- 2008 National Youth Competition season (rugby league)
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2008 National Youth Competition 
Teams 16 Premiers 
Canberra (1st title)Minor premiers Canberra (1st title)Matches played 201 Points scored 9938 (total)
49.443 (per match)Top try scorer(s) 
Ben Barba (28)The 2008 National Youth Competition is the first season of the competition and is sponsored as the Toyota Cup. The draw and structure of the competition mirrors that of its first grade counterpart, the National Rugby League.
Contents
Season summary
Schedule
Further information: 2008 National Youth Competition season resultsNYC Records
Main article: List of records in the National Youth CompetitionLadder
National Youth Competition season 200824 18 0 6 2 744 581 +163 40 2 
Brisbane24 15 1 8 2 684 476 +208 35 3 
New Zealand24 14 3 7 2 721 533 +188 35 4 
Penrith24 15 1 8 2 692 583 +109 35 5 
Parramatta24 14 3 7 2 578 564 +14 35 6 
St. George Illawarra24 13 2 9 2 561 520 +41 32 7 Bulldogs24 12 3 9 2 711 587 +124 31 8 
Gold Coast24 13 1 10 2 686 567 +119 31 9 
Wests Tigers24 13 0 11 2 620 623 -3 30 10 
South Sydney24 11 2 11 2 618 584 +34 28 11 
Manly24 11 0 13 2 519 532 -13 26 12 
Newcastle24 8 1 15 2 526 630 -104 21 13 
Melbourne24 8 1 15 2 512 638 -126 21 14 
Cronulla24 6 1 17 2 394 666 -272 17 15 
Sydney24 6 0 18 2 480 721 -241 16 16 
North Queensland24 4 3 17 2 455 696 -241 15 Ladder Progression
Numbers highlighted in green indicate that the team finished the round inside the top 8.
Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 1 Canberra2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 16 18 18 20 22 22 24 24 26 28 30 32 34 36 36 38 40 2 Brisbane0 0 2 4 6 6 6 6 8 10 12 14 15 15 17 19 21 21 23 25 25 27 29 31 33 35 3 New Zealand0 0 2 4 5 6 8 8 10 10 12 14 16 18 20 20 22 24 26 28 30 30 32 34 34 35 4 Penrith2 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 24 26 26 28 29 29 31 31 31 31 33 35 35 5 Parramatta2 4 6 7 9 11 13 13 13 15 17 17 17 19 21 23 23 23 23 25 27 29 31 33 34 35 6 St. George Illawarra0 2 4 6 8 10 12 14 16 18 20 22 23 25 25 25 27 27 29 29 31 31 31 31 32 32 7 Bulldogs0 2 4 6 7 7 7 9 11 12 14 14 16 18 20 22 23 25 25 27 27 29 31 31 31 31 8 Gold Coast2 2 2 2 2 4 4 6 8 9 9 11 13 15 17 19 21 23 25 25 27 29 29 29 29 31 9 Wests Tigers2 4 4 4 4 6 6 8 10 10 12 14 16 16 16 18 20 22 24 24 26 28 28 28 30 30 10 South Sydney0 0 0 2 4 4 6 8 10 12 14 14 14 16 16 17 18 20 20 20 20 22 24 26 26 28 11 Manly2 2 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 8 8 10 12 14 14 16 16 16 18 18 20 20 20 22 24 26 12 Newcastle0 2 2 2 2 4 6 6 6 8 10 10 10 10 12 12 12 13 15 17 17 17 17 19 21 21 13 Melbourne2 3 3 3 5 5 7 9 11 11 11 13 13 15 15 15 17 17 17 17 17 19 21 21 21 21 14 Cronulla0 1 3 3 3 3 5 7 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 9 11 13 13 13 13 13 13 15 15 17 15 Sydney2 4 6 6 6 6 6 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 8 10 10 10 12 12 12 12 12 14 16 16 North Queensland0 0 0 1 1 2 2 2 2 2 4 4 4 6 8 9 11 11 11 11 13 13 15 15 15 15 Finals Series
Qualifying Finals Semi Finals Preliminary Finals Grand Final 1 Canberra Raiders 43 8 Gold Coast Titans 12 1W Canberra Raiders 18 2 Brisbane Broncos 28 4W Parramatta Eels 22 St. George Illawarra 14 7 Bulldogs 22 2L St. George Illawarra 23 Canberra Raiders 28 Brisbane Broncos 24 3 NZ Warriors 47 2W Brisbane Broncos 28 6 St. George Illawarra 20 3W NZ Warriors 38 NZ Warriors 26 1L Penrith Panthers 4 4 Penrith Panthers 16 5 Parramatta Eels 24 Home Score Away Match Information Date and Time Venue Referee Qualifying Finals 
Brisbane Broncos28-22 
Canterbury Bulldogs12 September 2008, 5:30pm Sydney Football Stadium Gerard Sutton 
Canberra Raiders43-12 
Gold Coast Titans13 September 2008, 4:15pm Toyota Stadium Alan Shortall 
Penrith Panthers16-24 
Parramatta Eels13 September 2008, 6:15pm Brookvale Oval Phillip Haines 
New Zealand Warriors47-20 
St. George Illawarra14 September 2008, 1:45pm Olympic Park Chris James Semi Finals New Zealand Warriors38-4 Penrith Panthers19 September 2008, 6:15pm Mt Smart Stadium Phillip Haines Parramatta Eels22-23 St. George Illawarra20 September 2008, 5:30pm Suncorp Stadium Chris James Preliminary Finals Canberra Raiders18-14 St. George Illawarra26 September 2008, 5:30pm Sydney Football Stadium Phillip Haines Brisbane Broncos28-26 New Zealand Warriors27 September 2008, 5:30pm Sydney Football Stadium Chris James Grand Final Canberra Raiders28-24 Brisbane Broncos5 October 2008, 2:15pm ANZ Stadium Shayne Hayne Grand Final
Canberra Raiders Position Brisbane Broncos Josh Dugan FB Josh Hoffman Drury Low WG Mitch Rivett Jarrod Croker CE Willie Tupou Daniel Vidot CE Brendon Gibb Michael Brophy WG Jharal Yow Yeh Michael Picker FE Jared Kahu Matt Smith HB Ben Hunt Andrew Edwards PR Josh McGuire Travis Waddell HK Andrew McCullough Nick Skinner PR Mitchell Dodds Jarrad Kennedy SR Matt Handcock Zach Merritt SR Troyden Watene Shaun Fensom (c) LK Alex Glenn (c) Brock Dunn Bench Michael Spence Justin Carney Bench Dunamis Lui Todd Rheinberger Bench Guy Ford Levi Freeman Bench Tom Butterfield Andrew McFadden Coach Anthony Griffin A Spectacular try to second-rower Jarrad Kennedy seven minutes into golden-point extra time gave Canberra a thrilling 28-24 victory over Brisbane in the U20 rugby league grand final at ANZ Stadium.
