 All four games of the premiership's opening round were played on 20 April 1908.Two games were held at Wentworth Park and the other two at Birchgrove Oval.In total, 3000 people attended at each venue for the back-to-back matches, with Glebe, Balmain, South Sydney and Eastern Suburbs winning their respective matches over Newcastle, Western Suburbs, North Sydney and Newtown.