2008 AFL Grand Final: Geelong v Hawthorn

This is the match report for the match played on 27 September 2008 between Geelong and Hawthorn in the grand final of the 2008 AFL season. Geelong "hosted" Hawthorn at MCG. Tom Harley captained the hosts. Sam Mitchell captained the visitors. The hosts were coached by Mark Thompson and the visitors were coached by Alastair Clarkson.

Geelong
Back: T. Harley (capt.), M. Scarlett, J. Hunt
Half-back: C. Enright, H. Taylor, A. Mackie
Centre: J. Selwood, C. Ling, J. Kelly
Half-forward: S. Johnson, C. Mooney, J. Bartel
Forward: P. Chapman, T. Lonergan, M. Stokes
Follower: B. Ottens, G. Ablett, J. Corey
Int.: M. Blake, D. Milburn, M. Rooke, T. Varcoe

Hawthorn
Back: S. Gilham, T. Croad, B. Guerra
Half-back: R. Ladson, L. Hodge, G. Birchall
Centre: C. Young, S. Mitchell (capt.), J. Lewis
Half-forward: M. Osborne, L. Franklin, C. Rioli
Forward: M. Williams, J. Roughead, C. Brown
Follower: R. Campbell, B. Sewell, C. Bateman
Int.: S. Crawford, S. Dew, X. Ellis, B. Renouf

Geelong (11.23.89) were defeated by Hawthorn (18.7.115).

Goalkickers
Geelong: G. Ablett (2), T. Lonergan (2), C. Mooney (2), M. Rooke (2), P. Chapman, S. Johnson, D. Milburn
Hawthorn: M. Williams (3), S. Dew (2), L. Franklin (2), C. Rioli (2), J. Roughead (2), C. Bateman, C. Brown, X. Ellis, L. Hodge, R. Ladson, S. Mitchell, C. Young

As a result of this match, Hawthorn were the premiers and Geelong were the runners-up.

Match Details

Season: 2008 AFL Season
Round: Grand Final
Teams: Geelong v Hawthorn
Date: Saturday 27 September 2008
Time: 2:30 PM
Venue: MCG
Attendance: 100,012

Match Results

Outcome: Geelong def. by Hawthorn
Score: 11.23.89 - 18.7.115

Quarter Breakdown

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4 Final
Geelong 5 . 3 6 . 12 9 . 18 11 . 23 11 . 23 (89)
Hawthorn 5 . 2 8 . 3 14 . 5 18 . 7 18 . 7 (115)
Margin GEEL by 1 HWTH by 3 HWTH by 17 HWTH by 26 HWTH by 26
Duration 34:59 30:31 31:22 31:38 2:08:30

Honour Roll

Coaches: Mark Thompson (Geelong), Alastair Clarkson (Hawthorn)
Captains: Tom Harley (Geelong), Sam Mitchell (Hawthorn)

Match Umpires

Field Umpire: S. McLaren (#11), S. Ryan (#25), M. Vozzo (#2), E: B. Rosebury (#8)
Goal Umpire: S. Axon, P. Nastasi
Boundary Umpire: I. Burrows, A. Coote, J. Creasey, D. Wilson

Norm Smith Votes

Player Team # Votes 3 2 1
Luke Hodge HWTH 15 15 4 1 1
Gary Ablett GEEL 29 11 1 4 0
Brad Sewell HWTH 12 5 1 0 2
Stuart Dew HWTH 31 2 0 0 2
Joel Selwood GEEL 14 2 0 1 0
Shane Crawford HWTH 9 1 0 0 1

Player Statistics

Geelong

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
29 Ablett, Gary RR 93% 2 1 34 12 22 3 0 5 8 3 2 3 0 8
3 Bartel, Jimmy HFFR 89% 0 0 24 12 12 4 1 3 3 5 2 3 2 4
24 Blake, Mark INT 47% 0 0 4 1 3 1 20 0 2 1 1 1 0 1
35 Chapman, Paul FPL 81% 1 2 22 14 8 5 0 4 1 2 2 0 0 4
11 Corey, Joel RO 83% 0 0 30 13 17 5 1 6 3 2 0 0 0 6
44 Enright, Corey HBFL 95% 0 0 25 11 14 6 0 2 0 1 0 0 3 1
2 Harley, Tom (c) BPL 60% 0 0 11 6 5 1 0 1 0 2 0 0 0 1
8 Hunt, Josh BPR 90% 0 0 14 11 3 5 0 0 0 2 1 1 4 1
20 Johnson, Steve HFFL 94% 1 1 34 21 13 6 0 1 5 2 2 0 1 6
9 Kelly, James WR 75% 0 0 10 2 8 3 0 2 1 2 1 2 1 1
45 Ling, Cameron C 97% 0 0 20 7 13 3 0 2 3 2 1 0 1 4
13 Lonergan, Tom FF 76% 2 1 12 6 6 5 0 1 1 6 2 3 0 0
4 Mackie, Andrew HBFR 88% 0 1 13 9 4 3 0 1 1 0 1 0 2 4
39 Milburn, Darren INT 83% 1 0 14 9 5 6 1 2 0 1 1 0 4 1
21 Mooney, Cam CHF 86% 2 3 14 9 5 8 0 0 0 3 0 1 0 3
6 Ottens, Brad RU 71% 0 1 12 7 5 2 22 4 6 1 1 1 0 2
33 Rooke, Max INT 75% 2 0 13 5 8 3 0 7 1 6 3 4 1 4
30 Scarlett, Matthew FB 98% 0 0 11 5 6 1 0 2 0 0 3 0 2 0
14 Selwood, Joel WL 78% 0 0 29 11 18 6 0 3 3 2 3 0 1 6
27 Stokes, Mathew FPR 70% 0 1 7 3 4 1 0 1 1 2 1 1 0 1
7 Taylor, Harry CHB 91% 0 0 13 4 9 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 2 1
5 Varcoe, Travis INT 82% 0 1 12 5 7 3 0 2 1 2 0 1 0 3
Rushed 11
Total (22 players) 11 23 378 183 195 81 45 49 41 48 29 21 24 62

