Darwin Rugby League season 2008

Darwin Rugby League season 2008
Teams	6
Premiers	Litchfield Bears (6th title)
Minor premiers	Litchfield Bears
Matches played	98
Top try scorer(s)	Joel Tomes (21)

The first matches of the season were played on 19 April 2008 with the season ending in the Grand Final, played on 13 September 2008.

Teams

Six Teams completed in the 2008 Darwin Rugby League season, 4 from Darwin, 1 from Palmerston and 1 from Litchfield. These teams were:

• Brothers
• Nightcliff Dragons
• South Darwin Rabbitohs
• University Sharks
• Palmerston Raiders
• Litchfield Bears

Ladders

A Grade

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Litchfield Bears	15	11	1	3	0	558	321	+237	23
2	South Darwin Rabbitohs	15	9	1	5	0	392	312	+80	19
3	Nightcliff Dragons	15	9	0	6	0	485	340	+145	18
4	University Sharks	15	8	1	6	0	484	442	+42	17
5	Brothers	15	5	1	9	0	350	450	-100	11
6	Palmerston Raiders	15	1	0	14	0	262	666	-404	2

Reserve Grade

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	B	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	Nightcliff Dragons	15	14	0	1	0	441	172	269	28
2	Litchfield Bears	15	13	0	2	0	458	152	306	26
3	Brothers	15	6	1	8	0	240	314	-74	13
4	Palmerston Raiders	15	4	1	10	0	284	426	-142	9
5	University Sharks	15	4	0	11	0	234	389	-155	8
6	South Darwin Rabbitohs	15	3	0	12	0	220	424	-204	6

Finals

A Grade

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee
Semi Finals
Nightcliff Dragons	40–26	University Sharks	23 August 2008, 7:30pm	Richardson Park	Alan Kelly
Litchfield Bears	40–18	South Darwin Rabbitohs	30 August 2008, 7:30pm	Richardson Park	Paul Mossman
Preliminary Final
South Darwin Rabbitohs	20–10	Nightcliff Dragons	6 September 2008, 7:30pm	Richardson Park	Paul Mossman
Grand Final
Litchfield Bears	22–14	South Darwin Rabbitohs	13 September 2008, 7.30pm	Richardson Park	Paul Mossman

Reserve Grade

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee
Semi Finals
Brothers	32–24	Palmerston Raiders	23 August 2008, 6:00pm	Richardson Park	Paul Mossman
Nightcliff Dragons	24–6	Litchfield Bears	30 August 2008, 6:00pm	Richardson Park	Alan Kelly
Preliminary Final
Litchfield Bears	12–16	Brothers	6 September 2008, 6:00pm	Richardson Park	Alan Kelly
Grand Final
Nightcliff Dragons	51–6	Brothers	13 September 2008, 6.00pm	Richardson Park	Alan Kelly

Grand final

Played on the 13th of September, the Darwin Rugby League Grand Final was played between the Litchfield Bears and the South Darwin Rabbitohs.

The Litchfield Bears won the game with a score of 22-14, with four tries and three goals to two tries and three goals. The half-time score was 0-all.

The Man of the Match was Dan Keogh of the Litchfield Bears.

Litchfield Bears 22 (Keogh, J.Tomes, Barnes, N.Tomes tries; Ralph 3/4 goals)

South Darwin Rabbitohs 14 (Davis-Tamarapa, Evans tries; Davis-Tamarapa 3/3 goals)

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