2008 New Zealand rugby league season

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2008 New Zealand rugby league season
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The 2008 New Zealand rugby league season was the 101st season of

Canterbury Bulls
38–18 in the Grand Final.

International competitions

See also:
List of New Zealand Kiwis matches and New Zealand at the 2008 Rugby League World Cup

The

Jeremy Smith, Evarn Tuimavave and Manu Vatuvei
.

18 October 2008
New Zealand  56 – 8  Tonga
Try: Ropati (3)
Nightingale (2)
Marshall (2)
Sa
Leuluai
Mannering
Goal: Inu (6)
Matai (2) 		(report)
 Try: Vuna
Leo-Latu
Mt Smart Stadium, Auckland
Referee: Jason Robinson Australia

Earlier in the year New Zealand had lost 12-28 to Australia. Roy Asotasi, Iosia Soliola, Sonny Bill Williams, Frank Pritchard and Brent Webb played in this match but were not included in the World Cup squad.

As part of the Festival of World Cups New Zealand sent teams to the University Rugby League World Cup, International Police Rugby League World Cup, Women's Rugby League World Cup and Defence Forces World Cup. New Zealand, coached by Frank Endacott, won the Women's World Cup while the New Zealand Police lost the final of the Police World Cup.

The

Indigenous Dreamtime Team
.

National competitions

Rugby League Cup

The New Zealand Rugby League ruled that the Rugby League Cup would be defended in all Bartercard Premiership matches, home and away. The Cup changed hands in the Final, when Auckland defeated the holders, Canterbury, 38–18.[3]

Bartercard Premiership

Bartercard Premiership 2008
2009 →

The 2008 season was the inaugural Bartercard Premiership. It replaced the Bartercard Cup as the top division of rugby league in New Zealand.

Teams

Canterbury were co-coached by Brent Stuart and Dave Perkins with Phil Prescott as the director of coaching. Mike Dorreen and Logan Edwards were the co-coached of the age group side.[4]

Auckland were coached by Sam Panapa and included Pita Godinet, Jeremiah Pai and Wayne McDade.[3]

Bay of Plenty were coached by Graham Lowe.[5]

Season standings

Province Pl W D L For Ag P/D Pts
Canterbury
 5 5 0 0 242 96 146 10
Auckland 5 3 1 1 204 92 112 7
Waikato 5 3 0 2 110 138 -28 6
Wellington 5 2 1 2 146 138 8 5
Bay of Plenty 5 1 0 4 114 186 -72 2
Taranaki 5 0 0 5 96 262 -166 0

Fixtures and results

Round 1
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Auckland 70-0 Bay of Plenty 24 August 2008 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
Wellington 18-38
Canterbury
 24 August 2008
Porirua Park, Porirua
Taranaki 22-24 Waikato 24 August 2008 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
Round 2
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Canterbury
 94-10 Taranaki 30 August 2008 Rugby League Park, Christchurch
Waikato 30-24 Bay of Plenty 31 August 2008 Davies Park, Huntly
Wellington 30-30 Auckland 31 August 2008
Porirua Park, Porirua
Round 3
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Canterbury
 34 - 22 Bay of Plenty 6 September 2008 Rugby League Park, Christchurch
Wellington 56 - 20 Taranaki 7 September 2008
Porirua Park, Porirua
Waikato 10 - 34 Auckland 8 September 2008 Resthills Park, Hamilton
Round 4
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Waikato 30 - 18 Wellington 13 September 2008 Davies Park, Huntly
Bay of Plenty 48 - 28 Taranaki 13 September 2008 Puketawhero Park, Rotorua
Canterbury
 36 - 30 Auckland 14 September 2008 Rugby League Park, Christchurch
Round 5
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Bay of Plenty 20 - 24 Wellington 20 September 2008 Puketawhero Park, Rotorua
Taranaki 16 - 40 Auckland 20 September 2008 Yarrow Stadium, New Plymouth
Canterbury
 40 - 16 Waikato 21 September 2008 Rugby League Park, Christchurch
Grand final
Home Score Away Match Information
Date Venue
Canterbury
 18 - 38 Auckland 28 September 2008 Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
Tries (Auckland) 3: Sione Tongia
1: Savinata Hafoka, Sunita Laiseni,
Raymond Ioane, Wayne McDade,
and Pita Godinet
Tries (Canterbury) 2: Nathan Sherlock
1: Chris Bamford
Goals (Auckland) 2: Jeremiah Pai
1: William Heta
Goals (Canterbury) 3: Scott Hurrell
Broadcast
Māori Television

Australian competitions

Main article: 2008 New Zealand Warriors season

The

Manly
.

The Junior Warriors finished third in the Toyota Cup, making the finals before losing to the Brisbane Broncos in a Preliminary Final.

The Auckland Vulcans also competed in the NSW Cup.

Club competitions

Auckland

See also: Auckland Rugby League club trophies

The

Mt Albert Lions won the Fox Memorial, defeating Otahuhu 24–22 in the final. The Otahuhu Leopards won the Rukutai Shield (minor premiership) while Richmond won the Stormont Shield. Richmond also won the Sharman Cup (second division) while the New Lynn Stags
won the Pheland Shield (third division).

Mt Albert were coached by Brent Gemmell and included Steve Buckingham, Sala Fa'alogo, Paul and David Fisiiahi, Anthony Swann and Matthew Sturm.[6]

Wellington

The Porirua Vikings won the Wellington Rugby League title.[7]

Canterbury

Linwood won the Canterbury Rugby League title.

Other Competitions

The Taniwharau Rugby League Club defeated Hamilton City Tigers to win the Waikato Rugby League competition.[8]

Taniwharau defeated Otumotai to win the WaiCoa Bay championship.[9]

Pacific won the Baywide premier competition.[10] This was a joint competition run by the Coastline and Bay of Plenty Rugby League's.[11]

See also

References

  1. ^ Big name help for All Golds, Māori TVNZ, 25 September 2008
  2. ^ NZ Māori loaded with experience TVNZ, 3 October 2008
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4
    , p.p.350-357.
  4. ^ Bulls score Prescott [dead link] The Press, 13 May 2008
  5. ^ Bay league draw criticised Daily Post, 9 September 2008
  6. ISBN 978-1-86969-366-4
    , p.350.
  7. ^ Porirua Vikings rugby league's true champions The Press, 4 November 2011
  8. ^ Tigers stand in way of Taniwharau's four-peat [dead link] Waikato Times, 19 July 2010
  9. ^ It's all gold for champions Taniwharau, i.stuff.co.nz, 31 January 2009
  10. ^ Falcons make Bay league debut The Daily Post, 3 April 2009
  11. ^ First game back close for centre The Daily Post, 2 June 2008

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