2008 AFL season

2008 AFL premiership season
Official 2008 AFL logo
Teams	16
Premiers	Hawthorn (10th premiership)
Minor premiers	Geelong (13th minor premiership)
Pre-season cup	St Kilda (3rd pre-season cup win)
Matches played	185
Attendance	7,082,949 (38,286 per match)
Highest attendance	100,012 (GF Geelong vs. Hawthorn)
Coleman Medallist	Lance Franklin Hawthorn (102 goals)
Brownlow Medallist	Adam Cooney Western Bulldogs (24 votes)
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The 2008 Australian Football League season was the 112th season of the elite Australian rules football competition. This season commenced on 20 March 2008 and concluded on 27 September 2008. The season consisted of twenty-two rounds of home-and-away matches, and four rounds of finals. The premiership was won by Hawthorn, who beat minor premiers Geelong by 26 points in the 2008 AFL Grand Final.

A significant feature of the season was the celebration of the 150th anniversary since the sport of Australian rules football was first established in 1858.

Bold – Home game

The 2008 Finals Series was conducted according to the conventions of the AFL's Amended "Final Eight" system that the AFL instituted in the AFL season 2000.

Statistics correct as at end of Round 22.

The Coleman Medal was awarded to Lance Franklin for kicking the most goals at the end of the Home and Away season.

The AFL Rising Star award for 2008 was awarded to Rhys Palmer from Fremantle.

Australia played Ireland in the two test 2008 International Rules Series. This series was played in Australia at Subiaco Oval and at the Melbourne Cricket Ground at the end of October. In 2007 the International Rules series was aborted by the Irish after they accused the Australians of being too rough in the previous series held in Ireland. However, after discussions between the teams they have decided to hold the 2008 series with some rule changes.