is a former Australian rules football player for Fitzroy and the Brisbane Bears. He is the current senior coach of the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Playing career:...	Nick Riewoldt Nick Riewoldt Nick Riewoldt is an Australian rules footballer who is the current captain of the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was the first draft selection in the 2000 AFL Draft.-Early life:...	Lenny Hayes Lenny Hayes Lenny Hayes is a professional Australian rules footballer playing with St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League.Hayes is a former captain of St Kilda and continues to be an onfield leader in the Saints' midfield....
Paul Roos Paul Roos (Australian rules footballer) Paul Roos is a former Australian rules football player and coach in the VFL and Australian Football League.Playing the majority of his career with Fitzroy, Roos was one of the teams greats, captaining the side for a long time and was acknowledged as its best player for several seasons, being named...	Leo Barry Leo Barry Leo Barry is a retired Australian rules footballer in the AFL with the Sydney Swans.Originally from Deniliquin, New South Wales, he attended St Ignatius' College, Riverview before being drafted as a zone selection in the 1994 National Draft and making his debut in the final round of the 1995... , Craig Bolton Craig Bolton Craig Bolton is an Australian rules footballer who has played with the Brisbane Lions and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League . He often plays at full back or on the half back flank... , Brett Kirk Brett Kirk Brett Kirk is a former Australian rules football player of the Sydney Swans, and is known colloquially as "Kirky", "Captain Kirk", during the 2005 AFL Finals Series, "Captain Blood" and by teammates as "Hippy". Kirk is a hard working and onfield leader who has played in a premiership with the...	N/A
John Worsfold John Worsfold John Worsfold is a former Australian rules footballer who represented in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League . He also represented Western Australia in State of Origin matches...	Darren Glass Darren Glass Darren Glass is an Australian rules footballer for the AFL's West Coast Eagles. He wears number 23 guernsey.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from Perth...	Dean Cox(vc), Tyson Stenglein Tyson Stenglein Tyson Stenglein is an Australian rules footballer, who played for the Adelaide Crows and the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League .- Adelaide career :... (vc), Matt Priddis, Ashley Hansen Ashley Hansen Ashley Hansen is an Australian rules footballer most known for his stint with the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League. Hansen was born in Victoria, Australia and was educated at Mazenod College.... , Adam Selwood Adam Selwood Adam Murray Selwood is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the West Coast Eagles in the Australian Football League.-Career:...
Rodney Eade Rodney Eade Rodney "Rocket" Eade is a former Australian rules footballer and the former coach of the Sydney Swans and Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League...	Brad Johnson Brad Johnson (Australian rules footballer) Brad Johnson is a former Australian rules footballer who was the captain of Australian Football League team Western Bulldogs...	Scott West Scott West Scott West is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League... , Robert Murphy Robert Murphy (Australian rules footballer) Robert "Bob" Murphy is an Australian rules footballer who plays for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League. Renowned for his silky skills and leadership qualities, Murphy has also proven himself a versatile player, equally capable of playing in attack or in defence depending on the... , Daniel Cross, Daniel Giansiracusa Daniel Giansiracusa Daniel Giansiracusa is an Australian rules football player for the Western Bulldogs who plays in various positions such as the midfield, half back flanks and half forward flanks.... , Matthew Boyd Matthew Boyd Matthew Boyd is an Australian rules football player who has come through the Western Bulldogs' rookie list, debuting in 2003. Prior to that he had played for Dandenong Stingrays in the TAC Cup and Frankston in the VFL... , Dale Morris Dale Morris Dale Morris is an Australian rules footballer who currently plays for the Western Bulldogs.Morris spent four years playing for Werribee Football Club in the Victorian Football League before being added to the Bulldogs' rookie list in the 2004 Rookie Draft...

Umpires

The AFL introduced an additional two boundary umpires

Umpire (Australian rules football)

An umpire is an official in the sport of Australian rules football.-Origins:Unlike many other codes of football, where the official is called a referee, in Australian Football, the officials borrow their title from the game of cricket, which is played on the same types of fields and was an...

in Round 21 in order to reduce the error rate and enable the umpires to keep up with the play.

