2008 SANFL season

2008 SANFL season
Teams	9
Premiers	Central District 7th premiership
Minor premiers	Glenelg 4th minor premiership
Magarey Medallist	Luke Crane Sturt (22 votes)
Ken Farmer Medallist	Brant Chambers Sturt (97 Goals)
Matches played	96
Highest	34,128 (Grand Final, Central District vs. Glenelg)
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The 2008 South Australian National Football League season was the 129th season of the top-level Australian rules football competition in South Australia.

Premiership season

Round 1

	Round 1
Friday 28 March (7:40 pm)	Norwood 4.12 (36)	def. by	Sturt 14.12 (96)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 29 March (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 17.14 (116)	def.	Woodville-West Torrens 18.2 (110)	Prospect Oval
Saturday 29 March (2:10 pm)	Central District 14.4 (88)	def.	Port Adelaide 10.8 (68)	Elizabeth Oval
Sunday 30 March (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 15.7 (97)	def.	Glenelg 12.11 (83)	Hickinbotham Oval
Bye: West Adelaide

Round 2

	Round 2
Saturday 5 April (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 19.16 (130)	def.	Woodville-West Torrens 13.10 (88)	Glenelg Oval
Saturday 5 April (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 14.18 (102)	def. by	South Adelaide 16.9 (105)	Alberton Oval
Saturday 5 April (2:10 pm)	Sturt 17.15 (117)	def.	Central District 11.7 (73)	Unley Oval
Saturday 5 April (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 9.11 (65)	def. by	Norwood 13.20 (98)	Richmond Oval
Bye: North Adelaide

Round 3

	Round 3
Saturday 12 April (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 12.10 (82)	def. by	Port Adelaide 19.11 (125)	Woodville Oval
Saturday 12 April (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 8.8 (56)	def. by	Sturt 17.14 (116)	Prospect Oval
Saturday 12 April (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 9.11 (65)	def.	West Adelaide 9.7 (61)	Hickinbotham Oval
Saturday 12 April (2:10 pm)	Central District 17.13 (115)	def.	Norwood 6.8 (44)	Elizabeth Oval
Bye: Glenelg

Round 4

	Round 4
Friday 18 April (7:40 pm)	Norwood 14.17 (101)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 21.10 (136)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 19 April (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 4.6 (30)	def. by	Sturt 17.13 (115)	Hickinbotham Oval
Sunday 20 April (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 17.19 (121)	def.	West Adelaide 9.13 (67)	Glenelg Oval
Sunday 20 April (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 13.15 (93)	def. by	North Adelaide 14.11 (95)	Alberton Oval
Bye: Central District

Round 5

	Round 5
Friday 25 April (2:10 pm)	Central District 12.12 (84)	def.	North Adelaide 9.11 (65)	Adelaide Oval
Friday 25 April (2:10 pm)	Norwood 11.12 (78)	drew with	South Adelaide 11.12 (78)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 26 April (2:10 pm)	Sturt 13.12 (90)	def. by	Glenelg 15.14 (104)	Unley Oval
Saturday 26 April (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 9.13 (67)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 17.7 (109)	Richmond Oval
Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 6

	Round 6
Saturday 3 May (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 18.9 (117)	def.	Sturt 12.10 (82)	Thebarton Oval
Saturday 3 May (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 24.14 (158)	def.	South Adelaide 8.11 (59)	Prospect Oval
Saturday 3 May (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 17.12 (114)	def.	West Adelaide 13.12 (90)	Alberton Oval
Sunday 4 May (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 13.15 (93)	def.	Central District 13.12 (90)	Glenelg Oval
Bye: Norwood

Round 7

	Round 7
Friday 9 May (7:40 pm)	Norwood 12.17 (89)	def.	Port Adelaide 10.7 (67)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 10 May (2:10 pm)	Sturt 22.7 (139)	def.	West Adelaide 5.10 (40)	Unley Oval
Saturday 10 May (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 22.11 (143)	def.	North Adelaide 18.9 (117)	Glenelg Oval
Saturday 10 May (2:10 pm)	Central District 12.12 (84)	def.	Woodville-West Torrens 10.7 (67)	Elizabeth Oval
Bye: South Adelaide

Round 8

	Round 8
Saturday 17 May (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 9.9 (63)	def. by	Norwood 13.13 (91)	Prospect Oval
Saturday 17 May (2:10 pm)	Sturt 12.9 (81)	def.	Port Adelaide 7.13 (55)	Unley Oval
Saturday 17 May (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 5.8 (38)	def. by	Glenelg 16.10 (106)	Hickinbotham Oval
Saturday 17 May (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 7.5 (47)	def. by	Central District 12.8 (80)	Richmond Oval
Bye: Woodville-West Torrens

Round 9

	Round 9
Friday 23 May (7:40 pm)	Norwood 1.3 (9)	def. by	Glenelg 13.15 (93)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 24 May (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 15.9 (99)	def. by	North Adelaide 18.11 (119)	Woodville Oval
Saturday 24 May (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 11.14 (80)	def.	South Adelaide 8.10 (58)	Richmond Oval
Sunday 25 May (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 11.7 (73)	def. by	Central District 22.11 (143)	Alberton Oval
Bye: Sturt

