2008 AFL Under 18 Championships

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2008 AFL Under 18 Championships
Teams8
Division 1
Teams4
ChampionsVic Metro
Larke Medal Jack Watts
Division 2
Teams4
ChampionsTasmania
Hunter Harrison Medal Mitch Robinson
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The 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships is the 2008 series of the AFL Under 18 Championships, a state and territory based Australian rules football competition which showcase the best junior footballers in Australia, primarily with the aim for them to be drafted into the Australian Football League.

Contents

The competition is split into two divisions. The major football states of Victoria (split into separate Country and Metropolitan teams), South Australia and Western Australia are in Division 1, with the smaller football states of Northern Territory, NSW/ACT, Tasmania and Queensland are in Division 2. Unlike previous years, in 2008 the top two teams from the Division 2 competition advanced to be part of Division 1.

Division 2 games were played as a qualifying series over a week in May in Melbourne, whereas Division 1 will be played mainly as curtain-raisers before AFL matches in late May and early June.

Division 2 qualifying series

DATEHOME TEAMSCOREAWAY TEAMSCOREVENUETIME
Wed 7/5Northern Territory7-4(46)NSW/ACT11-8(74) Casey Fields 11:15 am
Wed 7/5Tasmania12-5(77)Queensland7-11(53) Casey Fields 1:30 pm
Sat 10/5Tasmania11-11(77)Northern Territory10-4(64) Melbourne Cricket Ground 2:20 pm
Sat 10/5NSW/ACT9-13(67)Queensland5-6(36) Melbourne Cricket Ground 4:20 pm
Tue 13/5NSW/ACT8-7(55)Tasmania13-6(84) Casey Fields 10:15 am
Tue 13/5Northern Territory14-7(91)Queensland5-7(37) Casey Fields 12:30 pm

Division 2 Table

TEAMWONLOSTFORAGAINSTPERCENTAGE
Tasmania30238172138.37%
NSW/ACT21196166118.07%
Northern Territory12201188106.91%
Queensland0312623553.62%

Tasmania is the No.1 Qualifier and NSW/ACT is the No.2 Qualifier into Division 1. [1]

Mitch Robinson from Tasmania won the Hunter-Harrison Medal as best player in Division 2. [2]

Division 1

In 2008 Division One was extended from 3 rounds to 5 rounds with the addition of the top 2 teams from Division Two.

Fox Sports 1 telecast the final round of games live from the Telstra Dome on Wednesday 9 July from 10 am EST.

Melbourne Radio Station 3XX 1611AM broadcast games played in Melbourne on Wednesday 9 July

DATEHOME TEAMSCOREAWAY TEAMSCOREVENUETIME
Sun 25/5Victoria Country11-7(73)Victoria Metro12-4(76) Melbourne Cricket Ground 11:10 am
Sat 31/5South Australia17-6(108)Tasmania9-9(63) Adelaide Oval 10:55 am
Sun 1/6Western Australia15-7(97)NSW/ACT4-3(27) Subiaco Oval 11:30 am
Sat 7/6NSW/ACT11-6(72)Victoria Country10-7(67) Henson Park 12:30 pm
Sun 8/6South Australia4-13(37)Western Australia15-12(102) AAMI Stadium 1:25 pm
Mon 9/6Tasmania1-7(13)Victoria Metro12-8(80) Bellerive Oval 12:35 pm
Sat 14/6Tasmania9-8(62)NSW/ACT11-8(74) Aurora Stadium 12:30 pm
Sat 21/6Western Australia6-7(43)Victoria Country11-4(70) Subiaco Oval 2:30 pm
Sun 22/6South Australia8-6(54)Victoria Metro17-5(107) Adelaide Oval 1 pm
Sat 5/7Tasmania6-4(40)Western Australia14-16(100) Casey Fields 10 am
Sat 5/7Victoria Country9-10(64)South Australia14-14(98) Casey Fields 12:15 pm
Sat 5/7Victoria Metro11-14(80)NSW/ACT4-5(29) Casey Fields 2:30 pm
Wed 9/7South Australia20-12(132)NSW/ACT8-4(52) Telstra Dome 10:05 am
Wed 9/7Tasmania6-4(40)Victoria Country22-6(138) Telstra Dome 12:15 pm
Wed 9/7Victoria Metro14-9(93)Western Australia9-10(64) Telstra Dome 2:30 pm

Division 1 Table

TEAMWONLOSTFORAGAINSTPERCENTAGE
Victoria Metro50436233187.12%
Western Australia32406267152.06%
South Australia32429388110.57%
Victoria Country23412329125.23%
NSW/ACT2325443857.99%
Tasmania0521850043.60%

The Larke Medal (Best Player in Div 1) was awarded to Jack Watts (Victoria Metro). [3]

2008 AFL Under 18 All-Australian team

The 2008 Under 18 All-Australian team was announced following the conclusion of the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships.

2008 AFL Under 18 All-Australian team
B: Nick Suban (Victoria Country) Michael Hurley (Victoria Metro) Clancee Pearce (Western Australia)
HB: Stephen Hill (Western Australia) Jordan Lisle (Victoria Metro) Rhys O'Keefe (South Australia)
C: Mitch Robinson (Tasmania) Matt De Boer (Western Australia) David Zaharakis (Victoria Metro)
HF: Hamish Hartlett (South Australia) Lewis Johnston (South Australia) Tom Scully (Victoria Metro)
F: Ty Vickery (Victoria Metro) Jack Watts (Victoria Metro) Michael Walters (Western Australia)
Foll: Nicholas Naitanui (Western Australia) Jack Ziebell (Victoria Country)Ranga Ediriwickrama (NSW/ACT)
Int: Daniel Rich (Western Australia) Shaun McKernan (Victoria Metro) Kade Klemke (NSW/ACT)
Steele Sidebottom (Victoria Country)
Coach: David Dickson (Victoria Metro) Assistant coach: Danny Stevens (NSW/ACT)

References

  1. Hanlon, Peter; Young talent time; Realfooty.com.au; 2008-05-14
  2. Sheehan, Kevin; A winner on all fronts; AFL.com.au; 2008-05-14
  3. Harris, Amelia (10 July 2008); Talent manager predicts bumper 2009 AFL draft