Brett Rosebury

Brett Rosebury

Brett Rosebury is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 119 career games in the AFL since his debut in Round 13, 2000....

was appointed the 2008 All-Australian

2008 All-Australian Team

The 2008 Australian rules football All-Australian selection committee provided the 40 leading players of the year in their playing positions at the conclusion of the home and away season before announcing the final 22 during the All Australian Presentation Dinner on 15 September 2008...

umpire, the first West Australian umpire to receive that honour. Controversially, however, he was not appointed to umpire the AFL Grand Final

AFL Grand Final

The AFL Grand Final is an annual Australian rules football match, traditionally held on the final Saturday in September at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in Melbourne, Australia to determine the Australian Football League premiership champions for that year...

, with Scott McLaren

Scott McLaren

Scott McLaren is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 300 career games in the AFL....

, Michael Vozzo

Michael Vozzo

Michael 'Billy' Vozzo is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 188 career games in the AFL....

and Shaun Ryan

Shaun Ryan

Shaun Ryan is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 110 career games in the AFL.He umpired his first AFL Grand Final in 2008 between Hawthorn and Geelong. He has since umpired Grand Finals in 2009, 2010 , and will umpire in 2011 as...

selected ahead of Rosebury.

Scott McLaren

Scott McLaren

Scott McLaren is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 300 career games in the AFL....

umpired his 300th game in Round 4 and Shane McInerney

Shane McInerney

Shane McInerney is an Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League. He has umpired 218 career games in the AFL.He umpired in the 2007 AFL Grand Final alongside Scott McLaren and Stephen McBurney.-Footnotes:...

umpired his 250 game in Round 4. Experienced field umpires Martin Ellis

Martin Ellis

Martin Ellis is a former Australian rules football field umpire in the Australian Football League.He retired on the 2 September 2008 having umpired a total of 244 career games in the AFL over 13 seasons, including the 2001 AFL Grand Final....

and Matthew Head

Matthew Head

Matthew Head is a former Australian rules football umpire in the Australian Football League ....

both announced their retirements during the year.

Debuts

A total of 84 players made their AFL debut in 2008, including 14 of the 17 first round draft selections from the 2007 AFL Draft

2007 AFL Draft

The 2007 AFL Draft consisted of four opportunities for player acquisitions during the 2007/08 Australian Football League off-season. These were trade week, the National Draft, the Pre-Season Draft and the Rookie Draft.- Trades :...

. Hawthorn's Cyril Rioli

Cyril Rioli

Cyril Rioli is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...

was the only debutant to play all 22 games in the Home and Away season.

