Jump on the forums. [1] Folkes' men would only win one more game in the entire season, and finished 2008 with the wooden spoon in what was Folkes' final year with the club. Match: Cowboys vs Storm F ull T ime. NRL 2008. This is the highest Rugby League Grand Final margin in Australian history, eclipsing the 1975 NSWRFL season's Grand Final where Eastern Suburbs defeated St George, 38–0 at the Sydney Cricket Ground. No more wins would follow for the season. Throughout May and June, there was heavy media coverage of star player Sonny Bill Williams' discontent with Bulldogs management and with his contract arrangements, and of his rumoured desire to leave the club to play rugby union or in the Super League. Their highest in a winning match was 32, when it defeated the Wests Tigers in round 3, by 32-12. Melbourne lost this game 18-15 after a Warriors try from Michael Witt two minutes from full-time; becoming the first minor premier side since the introduction of the McIntyre finals structure in 1999 to lose to the eighth-placed team. Matai's second sideline conversion attempt missed, so the Sea Eagles were leading 18 - 0. In the first finals round, Manly defeated the St. George Illawarra Dragons 38-6. After the club's 58-18 thrashing at the hands of the Raiders in Round 15, coach Steve Folkes admitted that the Bulldogs were "at the bottom of a fairly big hole with no way out of it in the short term". After confirming that he would play out the remaining 4 years of his contract, Williams left the country without warning in late July to join French rugby union club RC Toulon, in what many rugby league fans regarded as an enormous betrayal. Round 7 - Saturday 26th April 2008. The key problems for the Bulldogs were poor defence and continuing injury problems, with usually 10 first grade players injured at a time, including season ending injuries to key players Luke Patten and Willie Tonga. The team also faced off-field turbulence. The conversion attempt by Matai went wide so the Sea Eagles were leading 28-0. High-profile player departures and political infighting during the 2007-2008 off-season had led to predictions that the Bulldogs would have a difficult 2008, predictions which were borne out across the season. The 2008 Bulldogs RLFC season was the 74th in the club's history. Of Teams 16 No. Kicking duty was handed to Steve Matai who coolly converted Robertson's try from next to the sideline, bringing his side's lead to 14 - 0. Menu. Nine minutes later, the Sea Eagles were again on the attack and from ten metres out, moved the ball through the hands to the left wing where Michael Robertson dived over in the corner. [10], 23rd Minute: Manly 4–0 (Ballin try)33rd Minute: Manly 8–0 (Robertson try)47th Minute: Manly 14–0 (Robertson try; Matai goal)51st Minute: Manly 18–0 (Robertson try)58th Minute: Manly 24–0 (Kite try; Matai goal)67th Minute: Manly 28–0 (Williams try)72nd Minute: Manly 34–0 (Menzies try; Lyon goal)75th Minute: Manly 40–0 (Bell try; Lyon goal), "Harry Bath joins legends to pass on in Centenary season", "Magnificent Manly exacts grand final revenge", "NRL.com - Official Site of the NRL > Ladder", "Cameron Smith guilty of grapple tackle, banned for season", "Cooper Cronk drives Melbourne into grand final", "Manly exorcise their grand final demons", "Clive Churchill Medallist Brent Kite flies high in NRL grand final", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=2008_NRL_Grand_Final&oldid=950314006, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, This page was last edited on 11 April 2020, at 12:02.
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