USA Season : 2008

The eleventh season consisted of the same teams from the previous season. Aston Bulls and the New Haven Warriors the best of the sides, both finishing unbeaten. I'm surprised they didn't meet during the regular season. The poor New York Raiders not only lost all their matches but had three points deducted due to registration documents being late.

	2008 AMNRL Season
		Teams	Pl	W	L	PD	BP	Pts
	1	Aston Bulls	8	8	0	404	8	40
	2	New Haven	8	8	0	238	8	40
	3	Jacksonville	8	5	3	98	7	27
	4	Connecticut	8	5	2	152	7	26
	5	NY Knights	8	3	4	48	6	20
	6	DC Slayers	8	4	4	12	2	18
	7	Nthn Virginia	8	3	3	-132	6	18
	8	Bucks County	8	2	6	-174	5	13
	9	Philadephia	8	1	7	-284	2	6
	10	NY Raiders*	8	0	8	-362	0	-3
	*Deducted 3 points

Finals: With the top sides given a bye for the first round, teams three to six were involved in the first round. The higher placed sides won through to the semi-finals. However, Jacksonville pulled out due to financial reasons and was replaced by the NY Knights.

The knights were game but lost by an even larger defeat to the Bulls. Meanwhile, the Warriors had a tight win over the Wildcats. The final was between Aston Bulls who had been at every final against a New Haven side that hadn't been there before. You wouldn't know that by the scoreline, with the game being a one-sided affair on the scoreboard.  A brief video of some highlights can be viewed below.

	Playoffs
	First Round
	Connecticut Wildcats	52	NewYork Knights	18
	Jacksonville Axemen	36	Washington DC Slayers	22
	Semi-Finals
	Aston Bulls	70	New York Knights	18
	New Haven Warriors	40	Connecticut Wildcats	34
	Grand Final
	New Haven Warriors	50	Aston Bulls	18

For the 2009 season, please click here.
The 2007 season can be viewed by clicking here.

My thanks to Ken, for his assistance in compiling this season.