Round 10

	Round 10
Saturday 7 June (2:10 pm)	Central District 18.11 (119)	def.	South Adelaide 13.10 (88)	Elizabeth Oval
Saturday 7 June (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 11.9 (75)	def. by	Norwood 19.12 (126)	Woodville Oval
Monday 9 June (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 15.21 (111)	def.	Port Adelaide 14.9 (93)	Glenelg Oval
Monday 9 June (2:10 pm)	Sturt 27.12 (174)	def.	North Adelaide 10.8 (68)	Unley Oval
Bye: West Adelaide

Round 11

	Round 11
Saturday 14 June (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 19.13 (127)	def.	West Adelaide 10.14 (74)	Prospect Oval
Sunday 15 June (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 15.10 (100)	def. by	Woodville-West Torrens 17.8 (110)	Hickinbotham Oval
Sunday 15 June (2:10 pm)	Sturt 15.17 (107)	def.	Norwood 14.6 (90)	Unley Oval
Bye: Central District, Glenelg, Port Adelaide

Round 12

	Round 12
Saturday 21 June (2:10 pm)	Central District 12.10 (82)	def. by	Glenelg 15.13 (103)	Elizabeth Oval
Saturday 21 June (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 6.12 (48)	def. by	Sturt 19.15 (129)	Woodville Oval
Saturday 21 June (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 15.11 (101)	def.	South Adelaide 8.6 (54)	Prospect Oval
Sunday 22 June (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 8.9 (57)	def. by	Port Adelaide 13.15 (93)	Richmond Oval
Bye: Norwood

Round 13

	Round 13
Saturday 28 June (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 18.14 (122)	def.	Central District 5.8 (38)	Woodville Oval
Saturday 28 June (2:10 pm)	Norwood 17.10 (112)	def.	West Adelaide 10.14 (74)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 28 June (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 11.10 (76)	def.	North Adelaide 10.12 (72)	Alberton Oval
Saturday 28 June (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 10.13 (73)	def.	Sturt 9.11 (65)	Glenelg Oval
Bye: South Adelaide

Round 14

	Round 14
Saturday 5 July (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 11.6 (72)	def. by	Norwood 11.19 (85)	Hickinbotham Oval
Saturday 5 July (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 11.12 (78)	def.	Woodville-West Torrens 8.7 (55)	Alberton Oval
Saturday 5 July (2:10 pm)	Central District 16.11 (107)	def.	West Adelaide 9.7 (61)	Elizabeth Oval
Sunday 6 July (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 7.12 (54)	def. by	Glenelg 17.9 (111)	Prospect Oval
Bye: Sturt

Round 15

	Round 15
Saturday 12 July (2:10 pm)	Norwood 17.11 (113)	def.	North Adelaide 6.11 (47)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 12 July (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 4.9 (33)	def. by	Glenelg 13.13 (91)	Richmond Oval
Saturday 12 July (2:10 pm)	Central District 8.11 (59)	def.	Port Adelaide 7.10 (52)	Elizabeth Oval
Sunday 13 July (2:10 pm)	Sturt 15.20 (110)	def.	South Adelaide 5.10 (40)	Johnstone Park
Bye: Woodville-West Torrens

Round 16

	Round 16
Saturday 19 July (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 8.13 (61)	def. by	Sturt 19.7 (121)	Richmond Oval
Saturday 19 July (2:10 pm)	Norwood 12.12 (84)	def. by	Central District 13.8 (86)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 19 July (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 11.16 (82)	def.	Woodville-West Torrens 9.10 (64)	Prospect Oval
Saturday 19 July (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 14.12 (96)	def. by	South Adelaide 17.7 (109)	Glenelg Oval
Bye: Port Adelaide

Round 17

	Round 17
Saturday 26 July (2:10 pm)	Sturt 14.10 (94)	def.	Central District 12.9 (81)	Unley Oval
Saturday 26 July (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 9.8 (62)	def. by	Port Adelaide 15.14 (104)	Hickinbotham Oval
Saturday 26 July (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 19.7 (121)	def.	Norwood 11.10 (76)	Glenelg Oval
Saturday 26 July (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 14.13 (97)	def.	West Adelaide 8.12 (60)	Thebarton Oval
Bye: North Adelaide

Round 18

	Round 18
Saturday 2 August (2:10 pm)	Central District 15.9 (99)	def.	Glenelg 8.6 (54)	Elizabeth Oval
Saturday 2 August (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 12.9 (81)	def.	North Adelaide 10.13 (73)	Hickinbotham Oval
Sunday 3 August (2:10 pm)	Sturt 13.12 (90)	def.	Woodville-West Torrens 11.8 (74)	Unley Oval
Sunday 3 August (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 16.13 (109)	def.	Norwood 12.13 (85)	Alberton Oval
Bye: West Adelaide

