Round 1
Date: Sunday, March 16, 2008
Kick Off: 12:50pm (local time)
Referee: Matt Cecchin
Venue: Sydney Football Stadium, Moore Park, NSW, Australia
| Wests Tigers (34) | St George Illawarra Dragons (22) | ||
| 1 | Blake LAZARUS | 1 | Travis ROCHE |
| 2 | Coedi TOWNEY | 2 | Daniel NICASTRI |
| 3 | Simon DWYER | 3 | Kane LINNETT |
| 4 | Matt PARATA | 4 | Dean WHARE |
| 5 | Ben VENGOA | 5 | Sam MORATH |
| 6 | Blake AYSHFORD | 6 | Maurice KENNEDY |
| 7 | Wayde DUNLEY (c) | 7 | John KENNEDY (c) |
| 8 | Matt DAVIDSON | 8 | Rory O’BRIEN |
| 9 | Sioeli MAKAUI | 9 | Josh COCHRANE |
| 10 | Benson TUPOU | 10 | Trent MERRIN |
| 11 | Mitchell ACHURCH | 11 | Jake MARKETO |
| 12 | Willie MATAKA | 12 | Lagi SETU |
| 13 | Damon HARTH | 13 | Matthew MUNDINE |
| 14 | Brett LANE | 14 | Brad HUDSON |
| 15 | Ben SHEA | 15 | Gavin HOOD |
| 16 | Holo TONGA | 16 | Lachlan GOWLAND |
| 17 | Joey LATHAM | 17 | Daniel FEPULEAI |
| Coach | Peter GENTLE | Coach | Steve PRICE |
| Tries | Tries | ||
| Blake LAZARUS (2) | Josh COCHRANE | ||
| Matt DAVIDSON | Daniel FEPULEAI | ||
| Wayde DUNLEY | Matthew MUNDINE | ||
| Sioeli MAKAUI | Lagi SETU | ||
| Coedi TOWNEY | |||
| Goals | Goals | ||
| Blake LAZARUS (5/7) | Matthew MUNDINE (3/4) |
18TH MAN 