Hawthorn

# Player Pos. ToG% GL BH DI KI HB MK HO TA CL CR FF FA RF IF
10 Bateman, Chance RO 74% 1 1 16 12 4 4 0 2 0 4 1 2 1 4
14 Birchall, Grant HBFR 86% 0 0 23 13 10 12 0 4 0 2 1 1 5 1
30 Brown, Campbell FPR 92% 1 1 16 11 5 10 0 1 0 2 1 1 4 2
39 Campbell, Robert RU 67% 0 0 10 5 5 3 14 1 2 1 0 0 0 0
9 Crawford, Shane INT 86% 0 0 25 12 13 4 1 3 1 4 0 1 4 2
24 Croad, Trent FB 34% 0 0 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 0
31 Dew, Stuart INT 74% 2 1 19 10 9 3 0 5 1 1 0 0 4 4
8 Ellis, Xavier INT 76% 1 0 28 21 7 14 1 2 4 3 2 0 3 5
23 Franklin, Lance CHF 100% 2 1 12 7 5 4 0 1 0 4 0 4 0 1
27 Gilham, Stephen BPL 100% 0 0 13 10 3 10 0 2 0 1 0 0 0 0
18 Guerra, Brent BPR 89% 0 0 25 15 10 12 0 2 0 8 1 2 4 1
15 Hodge, Luke CHB 92% 1 0 26 20 6 9 0 5 1 2 3 1 7 1
4 Ladson, Rick HBFL 94% 1 0 14 5 9 4 0 1 1 1 0 1 2 2
3 Lewis, Jordan WR 87% 0 1 21 11 10 7 1 1 1 0 0 0 2 4
5 Mitchell, Sam (c) C 97% 1 0 13 7 6 4 0 7 1 5 1 5 0 1
7 Osborne, Michael HFFL 89% 0 0 26 15 11 8 0 3 5 1 3 1 3 3
34 Renouf, Brent INT 35% 0 0 5 3 2 2 7 3 1 2 1 2 0 1
33 Rioli, Cyril HFFR 96% 2 0 10 6 4 2 0 3 2 1 2 1 1 2
2 Roughead, Jarryd FF 98% 2 0 8 4 4 2 1 1 0 1 0 1 0 1
12 Sewell, Brad RR 91% 0 0 27 10 17 7 0 5 4 2 2 1 4 1
6 Williams, Mark FPL 97% 3 2 15 10 5 5 0 1 1 4 2 3 2 1
11 Young, Clinton WL 47% 1 0 19 14 5 8 0 2 2 6 1 1 1 6
Rushed 0
Total (22 players) 18 7 372 222 150 135 25 56 27 56 21 29 47 43

Legend

ToG%: Time-on-Ground Percentage, GL: Goals, BH: Behinds, DI: Disposals, KI: Kicks, HB: Handballs, MK: Marks, HO: Hitouts, TA: Tackles, CL: Clearances, CR: Clangers, FF: Free Kicks For, FA: Free Kicks Against, RF: Rebounds Inside 50, IF: Inside 50s

Player Line-Up

Geelong Coach: Mark Thompson
BACK FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
27 S. Gilham 24 T. Croad 18 B. Guerra 6 B. Ottens 24 M. Blake
27 M. Stokes 13 T. Lonergan 35 P. Chapman 29 G. Ablett 39 D. Milburn
FORWARD 11 J. Corey 33 M. Rooke
HALF-BACK

5 T. Varcoe
4 R. Ladson 15 L. Hodge 14 G. Birchall



3 J. Bartel 21 C. Mooney 20 S. Johnson



HALF-FORWARD



CENTRE



11 C. Young 5 S. Mitchell (c) 3 J. Lewis



9 J. Kelly 45 C. Ling 14 J. Selwood FOLLOWER INTERCHANGE
CENTRE 39 R. Campbell 9 S. Crawford
HALF-FORWARD 12 B. Sewell 31 S. Dew
7 M. Osborne 23 L. Franklin 33 C. Rioli 10 C. Bateman 8 X. Ellis
4 A. Mackie 7 H. Taylor 44 C. Enright

