Manly meets Melbourne in the 2008 rugby league grand final. It could've been somewhat lower had it not been for virtuoso innings by Gareth Breese, smashing 20 off just 9 balls, and Liam Plunkett who hit 12* off 3. A City New South Wales representative halfback, he played the majority of his club football career in Australia for National Rugby League clubs, Melbourne Storm and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, with whom he won 2008's Dally M Medal and NRL premiership.
Played on Sunday, 30 September at Sydney's ANZ Stadium between the minor premiers Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs and the second-placed Melbourne Storm. Latest. The Manly Warringah Sea Eagles are an Australian professional rugby league team named after the Manly and Warringah areas of Sydney's Northern Beaches in which the club is based. The season commenced with the first matches played on 14 March and ended with the Grand Final, played on 5 October. 47th Minute: Manly 14–0 (Robertson try; Matai goal) The 2008 NRL Grand Final was the conclusive and premiership-deciding game of the 2008 NRL season.It was played between the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Melbourne Storm on Sunday, 5 October at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.. Jamie Lyon's simple conversion put the final score at 40 -0. During the regular season, the Melbourne Storm won 17 of their 24 games, winning their third consecutive minor premiership on points differential from Manly and Cronulla. Daly Cherry-Evans is an Australian rugby league footballer who plays as a halfback for the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles in the NRL and Australia at international level. The season commenced with the first match played on 13 March and ended with the Grand Final, played on 4 October.
They have met 30 times since 1998, with Melbourne leading the head-to-head 16–13; there has also been a drawn match between the two sides. This was later stripped due to salary cap cheating. However, the finale was to come at the seventy-five-minute mark when from their forty-metre line, Sea Eagles second rower Glenn Hall burst into open space, passing back inside for Brett Stewart who was running through in support. During the 2008 regular season, the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Melbourne Storm met twice: Round 5 and Round 22. After the video referee ruled the grounding successful, Matt Orford's conversion attempt hit the upright and missed so the score remained 4 - 0 with fifteen minutes of the first half remaining.
67th Minute: Manly 28–0 (Williams try) The Round 22 game was a closer contest, with Melbourne winning again, 16–10 at Manly's Brookvale Oval. His usual position was on the wing but he could also play as a fullback with equal ability. [7] Despite this suspension, Melbourne defeated the Cronulla Sharks 28-0 in the preliminary final, and entered their third consecutive grand final.[8].
[4], In the qualifying final, Melbourne played the New Zealand Warriors. The club first appeared in the 1947 New South Wales Rugby Football League season and currently plays home matches out of its ground, Brookvale Oval whilst training at the New South Wales Academy of Sport in Narrabeen. It was played between the Manly Warringah Sea Eagles and the Melbourne Storm on Sunday, 5 October at ANZ Stadium in Sydney.
It was at the time the fourth-biggest loss in the Storm's history. Smith made 51 as Durham set a target of 164, for Glamorgan to chase.
They narrowly won the game 16-14 after scoring a try 45 seconds before full-time, after a Broncos' handling mistake. The Roosters won the match 26–18 to claim their 13th premiership title, and became the first team since the St George Illawarra Dragons in 2010 to win the both the minor premiership and the premiership in the same season. Manly went into the 2008 grand final not having beaten the Storm since Round 11, 2007. In the first finals round, Manly defeated the St. George Illawarra Dragons 38-6. 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.