Retirements

Name	Date Retired	Reason
Beau McDonald Beau McDonald Beau McDonald is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He was recruited as the number 73 draft pick in the 1997 AFL Draft from Swan Districts...	14 February	Recent injuries forced him out of the game.
Danny Jacobs Danny Jacobs Daniel "Danny" Jacobs is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon and Hawthorn Football Clubs in the Australian Football League.-Essendon career:...	12 March	Hip injury.
Hugh Minson	9 April	Knee problems.
David Neitz David Neitz David Neitz , nicknamed Neita, is a retired Australian rules footballer. The strongly built centre half back who became a full forward was the longest-serving captain in the history of the Melbourne Football Club and the first Melbourne player to achieve the 300-game milestone.Neitz was born in...	19 May	Neck problems.
Matthew Carr Matthew Carr Matthew Carr is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Fremantle and St Kilda in the Australian Football League . He played as a half-back flanker and began his football career at East Fremantle...	19 May	Leg problems.
Michael Braun	7 July (finished season)	Time is right.
Peter Bell Peter F. Bell Peter Francis Bell is a former Australian rules footballer for the Fremantle Football Club and the North Melbourne Football Club. He played as a rover . A former captain of the Fremantle Football Club, Bell was twice named as a member of the All-Australian Team...	7 July	Time is right.
Andrew McDougall Andrew McDougall Andrew McDougall is a former Australian rules footballer who last played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League .-Junior football and Draft:...	17 July	Injury and non-selection.
Shaun McManus Shaun McManus Shaun John McManus is a former Australian rules footballer. He is one of the most popular players to ever represent the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League and is often seen as an icon or favourite son of the club...	29 July	Time is right.
Michael Wilson Michael Wilson (footballer) Michael Robert Wilson is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Port Adelaide Football Club.-Success :...	5 August	Injury.
Robert Harvey Robert Harvey (footballer) Robert Jeffrey Harvey is a former Australian rules football player for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League...	6 August (finished season)	Time is right.
Heath Black Heath Black Heath Black is a former Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League .The 177 cm wingman is noted for his speed and long left foot kicking. Beginning his career in 1997 he was seen as a bright prospect and several years down the track that has been proven correct...	6 August	Injury.
Mal Michael Mal Michael Malcolm Roberto "Mal" Michael is a former Australian rules footballer. He is notable for his successful professional Australian Football League career. Following a career spanned 238 games and three clubs in two Australian states he is best known as a triple premiership full-back with the...	15 August (finished season)	Time is right.
Rhett Biglands Rhett Biglands Rhett Biglands is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Career:He made his debut as an 18 year old in the SANFL with Woodville West Torrens kicking 5 goals in his first match....	18 August	Knee Injury.
Nigel Lappin Nigel Lappin Nigel Lappin is a former professional Australian rules footballer.Lappin was born in Corowa, New South Wales, but grew up in Chiltern, Victoria and was drafted to play for the Brisbane Bears in the Australian Football League in 1993, playing his first AFL game the following year...	19 August	Achilles injury .
Mark Johnson Mark Johnson (footballer) Mark 'MJ' Johnson is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Essendon Football Club and Fremantle in the AFL.-Early life:Johnson is commonly known as "Mr...	20 August (finished season)	Time is right.
Jason Johnson	25 August	Time is right.
Adam Ramanauskas Adam Ramanauskas Adam Ramanauskas is a former Australian rules footballer for the Essendon Football Club.Of Lithuanian descent, Ramanauskas was selected at no. 12 in the 1998 AFL Draft and was mainly a defender or midfielder...	25 August	Time is right.
Shannon Grant Shannon Grant Shannon Grant is a retired Australian rules footballer who was known as one of the premier midfielders in the AFL. He began his career at the Sydney Swans in 1995 before moving to the Kangaroos in 1998 and being a part of their 1999 premiership side, in which he also won the Norm Smith Medal for...	26 August (finished season)	Time is right.
