2008 premiership season | |
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Teams | 12, *16 |
Premiers | Murray Bushrangers 2nd premiership |
Minor premiers | Murray Bushrangers 4th minor premiership |
Wooden spooners | Northern Knights 3rd wooden spoon |
The 2008 TAC Cup season was the 17th season of the TAC Cup competition. Murray Bushrangers won their second premiership title after defeating the Dandenong Stingrays in the grand final by 81 points. [1]
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TEAM | P | W | L | D | PF | PA | % | PTS | ||||
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1 | Murray Bushrangers (P) | 19 | 17 | 2 | 0 | 2057 | 1245 | 165.22 | 68 | |||
2 | Dandenong Stingrays | 19 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1845 | 1551 | 118.96 | 52 | |||
3 | Geelong Falcons | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1893 | 1480 | 127.91 | 48 | |||
4 | North Ballarat Rebels | 19 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 1621 | 1417 | 114.40 | 48 | |||
5 | Gippsland Power | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1754 | 1437 | 122.06 | 44 | |||
6 | Oakleigh Chargers | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1735 | 1485 | 116.84 | 44 | |||
7 | Western Jets | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1562 | 1641 | 95.19 | 44 | |||
8 | Eastern Ranges | 19 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1523 | 1639 | 92.92 | 44 | |||
9 | Sandringham Dragons | 19 | 6 | 13 | 0 | 1488 | 1884 | 78.98 | 24 | |||
10 | Bendigo Pioneers | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1483 | 1932 | 76.76 | 20 | |||
11 | Calder Cannons | 19 | 5 | 14 | 0 | 1368 | 1786 | 76.60 | 20 | |||
12 | Northern Knights | 19 | 3 | 16 | 0 | 1399 | 1707 | 81.96 | 12 | |||
13 | Tassie Mariners | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 118 | 75 | 157.33 | 4 | |||
14 | Queensland U18s | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 297 | 415 | 71.57 | 4 | |||
15 | NSW/ACT Rams | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 61 | 163 | 37.42 | 0 | |||
16 | NT Thunder U18s | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 199 | 546 | 36.45 | 0 | |||
Key: P = Played, W = Won, L = Lost, D = Drawn, PF = Points For, PA = Points Against, (P) = Premiers |
2008 TAC Cup Grand Final | |||||
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Friday 26 September (4:00 pm) | Murray Bushrangers | def. | Dandenong Stingrays | Docklands | |
5.4 (34) 9.7 (61) 16.11 (107) 21.16 (142) | Q1 Q2 Q3 Final | 2.1 (13) 4.2 (26) 7.3 (45) 9.7 (61) | |||
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