Match details 2008 NRL Grand Final

1 match details

1.1 first half
1.2 second half
1.3 statistics

1.3.1 timeline

match details

after australian national anthem performed anthony warlow melbourne kicked off.

first half

the grand final s first quarter played end end each side able hold other s attacking opportunities out. in twenty-fourth minute sea eagles hooker matt ballin @ close-range ran dummy-half , crashed on try-line. after video referee ruled grounding successful, matt orford s conversion attempt hit upright , missed score remained 4 - 0 fifteen minutes of first half remaining. 9 minutes later, sea eagles again on attack , ten metres out, moved ball through hands left wing michael robertson dived on in corner. video referee again called upon examine try, ruled have been scored robertson s feet being dragged onto sideline defender. orford s difficult kick went wide, sea eagles lead remained @ 8-0 under 5 minutes of half remaining played out no further points scored.

second half

in forty-seventh minute, sea eagles within twenty metres of storm s try-line when matt orford @ first receiver put grubber kick left corner bounced michael robertson racing through on wing grab , dive on second try. kicking duty handed steve matai coolly converted robertson s try next sideline, bringing side s lead 14 - 0. 3 minutes later, , similar attacking position, sea eagles kept ball alive, pass brett stewart fifteen metres out arriving @ feet of steve matai who, 1 defender before him, picked , passed michael robertson dive on again in same corner. matai s second sideline conversion attempt missed, sea eagles leading 18 - 0. in fifty-seventh minute sea eagles again down in storm s half , on last tackle decided run ball, kept alive , passed through 7 sets of hands before going charging brent kite stretched out of tackle , slammed ball down under posts. matai kicked easy conversion , sea eagles 24, storm 0. ten minutes later sea eagles got try when, within storm s ten-metre line, moved ball out david williams on right wing dive on in corner. conversion attempt matai went wide sea eagles leading 28-0. in seventy-second minute sea eagles ran ball down toward left corner robertson passing in steve menzies, playing in 349th , final nrl match crash on try, 180th. jamie lyon took on goal kicking , converted menzies try give manly 34 - 0 lead. however, finale come @ seventy-five-minute mark when forty-metre line, sea eagles second rower glenn hall burst open space, passing inside brett stewart running though in support. stewart chased down short of try-line storm halfback cooper cronk, managed flick ball without looking arms of steven bell try in last game @ club. jamie lyon s simple conversion put final score @ 40 -0.

it @ time fourth-biggest loss in storm s history.

the manly warringah sea eagles defeated melbourne storm 40-0, scoring 8 tries, 4 of converted. highest rugby league grand final margin in australian history, eclipsing 1975 nswrfl season s grand final eastern suburbs defeated st george, 38–0 @ sydney cricket ground. first time team has been kept scoreless in grand final since 1978 nswrl grand final replay, cronulla lost manly 16–0. sea eages forward brent kite named man-of-the-match , received clive churchill medal.

the 2008 grand final last match super league-bound steve menzies of manly. playing in match brought career games played 349, equalling current record terry lamb.

statistics

timeline

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)