Stadium Australia · Sun 18 May 2008 · 34,904 in attendance
| Team | QT | HT | 3QT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SydneySYD | 4.5 | 6.11 | 13.15 | 143 |
| EssendonESS | 0.2 | 4.7 | 7.9 | 52 |
Quarter figures cumulative · goals.behinds. Final = 143 and 52.
Sydney won by 91 points.
21.17 (143) — 7.10 (52)
Full listed players, ordered by disposals then goals.
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Kirk | 12 | 17 | 29 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Adam Goodes | 12 | 15 | 27 | 6 | 4 | 0 |
| Leo Barry | 10 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 1 |
| 1 |
| Darren Jolly | 15 | 5 | 20 | 8 | 3 | 3 |
| Michael OLoughlin | 12 | 7 | 19 | 8 | 0 | 6 |
| Ryan OKeefe | 12 | 7 | 19 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
| Amon Buchanan | 7 | 12 | 19 | 4 | 6 | 1 |
| Jarred Moore | 10 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Luke Ablett | 11 | 7 | 18 | 1 | 3 | 0 |
| Jarrad McVeigh | 7 | 10 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Jude Bolton | 8 | 8 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| Martin Mattner | 9 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 12 | 0 |
| Craig Bird | 6 | 9 | 15 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| Ted Richards | 8 | 5 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Henry Playfair | 8 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 |
| Kieren Jack | 6 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 1 |
| Craig Bolton | 7 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 0 |
| Peter Everitt | 4 | 6 | 10 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| Nick Malceski | 4 | 6 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 0 |
| Paul Bevan | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 0 |
| Lewis Roberts-Thomson | 5 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 0 |
| Tadhg Kennelly | 4 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Player | K | H | D | M | T | G |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Angus Monfries | 11 | 10 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Andrew Welsh | 11 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 2 |
| Brent Stanton | 14 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Mark McVeigh | 9 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 0 |
| Andrew Lovett | 10 | 7 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Kyle Reimers | 12 | 4 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 0 |
| David Myers | 10 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 0 |
| Tom Hislop | 7 | 8 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 0 |
| Adam Ramanauskas | 7 | 5 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jason Winderlich | 7 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Dustin Fletcher | 6 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| David Hille | 6 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Matthew Lloyd | 3 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Paddy Ryder | 4 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| Sam Lonergan | 3 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 0 |
| Bachar Houli | 4 | 4 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 0 |
| Jason Laycock | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Darcy Daniher | 5 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 0 |
| Leroy Jetta | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Henry Slattery | 3 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 0 |
| Mal Michael | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jay Neagle | 3 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 |