2008 Geelong Football Club season 2008 Geelong Football Club season The 2008 Geelong Football Club season was the club's 109th season in the Australian Football League (AFL). Geelong finished the regular season in first position on the ladder, earning the club a second-consecutive McClelland Trophy, and its ninth overall. Geelong's regular season record was impressive (21 wins, 1 loss), the best performance of a team in the home-and-away season since Essendon Football Club in 2000. Geelong then went on to win its Qualifying and Preliminary finals in succession, earning a place in the 2008 AFL Grand Final against Hawthorn, and the chance for a second-consecutive
2008 Super League Grand Final titles marks the first time in their history that the club have managed to defend the Championship. Leeds' victory also marked the first time that a Super League team had won both the World Club Challenge and the Grand Final in the same calendar year. The Rhinos' win in the grand final earned them the right to play against the 2008 NRL season premiers, the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles on 1 March 2009 in the World Club Challenge. 2008 Super League Grand Final The 2008 Super League Grand Final was the conclusive and championship-deciding match of the Super League XIII season.