Luke Webster Luke Webster Luke Webster is a midfielder or defender for the Fremantle Dockers in the AFL. He was drafted to Fremantle as the first selection in the 2001 AFL Rookie Draft and was elevated to the senior list during the 2003 season following an outstanding year for East Perth which included being awarded the...	27 August	Injuries and club's future direction.
Nathan Bassett Nathan Bassett Nathan "Fred" Bassett is a former Australian rules footballer for the Adelaide Football Club of the Australian Football League....	27 August (finished season)	Health concerns.
Ben Holland Ben Holland Ben Holland is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.A South Australian, Holland was drafted in 1994 to the Fitzroy Football Club, but chose to stay and develop in the SANFL with his local club Nth Adelaide for a year...	30 August	Time is right.
Jeff Farmer Jeff Farmer (footballer) Jeff Farmer is a former Australian rules footballer of Aboriginal descent. He was the first indigenous player to kick 400 goals in the Australian Football League .-Melbourne career:...	2 September	Time is right.
Nathan Ablett Nathan Ablett Nathan Ablett is an Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast and Geelong in the Australian Football League...	2 September	Pursue a career in the building industry.
Ben Mathews Ben Mathews -Overview:Ben Mathews is a former Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans, originally recruited from the Corowa-Rutherglen region of New South Wales. In 2005 he was part of the premiership-winning side that defeated the West Coast Eagles. He announced his retirement on 2 September...	2 September	Time is right.
Jess Sinclair Jess Sinclair Jess Sinclair is an Australian rules footballer who formerly played in the Australian Football League, Sinclair was a dashing half back flanker who had played for first the Fremantle Dockers, and later the Kangaroos.-Fremantle career:...	10 September	Time is right.
Peter Everitt Peter Everitt Peter "Spida" Everitt is a former Australian rules footballer who played for St Kilda, Hawthorn Hawks and the Sydney Swans in the AFL. He made his debut for St Kilda in 1993 and in 2003 began playing for Hawthorn. Everitt was traded to the Sydney Swans at the end of 2006. Following the club's 2008...	12 September	Time is right.
Fraser Gehrig Fraser Gehrig Fraser Gehrig is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who played for the St Kilda Football Club and the West Coast Eagles...	13 September	Unsuccessful attempt to relaunch his football career.
Ryan Lonie Ryan Lonie Ryan Lonie is a former Collingwood footballer in the Australian Football League. Lonie is a hard-running back flanker who over the duration of his seven years at the club threatened to become a game-breaking wingman, however he did not make the transition.-Early career :Lonie starred as a junior...	15 September	Injury.
Shane Wakelin Shane Wakelin Shane Wakelin is a former Australian rules footballer for St Kilda and Collingwood in the Australian Football League.-AFL career:...	15 September	Time is right.
Nathan Thompson Nathan Thompson Nathan Thompson is a former Australian rules footballer, who previously played with the Hawthorn and North Melbourne Football Clubs in the Australian Football League. He is currently a part of the Panel on the Sunday Footy Show....	19 September	No offer for 2009
Scott Burns Scott Burns Scott Burns is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Football career:Originally from Norwood Football Club in the South Australian National Football League, Burns was drafted by the Collingwood Football Club with the 90th selection in the 1992 National Draft...	22 September	Time is right
Ken McGregor Ken McGregor Kenneth Bruce McGregor was a former tennis player from Australia who won the Men's Singles title at the Australian Championships in 1952. He and his longtime doubles partner, Frank Sedgman, are generally considered to be one of the greatest men's doubles teams of all time...	30 September	Time is right
Jason Saddington Jason Saddington Jason Saddington is a retired Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He was recruited as the number 11 draft pick in the 1997 AFL Draft from Mitcham.-Sydney:...	13 October	Time is right
Shane Crawford Shane Crawford Shane Barry Crawford is a former Australian rules footballer, having played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League...	8 November	Time is right

