2008 AFL Season: Sydney

Season Team Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Team: Sydney
Home Ground: SCG

Team Results

Ladder Position: 6th (W-D-L: 12-1-9, P%: 112.5%)
Finals Performance: Knocked out by Western Bulldogs (Semi Final)
Players: 36
Brownlow Leader(s): Adam Goodes (21)
Goalkicking Leader(s) (Home-and-Away): Michael O'Loughlin (36)
Bob Skilton Medal Recipient(s): Jarrad McVeigh

Team Leaders

Captain(s): Leo Barry, Craig Bolton, Brett Kirk

Player Results

Player Guernsey(s) Match(es) Round(s) Goal(s) Brownlow
Ablett, Luke #20 22 R01-R06, R08-R20, R22, EF, SF 3 0
Barlow, Ed #11 7 R02-R07, R11 6 0
Barry, Leo #21 20 R01-R16, R21-R22, EF, SF 2 0
Bevan, Paul #42 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 10 0
Bird, Craig #14 21 R01-R10, R12-R22 8 0
Bolton, Craig #6 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 2 5
Bolton, Jude #24 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 11 5
Brabazon, Ryan #34 1 R18 0 0
Brennan, Luke #7 4 R04-R05, R18-R19 1 0
Buchanan, Amon #32 20 R01-R15, R20-R22, EF, SF 15 2
Crouch, Jared #28 7 R18-R22, EF, SF 1 0
Davis, Nick #2 3 R01, R05-R06 3 0
Everitt, Peter #10 16 R07-R11, R14-R22, EF, SF 2 0
Fosdike, Nic #12 1 R20 0 0
Goodes, Adam #37 21 R01-R13, R15-R17, R19-R21, EF, SF 29 21
Grundy, Heath #39 10 R01-R03, R16-R22 2 0
Hall, Barry #1 15 R01-R04, R12-R14, R17-R22, EF, SF 41 4
Jack, Kieren #15 23 R01-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF 11 2
Jolly, Darren #16 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 15 2
Kennelly, Tadhg #17 22 R01-R04, R06-R08, R10-R22, EF, SF 0 3
Kirk, Brett #31 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 9 12
Malceski, Nick #9 11 R08-R14, R20, R22, EF, SF 6 0
Mathews, Ben #4 2 R07, R17 1 0
Mattner, Martin #29 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 4 0
McVeigh, Jarrad #3 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 32 4
Moore, Jarred #33 23 R01-R17, R19-R22, EF, SF 25 5
O'Dwyer, Matthew #43 2 R16-R17 1 0
O'Keefe, Ryan #5 23 R01-R21, EF, SF 23 10
O'Loughlin, Michael #19 16 R01-R16 36 1
Playfair, Henry #26 11 R07-R17 10 0
Richards, Ted #25 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 4 0
Roberts-Thomson, Lewis #30 24 R01-R22, EF, SF 4 0
Schmidt, Tim #36 1 R09 1 0
Smith, Nick #40 2 R05, R15 1 0
Veszpremi, Patrick #13 6 R18-R19, R21-R22, EF, SF 9 2
White, Jesse #18 2 R06, R18 0 0

Team Line-Up

Back: Lewis Roberts-Thomson Leo Barry Martin Mattner
Half-Back: Craig Bolton Ted Richards Tadhg Kennelly
Centre: Jarrad McVeigh Brett Kirk Kieren Jack
Half-Forward: Ryan O'Keefe Barry Hall Jarred Moore
Forward: Paul Bevan Michael O'Loughlin Henry Playfair
Follower: Darren Jolly Adam Goodes Jude Bolton
Interchange: Luke Ablett Craig Bird Amon Buchanan
Peter Everitt

This is an approximation for the typical team line-up based on available position records from this season.

Coach Results

Coach Match(es) (W-D-L) Round(s)
Roos, Paul 24 13 -1- 10 R01-R22, EF, SF

Match Results

Date Round Opponent H/A Result Coach Captain (Nominated)
22/03/2008 Round 1 St Kilda AWAY LOSS STK by 2 Paul Roos Craig Bolton
30/03/2008 Round 2 Port Adelaide HOME WIN SYD by 68 Paul Roos Brett Kirk
05/04/2008 Round 3 Brisbane Lions AWAY WIN SYD by 17 Paul Roos Leo Barry
12/04/2008 Round 4 West Coast HOME WIN SYD by 62 Paul Roos unknown
19/04/2008 Round 5 Geelong AWAY LOSS GEE by 42 Paul Roos unknown
27/04/2008 Round 6 North Melbourne AWAY DRAW drawn Paul Roos unknown
04/05/2008 Round 7 Western Bulldogs HOME LOSS BUL by 18 Paul Roos unknown
18/05/2008 Round 8 Essendon HOME WIN SYD by 91 Paul Roos unknown
24/05/2008 Round 9 Port Adelaide AWAY WIN SYD by 11 Paul Roos unknown
01/06/2008 Round 10 Richmond HOME WIN SYD by 82 Paul Roos unknown
07/06/2008 Round 11 West Coast AWAY WIN SYD by 5 Paul Roos Leo Barry
14/06/2008 Round 12 St Kilda HOME WIN SYD by 35 Paul Roos unknown
22/06/2008 Round 13 Melbourne AWAY WIN SYD by 40 Paul Roos unknown
05/07/2008 Round 14 Collingwood HOME LOSS COL by 29 Paul Roos unknown
13/07/2008 Round 15 Hawthorn AWAY LOSS HAW by 31 Paul Roos unknown
20/07/2008 Round 16 Carlton AWAY WIN SYD by 2 Paul Roos unknown
26/07/2008 Round 17 Adelaide HOME LOSS ADE by 24 Paul Roos Craig Bolton
03/08/2008 Round 18 Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 16 Paul Roos unknown
09/08/2008 Round 19 Fremantle HOME WIN SYD by 4 Paul Roos unknown
16/08/2008 Round 20 Geelong HOME LOSS GEE by 39 Paul Roos unknown
23/08/2008 Round 21 Collingwood AWAY LOSS COL by 45 Paul Roos unknown
30/08/2008 Round 22 Brisbane Lions HOME WIN SYD by 61 Paul Roos unknown
06/09/2008 Elimination Final North Melbourne HOME WIN SYD by 35 Paul Roos Craig Bolton
12/09/2008 Semi Final Western Bulldogs AWAY LOSS BUL by 37 Paul Roos unknown