2008 AFL Under 18 Championships


The 2008 AFL Under 18 Championships is the 2008 series of the AFL Under 18 Championships, a state and territory based Australian rules football competition which showcase the best junior footballers in Australia, primarily with the aim for them to be drafted into the Australian Football League.
The competition is split into two divisions. The major football states of Victoria, South Australia and Western Australia are in Division 1, with the smaller football states of Northern Territory, NSW/ACT, Tasmania and Queensland are in Division 2. Unlike previous years, in 2008 the top two teams from the Division 2 competition advanced to be part of Division 1.
Division 2 games were played as a qualifying series over a week in May in Melbourne, whereas Division 1 will be played mainly as curtain-raisers before AFL matches in late May and early June.

Division 2 qualifying series

DATEHOME TEAMSCOREAWAY TEAMSCOREVENUETIME
Wed 7/5Northern Territory7-4NSW/ACT11-8Casey Fields11:15am
Wed 7/5Tasmania12-5Queensland7-11Casey Fields1:30pm
Sat 10/5Tasmania11-11Northern Territory10-4Melbourne Cricket Ground2:20pm
Sat 10/5NSW/ACT9-13Queensland5-6Melbourne Cricket Ground4:20pm
Tue 13/5NSW/ACT8-7Tasmania13-6Casey Fields10:15am
Tue 13/5Northern Territory14-7Queensland5-7Casey Fields12:30pm

Division 2 Table
TEAMWONLOSTFORAGAINSTPERCENTAGE
Tasmania30238172138.37%
NSW/ACT21196166118.07%
Northern Territory12201188106.91%
Queensland0312623553.62%

Tasmania is the No.1 Qualifier and NSW/ACT is the No.2 Qualifier into Division 1.
Mitch Robinson from Tasmania won the Hunter-Harrison Medal as best player in Division 2.

Division 1

In 2008 Division One was extended from 3 rounds to 5 rounds with the addition of the top 2 teams from Division Two.
Fox Sports 1 telecast the final round of games live from the Telstra Dome on Wednesday 9 July from 10am EST.
Melbourne Radio Station 3XX 1611AM broadcast games played in Melbourne on Wednesday 9 July
DATEHOME TEAMSCOREAWAY TEAMSCOREVENUETIME
Sun 25/5Victoria Country11-7Victoria Metro12-4Melbourne Cricket Ground11:10am
Sat 31/5South Australia17-6Tasmania9-9Adelaide Oval10:55am
Sun 1/6Western Australia15-7NSW/ACT4-3Subiaco Oval11:30am
Sat 7/6NSW/ACT11-6Victoria Country10-7Henson Park12:30pm
Sun 8/6South Australia4-13Western Australia15-12AAMI Stadium1:25pm
Mon 9/6Tasmania1-7Victoria Metro12-8Bellerive Oval12:35pm
Sat 14/6Tasmania9-8NSW/ACT11-8Aurora Stadium12:30pm
Sat 21/6Western Australia6-7Victoria Country11-4Subiaco Oval2:30pm
Sun 22/6South Australia8-6Victoria Metro17-5Adelaide Oval1pm
Sat 5/7Tasmania6-4Western Australia14-16Casey Fields10am
Sat 5/7Victoria Country9-10South Australia14-14Casey Fields12:15pm
Sat 5/7Victoria Metro11-14NSW/ACT4-5Casey Fields2:30pm
Wed 9/7South Australia20-12NSW/ACT8-4Telstra Dome10:05am
Wed 9/7Tasmania6-4Victoria Country22-6Telstra Dome12:15pm
Wed 9/7Victoria Metro14-9Western Australia9-10Telstra Dome2:30pm

Division 1 Table
TEAMWONLOSTFORAGAINSTPERCENTAGE
Victoria Metro50436233187.12%
Western Australia32406267152.06%
South Australia32429388110.57%
Victoria Country23412329125.23%
NSW/ACT2325443857.99%
Tasmania0521850043.60%

The Larke Medal was awarded to Jack Watts.

2008 AFL Under 18 All-Australian team

The 2008 Under 18 All-Australian team was announced following the conclusion of the 2008 AFL National Under 18 Championships.