Sackings/Delistings

Name	Club	Date Delisted
Courtney Johns Courtney Johns Courtney Johns is an Australian rules football player in the Australian Football League. Wearing the number 21 Guernsey, he plays full-forward and occasional back, seen as a power forward due to his strong build, height, ability to take a strong mark and inflict damage.-Early career and...		15 August
Damien Peverill Damien Peverill Damien Peverill is an Australian rules footballer who played 144 senior games with Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League between 2001 and 2008...		25 August
Jeff White Jeff White Jeffrey Newman "Jeff" White is an Australian rules footballer who had a distinguished career in the Australian Football League spanning 14 years. He played most recently and notably for the Melbourne Football Club, following a move from the Fremantle Dockers at the end of 1997...		26 August
Adem Yze Adem Yze Adem Yze is an Australian rules footballer of Albanian descent. He was educated at Galvin Park Secondary College in Werribee, Victoria...		26 August
Greg Tivendale Greg Tivendale Greg Tivendale was a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Recruited from the Gippsland Under 18s & Rythdale-Officer-Cardinia Football Club, Tivendale debuted in 1998 with the Richmond Football Club and was noted for talents including his long-kicking and long-range...		28 August
Ryley Dunn Ryley Dunn Ryley Dunn is a former midfielder or defender for the Fremantle Football Club. He was drafted to Fremantle in the 2003 AFL Draft at selection 10, which was traded by Hawthorn Football Club in return for Trent Croad...		3 September
Steven Armstrong Steven Armstrong Steven Armstrong is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League who is currently without a club. He has played for the Melbourne Football Club and the West Coast Eagles....		4 September
Chad Jones Chad Jones Chad Jones is an Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Claremont Football Club in the West Australian Football League...		4 September
James Thomson		4 September
Jace Bode Jace Bode Jace Bode is an Australian former professional footballer who played for Melbourne FC in 2007 and 2008 and now plays for Norwood in the SANFL.Bode grew up in Adelaide and attended Pulteney Grammar School, before changing to Pembroke for his final three years of high school, where he finished in 2005...		4 September
Isaac Weetra Isaac Weetra Isaac Weetra is a semi-professional Australian rules footballer.He is notable for his brief Australian Football League stint, playing with the Melbourne Demons and wearing the No...		4 September
Robert Copeland Robert Copeland Robert Copeland is a former Australian Football League footballer for the Brisbane Lions and current captain of Aspley Hornet in QAFL...		19 September
Chris Schmidt Chris Schmidt (footballer) Chris Schmidt is an Australian rules footballer in the AFL.-Brisbane Lions career:He was drafted by with the 34th selection in the 2006 AFL Draft from West Adelaide in the SANFL. Debuting for Brisbane in Round 10, 2007 as a 18-year-old against , Schmidt struggled with just 1 kick and 5 handballs....		19 September
Wayde Mills Wayde Mills Wayde Mills is an Australian rules footballer in the South Australian National Football League, and formerly in the Australian Football League.-Overview:...		19 September
Haydn Kiel		19 September
Brodie Holland Brodie Holland Brodie Holland is a former professional Australian rules footballer best known for his playing days at the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League....		23 September
Chris Egan Chris Egan (footballer) Chris Egan is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Picked up by Collingwood with their first round draft pick, tenth overall, in the 2004 AFL Draft from Rumbalara on the Murray...		23 September
Sam Iles Sam Iles Sam Iles is an Australian rules footballer who played for Collingwood and is currently playing for Gold Coast in the Australian Football League .-Football career:...		23 September
Scott West Scott West Scott West is a former Australian rules football player who played for the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League...		23 September
Peter Street Peter Street Peter Street is a former professional Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.At 211 cm he is the equal tallest player in the history of the VFL/AFL ....		23 September
Nick Davis Nick Davis (footballer) Nick Davis is a former professional Australian rules footballer who played for the Collingwood Football Club and the Sydney Swans in the AFL.- Collingwood:...		12 October
Liam Bedford		15 October
Jason Davenport Jason Davenport Jason Davenport is an Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club and Port Adelaide Football Club in the Australian Football League .-Career:...		15 October
Chris Kangars		15 October
Tim Clarke Tim Clarke (Australian rules footballer) Tim Clarke is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . He was educated at The Geelong College...		16 October
Zac Dawson Zac Dawson Zac Dawson is an Australian rules footballer who has played for the Hawthorn and St Kilda Football Clubs in the Australian Football League .-AFL career:- Hawthorn :...		16 October
Luke McEntee		16 October
Garry Moss Garry Moss Garry Moss is an Australian rules footballer formerly with the Hawthorn Football Club in the Australian Football League . Attended Newman College in Churchlands, Perth, Class of 2005...		16 October
Jayden Attard Jayden Attard Jayden Attard was an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He is of Maltese descent.He was recruited as the number 50 draft pick in the 2004 AFL Draft from Chelsea and Dandenong Stingrays. He made his debut for Brisbane in Round 4, 2005 against Hawthorn.Attard was delisted...		22 October
Matthew Ferguson Matthew Ferguson Matthew Ferguson is an actor born on 3 April 1973 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He graduated from the Claude Watson School for the Performing Arts.-Performances:...		22 October
Michael Rix Michael Rix Michael Rix is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.Originally rookie listed with Hawthorn for the 2004 season, Rix did not play a game for the club but continued to be an important ruckman in the VFL with the Box Hill Hawks...		22 October
Shane Birss Shane Birss Shane Birss is an Australian rules football player.Birss played for both the St Kilda Football Club and the Western Bulldogs in the Australian Football League . He was drafted by the Western Bulldogs from the Gippsland Under 18s in the 2001 AFL Draft. He was unable to play consistently to...		22 October
Charlie Gardiner Charlie Gardiner (footballer) Charles "Charlie" Gardiner is a former Australian rules footballer for Geelong and St Kilda in the Australian Football League.-Career:...		22 October
Glenn Chivers		22 October
Luke Van Rheenen		22 October
Aaron Fiora Aaron Fiora Aaron Fiora is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League. He is originally from Naracoorte, South Australia.-Richmond career:...		31 October
Chris Johnson Chris A. Johnson Chris Johnson is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League . The son of Melbourne Demons star Alan Johnson, Johnson was recruited by the Demons under the father-son rule. Johnson, a running defender, was recruited from East Fremantle, at with the 36th selection in the 2003...		31 October

2008 Trade Week

In total only six trades were completed, with many players who requested trades, including Ryan O'Keefe

Ryan O'Keefe

Ryan O'Keefe is an Australian Football League player with the Sydney Swans, and part of the Swans' 2005 premiership-winning side....

, Andrew Lovett

Andrew Lovett

Andrew Lovett is an Aboriginal Australian rules footballer who played in the Australian Football League for Essendon between 2005 and 2009...

, Mark Seaby

Mark Seaby

Mark Seaby is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League.He is best known as a former premiership player with the West Coast Eagles.-Biography:...

