| 2008 NRL Grand Final | |||||||||||||
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| Date | 5 October 2008 | ||||||||||||
| Stadium | ANZ Stadium | ||||||||||||
| Location | Sydney, NSW, Australia | ||||||||||||
| Clive Churchill Medal | Brent Kite (MAN) | ||||||||||||
| National anthem | Anthony Warlow | ||||||||||||
| Referee | Tony Archer | ||||||||||||
| Attendance | 80,388 | ||||||||||||
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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.[1]
The 2008 Grand Final was the first Grand Final played in daylight since the introduction of the night Grand Final in 2001.[2] The two teams had previously played in the 2007 NRL Grand Final, with Melbourne winning 34–8. Manly reversed this result in 2008, winning 40–0;[3] the largest Grand Final winning margin in the history of the game, and the first Grand Final since 1978 where the losing team did not score a point.
- ^ Read, Brent (5 October 2008). "Harry Bath joins legends to pass on in Centenary season". The Australian. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
- ^ Paine, Chris (5 October 2008). "Magnificent Manly exacts grand final revenge". ABC News. Archived from the original on 5 October 2008. Retrieved 6 October 2008.
- ^ "Manly win NRL grand final". Radio New Zealand. 5 October 2008. Archived from the original on 9 October 2008. Retrieved 7 October 2008.