34 B. Renouf
HALF-BACK



FORWARD



6 M. Williams 2 J. Roughead 30 C. Brown



8 J. Hunt 30 M. Scarlett 2 T. Harley (c)



BACK



Hawthorn Coach: Alastair Clarkson

Score Timeline

Quarter Team Scoring Event Score Time
Q1 GEEL Tom Lonergan goal 1.0.6 - 0.0.0 02:19
HWTH Chance Bateman goal 1.0.6 - 1.0.6 07:31
HWTH Xavier Ellis goal 1.0.6 - 2.0.12 10:58
HWTH Lance Franklin behind 1.0.6 - 2.1.13 12:22
HWTH Jarryd Roughead goal 1.0.6 - 3.1.19 14:45
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 2.0.12 - 3.1.19 17:08
HWTH Campbell Brown goal 2.0.12 - 4.1.25 18:51
GEEL Max Rooke goal 3.0.18 - 4.1.25 21:13
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 4.0.24 - 4.1.25 22:52
HWTH Campbell Brown behind 4.0.24 - 4.2.26 25:44
GEEL Rushed behind 4.1.25 - 4.2.26 26:41
GEEL Rushed behind 4.2.26 - 4.2.26 28:17
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 4.3.27 - 4.2.26 29:08
GEEL Cam Mooney goal 5.3.33 - 4.2.26 30:09
HWTH Mark Williams goal 5.3.33 - 5.2.32 32:39
Q2 GEEL Paul Chapman goal 6.3.39 - 5.2.32 01:19
HWTH Mark Williams behind 6.3.39 - 5.3.33 03:34
HWTH Cyril Rioli goal 6.3.39 - 6.3.39 04:39
GEEL Andrew Mackie behind 6.4.40 - 6.3.39 05:59
GEEL Paul Chapman behind 6.5.41 - 6.3.39 06:53
GEEL Steve Johnson behind 6.6.42 - 6.3.39 15:56
GEEL Brad Ottens behind 6.7.43 - 6.3.39 17:18
GEEL Rushed behind 6.8.44 - 6.3.39 18:12
GEEL Rushed behind 6.9.45 - 6.3.39 19:55
HWTH Mark Williams goal 6.9.45 - 7.3.45 21:19
GEEL Travis Varcoe behind 6.10.46 - 7.3.45 23:19
HWTH Clinton Young goal 6.10.46 - 8.3.51 25:17
GEEL Mathew Stokes behind 6.11.47 - 8.3.51 28:23
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 6.12.48 - 8.3.51 30:23
Q3 GEEL Cam Mooney behind 6.13.49 - 8.3.51 01:32
HWTH Mark Williams behind 6.13.49 - 8.4.52 03:15
GEEL Tom Lonergan behind 6.14.50 - 8.4.52 04:51
GEEL Gary Ablett goal 7.14.56 - 8.4.52 06:03
HWTH Lance Franklin goal 7.14.56 - 9.4.58 07:36
GEEL Rushed behind 7.15.57 - 9.4.58 09:21
GEEL Cam Mooney behind 7.16.58 - 9.4.58 11:26
HWTH Luke Hodge goal 7.16.58 - 10.4.64 15:49
GEEL Rushed behind 7.17.59 - 10.4.64 18:40
HWTH Cyril Rioli goal 7.17.59 - 11.4.70 20:12
HWTH Chance Bateman behind 7.17.59 - 11.5.71 21:22
HWTH Stuart Dew goal 7.17.59 - 12.5.77 21:46
HWTH Mark Williams goal 7.17.59 - 13.5.83 24:18
HWTH Stuart Dew goal 7.17.59 - 14.5.89 26:07
GEEL Rushed behind 7.18.60 - 14.5.89 27:28
GEEL Darren Milburn goal 8.18.66 - 14.5.89 28:43
GEEL Steve Johnson goal 9.18.72 - 14.5.89 30:24
Q4 GEEL Rushed behind 9.19.73 - 14.5.89 01:11
HWTH Stuart Dew behind 9.19.73 - 14.6.90 01:27
HWTH Jordan Lewis behind 9.19.73 - 14.7.91 05:12
GEEL Rushed behind 9.20.74 - 14.7.91 05:54
GEEL Rushed behind 9.21.75 - 14.7.91 06:20
GEEL Gary Ablett behind 9.22.76 - 14.7.91 06:49
HWTH Lance Franklin goal 9.22.76 - 15.7.97 12:13
HWTH Sam Mitchell goal 9.22.76 - 16.7.103 13:58
HWTH Rick Ladson goal 9.22.76 - 17.7.109 17:55
GEEL Max Rooke goal 10.22.82 - 17.7.109 19:33
HWTH Jarryd Roughead goal 10.22.82 - 18.7.115 21:37
GEEL Rushed behind 10.23.83 - 18.7.115 23:10
GEEL Tom Lonergan goal 11.23.89 - 18.7.115 25:34