2008 Laurie O'Reilly Cup

Tournament details
Dates	14–18 October 2008
Countries	Australia  New Zealand
Teams	2
Final positions
Champions	New Zealand
Tournament statistics
Matches played	2
Tries scored	9 (4.5 per match)
Top scorer(s)	Hannah Myers (19 points)
Most tries	Carla Hohepa (3 tries)
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The 2008 Laurie O'Reilly Cup was the seventh edition of the competition and was held between 14 and 18 October at Canberra. New Zealand retained the O'Reilly Cup after winning both matches.^[1][2]

It was the first time since 1998 that the Black Ferns crossed the Tasman for two rugby internationals against the Wallaroos.^[3][4] It was also the first women's rugby internationals played in Australia since the Wallaroos 2001 Test against England.^[4]

Pos	Nation	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD
1	New Zealand	2	2	0	0	59	19	+40
2	Australia	2	0	0	2	19	59	−40

	14 October 2008	Australia	3–37	New Zealand	Viking Park, Canberra
	14:30 AEDT (UTC+11)	Pen: Alana Thomas		Try: Olivia Coady Carla Hohepa (2) Halie Hurring Anna Richards Con: Hannah Porter (3) Pen: Hannah Porter (2)	Referee: Sarah Corrigan (AUS)

LP 1 Lindsay Morgan HK 2 Silei Poluleuligaga TP 3 Kylie Pennell LL 4 Dalena Dennison RL 5 Kate Porter BF 6 Selena Tranter OF 7 Alexandra Hargreaves N8 8 Debby Hodgkinson SH 9 Cheryl Soon (c) FH 10 Alana Thomas LW 11 Nicole Beck IC 12 Tui Ormsby OC 13 Sharni Williams RW 14 Iliseva Batibasaga FB 15 Tricia Brown Replacements: 16 Margaret Watson 17 Danielle Meskell 18 Tasileta Bethell 19 Se'ei Sa'u 20 Saline Thornton 21 Kim Wilson 22 Melissa Rowe Coach: Steve Hamson

LP 1 Stephanie Te Ohaere-Fox HK 2 Fiao'o Fa'amausili TP 3 Beth Mallard LL 4 Kimberly Smith RL 5 Victoria Heighway BF 6 Melissa Ruscoe (c) OF 7 Olivia Coady N8 8 Linda Itunu SH 9 Emma Jensen FH 10 Anna Richards LW 11 Carla Hohepa IC 12 Halie Hurring OC 13 Huriana Manuel RW 14 Victoria Grant FB 15 Hannah Porter Replacements: 16 Ruth McKay 17 Doris Taufateau 18 Monalisa Codling 19 Aimee Sutorius 20 Kendra Cocksedge 21 Rebecca Hull 22 Selica Winiata Coach: Dale Atkins

Source: ^[5][1][6]

	18 October 2008	Australia	16–22	New Zealand	Viking Park, Canberra
	14:30 AEDT (UTC+11)	Try: Debby Hodgkinson Con: Alana Thomas Pen: Alana Thomas (3)		Try: Fiao'o Fa'amausili Carla Hohepa Huriana Manuel Con: Hannah Porter (2) Pen: Hannah Porter	Referee: Roberta Barnett (AUS)

LP 1 Lindsay Morgan HK 2 Silei Poluleuligaga TP 3 Kylie Pennell LL 4 Dalena Dennison RL 5 Kim Wilson BF 6 Selena Tranter OF 7 Alexandra Hargreaves N8 8 Debby Hodgkinson SH 9 Cheryl Soon (c) FH 10 Alana Thomas LW 11 Nicole Beck IC 12 Tui Ormsby OC 13 Sharni Williams RW 14 Iliseva Batibasaga FB 15 Tricia Brown Replacements: 16 Margaret Watson 17 Danielle Meskell 18 Se'ei Sa'u 19 Tasileta Bethell 20 Saline Thornton 21 Kate Porter 22 Melissa Rowe Coach: Steve Hamson

LP 1 Stephanie Te Ohaere-Fox HK 2 Fiao'o Fa'amausili TP 3 Beth Mallard LL 4 Kimberly Smith RL 5 Victoria Heighway BF 6 Melissa Ruscoe (c) OF 7 Olivia Coady N8 8 Linda Itunu SH 9 Emma Jensen FH 10 Anna Richards LW 11 Carla Hohepa IC 12 Teresa Te Tamaki OC 13 Huriana Manuel RW 14 Victoria Grant FB 15 Hannah Porter Replacements: 16 Ruth McKay 17 Doris Taufateau 18 Aimee Sutorius 19 Shannon Willoughby 20 Kendra Cocksedge 21 Rebecca Hull 22 Halie Hurring Coach: Dale Atkins

Source: ^[7][2][8]

The Wallaroos named a 35–player squad for the O'Reilly Cup.^[4]