Final
Australia 20 lost to New Zealand 34
| 2008 World Cup Final | ||||||||
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| Match URL | www.rugbyleagueproject.org/matches/15013 | |||||||
| Status | Completed | |||||||
| Date | Saturday, 22nd November, 2008 | |||||||
| Kick Off | 7:30pm (local time) | |||||||
| Referee | Ashley Klein (Bathurst) | |||||||
| Touch Judges | Steve Chiddy, James Child | |||||||
| Video Ref | Steve Ganson (St Helens) | |||||||
| Venue | Suncorp (Brisbane) | |||||||
| Crowd | 50,509 | |||||||
| Official Player of the Match | Darren Lockyer | |||||||
| Match Stats | ||||||||
| Halftime Score | 16 | – | 12 | |||||
| Scrums | 4 | – | 5 | |||||
| Penalties | 5 | – | 8 | |||||
| Australia | Scoresheet | New Zealand | ||||||
| Darren LOCKYER | 2 | T | Adam BLAIR | |||||
| Greg INGLIS | Lance HOHAIA | |||||||
| David WILLIAMS | Benji MARSHALL | |||||||
| Jerome ROPATI | ||||||||
| Jeremy SMITH | ||||||||
| PT | Lance HOHAIA | |||||||
| Johnathan THURSTON | 2/4 | G | 3/3 | Issac LUKE | ||||
| 2/3 | Benji MARSHALL | |||||||
| Australia | Teams | New Zealand | ||||||
| Billy SLATER [Melbourne] | 1 | FB | 1 | Lance HOHAIA [Warriors] | ||||
| Joel MONAGHAN [Canberra] | 2 | W | 2 | Sam PERRETT [Sydney] | ||||
| Greg INGLIS [Melbourne] | 3 | C | 3 | Simon MANNERING [Warriors] | ||||
| Israel FOLAU [Melbourne] | 4 | C | 4 | Jerome ROPATI [Warriors] | ||||
| David WILLIAMS [Manly] | 5 | W | 5 | Manu VATUVEI [Warriors] | ||||
| Darren LOCKYER (c) [Brisbane] | 6 | FE | 6 | Benji MARSHALL [Wests Tigers] | ||||
| Johnathan THURSTON [North Qld] | 7 | HB | 7 | Nathan FIEN [Warriors] | ||||
| Brent KITE [Manly] | 15 | FR | 8 | Nathan CAYLESS (c) [Parramatta] | ||||
| Cameron SMITH [Melbourne] | 9 | HK | 9 | Thomas LEULUAI [Wigan] | ||||
| Petero CIVONICEVA [Penrith] | 10 | FR | 10 | Adam BLAIR [Melbourne] | ||||
| Anthony LAFFRANCHI [Gold Coast] | 11 | 2R | 11 | David FA'ALOGO [South Sydney] | ||||
| Glenn STEWART [Manly] | 12 | 2R | 12 | Bronson HARRISON [Wests Tigers] | ||||
| Paul GALLEN [Cronulla] | 13 | L | 13 | Jeremy SMITH [Melbourne] | ||||
| Karmichael HUNT [Brisbane] | 14 | B | 14 | Issac LUKE [South Sydney] | ||||
| Anthony TUPOU [Sydney] | 16 | B | 15 | Greg EASTWOOD [Brisbane] | ||||
| Craig FITZGIBBON [Sydney] | 17 | B | 16 | Sam RAPIRA [Warriors] | ||||
| Anthony WATMOUGH [Manly] | 22 | B | 17 | Sika MANU [Melbourne] | ||||
| Ricky STUART | HC | Stephen KEARNEY | ||||||
Team Info
Australia
- Previous Game:
- 2008 World Cup - Semi Final vs. Fiji
- Next Game:
- 2009 Australia vs New Zealand - Game 1 vs. New Zealand
- Out:
- Brent Tate (wing), Steve Price (front row)
- In:
- David Williams (wing), Anthony Watmough (bench)
- Changes:
- Brent Kite (bench to front row)
New Zealand
- Previous Game:
- 2008 World Cup - Semi Final vs. England
- Next Game:
- 2009 Australia vs New Zealand - Game 1 vs. Australia
No changes.
This match is a part of the following:
Contributions:
Shawn Dollin, Andrew Ferguson
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