Round 19

	Round 19
Saturday 9 August (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 4.7 (31)	def. by	Port Adelaide 6.10 (46)	Richmond Oval
Saturday 9 August (2:10 pm)	Norwood 11.9 (75)	def.	Sturt 4.7 (31)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 9 August (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 14.11 (95)	def.	Central District 6.9 (45)	Prospect Oval
Saturday 9 August (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 10.7 (67)	def.	South Adelaide 5.4 (34)	Woodville Oval
Bye: Glenelg

Round 20

	Round 20
Saturday 16 August (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 3.8 (26)	def. by	West Adelaide 12.18 (90)	Hickinbotham Oval
Sunday 17 August (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 9.9 (63)	def. by	Sturt 13.13 (91)	Alberton Oval
Sunday 17 August (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 16.12 (108)	def.	North Adelaide 12.7 (79)	Glenelg Oval
Bye: Central District, Norwood, Woodville-West Torrens

Round 21

	Round 21
Thursday 21 August (7:40 pm)	Norwood 9.22 (76)	def.	West Adelaide 9.10 (64)	Norwood Oval
Saturday 23 August (2:10 pm)	South Adelaide 9.9 (63)	def. by	Central District 14.13 (97)	Hickinbotham Oval
Saturday 23 August (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 11.12 (78)	def.	Glenelg 9.12 (66)	Woodville Oval
Sunday 24 August (2:10 pm)	North Adelaide 11.7 (73)	def. by	Port Adelaide 21.7 (133)	Prospect Oval
Bye: Sturt

Round 22

	Round 22
Saturday 30 August (2:10 pm)	Woodville-West Torrens 17.11 (113)	def.	Norwood 8.8 (56)	Woodville Oval
Sunday 31 August (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 5.9 (39)	def. by	Glenelg 13.14 (92)	Alberton Oval
Sunday 31 August (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 9.8 (62)	def. by	Central District 17.10 (112)	Richmond Oval
Sunday 31 August (2:10 pm)	Sturt 21.18 (144)	def.	South Adelaide 3.5 (23)	Unley Oval
Bye: North Adelaide

Round 23

	Round 23
Saturday 6 September (2:10 pm)	Central District 14.5 (89)	def.	Sturt 11.7 (73)	Elizabeth Oval
Sunday 7 September (2:10 pm)	West Adelaide 4.11 (35)	def. by	North Adelaide 15.11 (101)	Richmond Oval
Sunday 7 September (2:10 pm)	Port Adelaide 16.13 (109)	def.	Woodville-West Torrens 8.12 (60)	Alberton Oval
Sunday 7 September (2:10 pm)	Glenelg 11.14 (80)	def.	Norwood 9.7 (61)	Glenelg Oval
Bye: South Adelaide

Ladder

2008 SANFL Ladder

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	D	PF	PA	PP	Pts
1	Glenelg	20	16	4	0	1979	1464	57.48	32
2	Sturt	20	15	5	0	2065	1296	61.44	30
3	Central District (P)	20	14	6	0	1771	1525	53.73	28
4	Port Adelaide	20	10	10	0	1692	1621	51.07	20
5	Norwood	20	9	10	1	1585	1692	48.37	19
6	Woodville-West Torrens	20	9	11	0	1771	1792	49.71	18
7	North Adelaide	20	9	11	0	1761	1863	48.59	18
8	South Adelaide	20	5	14	1	1282	1979	39.31	11
9	West Adelaide	20	2	18	0	1219	1893	39.17	4

Source: ^[1]
Rules for classification: 1) points; 2) percentage; 3) number of points for.
(P) Premiers

Finals series

Week one – Qualifying and elimination finals

	Elimination final
Sunday 14 September (12:15 pm)	Port Adelaide 15.8 (98)	def. by	Norwood 18.11 (119)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: See below)

	Qualifying final
Sunday 14 September (3:15 pm)	Sturt 9.10 (64)	def. by	Central District 9.13 (67)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 15,825)

Week two – Semi-finals

	First Semi-final
Sunday 21 September (12:15 pm)	Sturt 19.19 (123)	def.	Norwood 9.8 (62)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: See below)

	Second Semi-final
Sunday 21 September (3:15 pm)	Glenelg 11.9 (75)	def. by	Central District 16.9 (105)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 22,568)

Week three – Preliminary final

	Preliminary final
Sunday 28 September (3:15 pm)	Glenelg 17.17 (119)	def.	Sturt 8.5 (53)	Adelaide Oval (crowd: 13,846)

Grand final

	2008 SANFL Grand Final
Sunday 5 October (2:10 pm)	Central District	def.	Glenelg	Football Park (crowd: 34,128)
	3.2 (20) 5.4 (34) 12.8 (80) 17.11 (113)	Q1 Q2 Q3 Final	3.1 (19) 4.6 (30) 6.7 (43) 10.11 (71)

References

1. "South Australian National Football League (SANFL), 2008". Archived from the original on 26 January 2016.