Australia and New Zealand in 2008
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Source: the site's AFL, NRL, cricket, rugby, football and basketball records · as of 19 Oct 2026
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Hawthorn
def. Geelong, 115-89
Manly Warringah
def. Melbourne Storm, 40-0
Queensland
def. New South Wales, 2-1
New Zealand
def. Australia, 1-3
The year, month by month
January
- TennisAustralian Open women'sMaria Sharapova
- Date
- 26 Jan
- TennisAustralian Open men'sNovak Djokovic
- Date
- 27 Jan
February
- FootballA-League MenNewcastle United Jets def. Central Coast Mariners, 1-0
- Season
- 2007-08
- Runner-up
- Central Coast Mariners
- Minor premier
- Central Coast Mariners
- Venue
- Sydney Football Stadium, Sydney
- Date
- 24 Feb
March
- F1Australian Grand PrixLewis Hamilton (McLaren)
- Venue
- Albert Park
- Date
- 16 Mar
- Note
- Formula One World Championship round 1, Melbourne
- BasketballNBLMelbourne United def. Sydney Kings
- Season
- 2007-08
- Runner-up
- Sydney Kings
- CricketSheffield ShieldNew South Wales
- Season
- 2007-08
April: nothing in this view
May
- Rugby unionSuper RugbyCrusaders def. NSW Waratahs
- Runner-up
- NSW Waratahs
June: nothing in this view
July
- NRLState of OriginQueensland def. New South Wales, 2-1
- Runner-up
- New South Wales
- Venue
- Stadium Australia
- Date
- 2 Jul
- Note
- Series decider, game 3: Queensland 16, New South Wales 10
August: nothing in this view
September
- AFLAFLHawthorn def. Geelong, 115-89
- Runner-up
- Geelong
- Venue
- M.C.G.
- Date
- 27 Sep
October
- NRLNRLManly Warringah def. Melbourne Storm, 40-0
- Runner-up
- Melbourne Storm
- Venue
- Stadium Australia
- Date
- 5 Oct
- Rugby unionNPCCanterbury def. Wellington, 7-6
- Runner-up
- Wellington
- Venue
- Westpac Stadium
- Note
- Played as the Air New Zealand Cup
November
- Rugby unionBledisloe CupNew Zealand def. Australia, 1-3
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Date
- 1 Nov
- Note
- Australia v New Zealand meetings that year, Australia first
- Rugby leagueRugby League World CupNew Zealand def. Australia, 34-20
December
- CricketBoxing Day TestSouth Africa def. Australia, South Africa won by 9 wickets
- Runner-up
- Australia
- Venue
- Melbourne Cricket Ground
- Date
- 26 Dec
- Note
- Against South Africa; the Test starts on 26 December
Events without a day are listed under the month they usually fall in.
National teamsWins-draws-losses
Australia
- Men's rugby union9-0-5
Beat New Zealand
- Men's football8-3-2
Beat Netherlands
- Women's football9-0-6
Beat Brazil
- Men's basketball3-0-3
Beat Lithuania
- Women's basketball7-0-1
Beat Russia
- Men's cricket
Test 5-4-5 · ODI 13-0-4 · T20I 1-0-1
New Zealand
- Men's rugby union12-0-2
Beat South Africa
- Men's rugby leagueRugby League World Cup
- Men's football2-0-1
Beat New Caledonia
- Women's football2-1-4
Beat Argentina
- Women's basketball1-0-4
Beat Mali
- Men's cricket
Test 4-4-6 · ODI 10-1-3 · T20I 1-1-3
Records come from the site's national-team Elo results (rugby union, football, basketball), its cricket results (Test, ODI and T20I; no-result matches left out) and the champions board (titles). Rugby league internationals, women's rugby and women's cricket are not tracked, so rugby league shows only in years with a World Cup title.
Year in perspective
The Line
Geelong AFL
Top club on the Line, 1725
City of the year
- Christchurch2
- Melbourne2
- Sydney2
Titles by metro
- Christchurch: NPC, Super Rugby
- Melbourne: AFL, NBL
- Sydney: NRL, Sheffield Shield
- Newcastle-Maitland: A-League Men
Since 1897, to 2008: Sydney 138, Melbourne 131
Trans-Tasman
Australia 3, New Zealand 4
By sport
- Test cricket: Australia 2, New Zealand 0
- Rugby League World Cup: Australia 0, New Zealand 1
- Rugby union, men: Australia 1, New Zealand 3