, Josh Carr

Josh Carr

Joshua "Josh" Carr is a former Australian rules footballer who played as a midfielder for Port Adelaide and Fremantle in the Australian Football League. After originally being drafted by Port Adelaide and playing in their 2004 premiership side he returned to Western Australia to play with his...

and Daniel Harris

Daniel Harris

Daniel Harris is a former Australian rules footballer who played for Gold Coast Football Club in the Australian Football League , after having played for the North Melbourne Football Club between 2001 and 2009. He played as a midfielder and has been noted as one of the best centre clearance...

unable to finalise deals during the week. The lowest number of completed trades prompted calls by the AFLPA

AFL Players Association

The AFL Players Association, or AFLPA, is the representative body for all current and past professional Australian Football League players....

for a form of free agency

Free agent

In professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....

to be introduced, although it could be explained as a one-off event due to a combination of the high regard for the players available in year's draft and the impending concessions to be given to the expansion team

Expansion team

An expansion team is a brand new team in a sports league. The term is most commonly used in reference to the North American major professional sports leagues, but is applied to sports leagues worldwide that use a closed franchise system of league membership. The term comes from the expansion of the...

s, Gold Coast and Western Sydney in the coming years.

Player	Original club	New club	Traded for
Farren Ray Farren Ray Farren Ray is an Australian rules footballer for the St Kilda Football Club in the Australian Football League .- Western Bulldogs: 2004-2008 :Ray was recruited from Peel Thunder with the fourth pick in the 2003 AFL Draft.... and Pick #48			Draft Pick #31
Rhyce Shaw Rhyce Shaw Rhyce Shaw is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.-Career:Shaw, son of former Collingwood captain Ray was drafted to Collingwood in the 1999 AFL Draft under the father-son rule at pick no.18... and Pick #61			Draft Pick #46
Adam Thomson			Draft Pick #42
Anthony Corrie Anthony Corrie Anthony Corrie is an Australian rules footballer who has previously played for the Brisbane Lions and the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League , and is currently without a team....			Draft Pick #93
Brent Prismall Brent Prismall Brent "Prizza" Prismall is an Australian rules football player who is currently signed to the Essendon Football Club in the Australian Football League...			Draft Pick #39
Robert Warnock Robert Warnock Robert Warnock is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.A very tall tap ruckman, at a height of 206cm, Warnock played TAC Cup football for the Sandringham Dragons. He was recruited to the AFL by the Fremantle Football Club with the number 42 draft pick in the 2005 AFL... and Pick #69			Draft Picks #24,56 and 72

Coaching changes

Surprising some, Leigh Matthews
Leigh Matthews
Leigh Raymond "Lethal Leigh" Matthews AM is a former player and coach of Australian rules football. He played for Hawthorn in the Victorian Football League from 1969 to 1985, coached Collingwood from 1986–1995, and coached the Brisbane Lions from 1999 to 2008...

announced his retirement as coach of the 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
Michael Voss
Michael Voss is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League team and a former professional Australian rules footballer....

.

Despite being newly signed for two years as Assistant Coach of , as expected, former Brisbane Lions captain Michael Voss
Michael Voss
Michael Voss is the senior coach of the Brisbane Lions Australian Football League team and a former professional Australian rules footballer....

was appointed as coach of the Brisbane Lions, one day after Leigh Matthews resigned.

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Round 1

Round 2

Round 3 (Rivalry Round)

Round 4

Round 5

Round 6 (ANZAC Round)

Round 7

AFL Hall of Fame Tribute Match

Round 8

Round 9 (Indigenous Round)

Round 10

Round 11 (Queens Birthday)

Round 12

Round 13

Round 14 (Split Round)

Round 15

Round 16

Round 17

Round 18

Round 19 (Tom WillsTom WillsThomas Wentworth "Tom" Wills was an Australian all-round sportsman, umpire, coach and administrator who is credited with being a catalyst towards the invention of Australian rules football.... Round)

Round 20

Round 21

Round 22

Finals Series

Qualifying and Elimination Finals

Semi Finals

Preliminary Finals

Grand Final

Game records

Leading Goal-kickers and Coleman MedalColeman MedalThe Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...

Disposals

Kicks

Handballs

Marks

Tackles

Hitouts

Awards

Rising Star Nominees

Club Best and Fairests

Notable events

International rules

Club leadership

Umpires

Debuts

Retirements

Sackings/Delistings

2008 Trade Week

Coaching changes

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Round 19 (Tom Wills
Tom Wills
Thomas Wentworth "Tom" Wills was an Australian all-round sportsman, umpire, coach and administrator who is credited with being a catalyst towards the invention of Australian rules football....

Round)

Leading Goal-kickers and Coleman Medal
Coleman Medal
The Coleman Medal is awarded yearly to the Australian Football League player who kicks the most goals in regular-season matches in that year...