Kennedy was mobbed by jubilant Raiders teammates after collapsing over the line in exhaustion after willing himself to back up centre Jarrod Croker, who had collected a cross-field kick from halfback Matt Smith as the clock wound down.
Canberra won the hard way, though, recovering from 20-12 down early in the second half and then needing a missed conversion attempt from Broncos halfback Ben Hunt to force extra time.
Gunning for their eighth straight victory, Brisbane made a worrying start, conceding a soft try to five-eighth Michael Picker, which fullback Josh Dugan converted for a 6-0 lead after 10 minutes.
The Broncos steadied and went to the interval with a 16-12 buffer after tries to Hunt, interchange forward Michael Spence and winger Jharal Yow Yeh.
The Broncos looked set to go on with the job when centre Brendon Gibb crossed out wide in the opening minutes of the second half, but the Raiders refused to lie down.
A second try to Michael Picker and a goose-stepping four-pointer to winger Drury Low, plus Dugan's heroics, eventually set the scene for Kennedy's match-winning play.[1]
Match Summary
5 October 2009, 2:15pm
28
Canberra RaidersTries 2 Michael Picker
1 Josh Dugan
1 Drury Low
1 Matt SmithGoals 4/5 Josh Dugan Field Goals 24
Brisbane BroncosTries 2 Jharal Yow Yeh
1 Brendon Gibb
1 Ben Hunt
1 Michael SpenceGoals 2/5 Ben Hunt Field Goals Half Time: Brisbane 16 – 12
Jack Gibson Medal:
Josh DuganReferees: Shayne Hayne
Venue: ANZ Stadium, Sydney
Statistics
Top Pointscorers
Player Team P T G FG Pts 1 Ben Barba Bulldogs20 28 70 2 254 2 Kevin Locke New Zealand24 15 88 - 236 3 Josh Dugan Canberra19 15 83 - 226 4 Ben Hunt Brisbane26 17 49 - 166 5 Lachlan Coote 
Penrith12 15 39 - 138 6 Nathan Gardner Parramatta16 18 32 - 136 7 Jared Kahu Brisbane22 5 52 - 124 8 Eddie Paea South Sydney19 11 38 2 122 9 Chris Sandow South Sydney11 6 47 - 118 10 Daly Cherry-Evans Manly24 7 41 3 113 Top Tryscorers
Player Team P T 1 Ben Barba Bulldogs20 28 2 Jharal Yow Yeh Brisbane26 27 3 Kevin Gordon Gold Coast20 20 4 Nathan Gardner Parramatta16 18 5 Ben Hunt Brisbane26 17 6 Drury Low Canberra16 16 7 Lachlan Coote Penrith12 15 7 Coedi Towney Wests Tigers17 15 7 Simon Williams Newcastle17 15 7 John Kennedy 
St George Illawarra23 15 7 Kevin Locke New Zealand24 15 Awards
Toyota Cup Player of the Year
The winner of the award is decided by the most number of votes during the year as decided by the referee of each game on a 3-2-1 basis for each game played throughout the regular season.
- Winner:
- Nominated:
- Ben Barba, Bulldogs
- Eddie Paea, South Sydney
- Matt Mundine, St. George Illawarra
Toyota Cup Team of the Year
The Toyota Cup Team of the Year is voted on by the 16 Toyota Cup coaches, with the players with the highest votes in each position selected.
Position Player Club FB Lachlan Coote PenrithWG Jharal Yow Yeh BrisbaneCE Justin Carney CanberraCE Tony Williams ParramattaWG Kevin Gordon Gold CoastFE Ben Barba BulldogsHB Chris Sandow South SydneyPR Russell Packer New ZealandHK Masada Iosefa PenrithPR John Kite BulldogsSR Joel Thompson CanberraSR Daniel Harrison BulldogsLK Shaun Fensom CanberraBench Ben Hunt BrisbaneBench Matt Mundine St George IllawarraBench Jordan Rapana Gold CoastBench Ben Matulino New ZealandReferences
- ^ "Raiders claim inaugural Toyota Cup". Fox Sports. http://www.foxsports.com.au/story/0,8659,24449550-5016683,00.html. Retrieved 2008-10-05.
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