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2008 Bradford Bulls season

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2008 Bradford Bulls season
Super League XIII Rank5th
Play-off resultElimination Play-Off
Challenge CupQuarter-final
2008 recordWins: 16; draws: 0; losses: 14
Points scoredFor: 879; against: 699
Team information
ChairmanPeter Hood
Head CoachSteve McNamara
Captain
StadiumOdsal Stadium
Avg. attendance9,247
High attendance14,013 vs. Leeds Rhinos
Top scorers
TriesSemi Tadulala (23)
GoalsPaul Deacon (89)
PointsPaul Deacon (190)
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This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2008 season. This is the 13th season of the Super League era.

Season Review

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February 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 2008

2008 Milestones

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Table

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Super League XIII
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 St. Helens (L) 27 21 1 5 940 457 +483 43 Semi-final
2 Leeds Rhinos (C) 27 21 0 6 863 413 +450 42
3 Catalans Dragons 27 16 2 9 694 625 +69 34 Elimination semi-finals
4 Wigan Warriors 27 13 3 11 648 698 −50 29
5 Bradford Bulls 27 14 0 13 705 625 +80 28
6 Warrington Wolves 27 14 0 13 690 713 −23 28
7 Hull Kingston Rovers 27 11 1 15 564 713 −149 23
8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 11 0 16 574 760 −186 22
9 Harlequins 27 11 0 16 569 763 −194 22
10 Huddersfield Giants 27 10 1 16 638 681 −43 21
11 Hull F.C. 27 8 1 18 538 699 −161 17
12 Castleford Tigers 27 7 1 19 593 869 −276 15
Source: superleague.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

2008 Fixtures and results

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LEGEND
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2008 Engage Super League

Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att
10 February 2008 Super League XIII 1 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue L 24-26 Newton (2), Platt, Sykes Deacon 4/5 9,851
16 February 2008 Super League XIII 2 Huddersfield Giants H Odsal Stadium W 38-12 Finnigan (2), Evans, Morrison, Newton, Sykes Deacon 7/7 10,124
22 February 2008 Super League XIII 3 St. Helens H Odsal Stadium L 16-22 Sykes (2), Evans Deacon 2/3 10,756
1 March 2008 Super League XIII 4 Wigan Warriors A JJB Stadium L 14-28 Feather, Godwin Deacon 3/3 15,444
8 March 2008 Super League XIII 5 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus W 20-18 Finnigan, Hape, Morrison Deacon 4/4 7,485
16 March 2008 Super League XIII 6 Warrington Wolves H Odsal Stadium W 23-10 Burgess, Jeffries, Sykes Deacon 5/6 11,838
20 March 2008 Super League XIII 7 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium L 2-44 - Deacon 1/1 19,296
24 March 2008 Super League XIII 8 Harlequins RL H Odsal Stadium W 32-24 Burgess, Deacon, Evans, Halley, Solomona Deacon 6/6 8,428
30 March 2008 Super League XIII 9 Castleford Tigers H Odsal Stadium W 50-4 Tadulala (3), Evans, Godwin, Hape, Jeffries, Nero, Sykes Deacon 6/8, Harris 1/1 10,119
4 April 2008 Super League XIII 10 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W 24-8 Burgess, Cook, Nero, Tadulala Deacon 4/6 13,617
13 April 2008 Super League XIII 11 Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park L 18-20 Solomona, Sykes, Tadulala Harris 3/3 8,377
27 April 2008 Super League XIII 12 Wigan Warriors H Odsal Stadium W 26-12 Evans, Hape, Jeffries, Tadulala Deacon 5/7 11,894
3 May 2008 Magic Weekend 13 Leeds Rhinos N Millennium Stadium L 26-40 Tadulala (2), Burgess, Hape Deacon 5/7 30,628
18 May 2008 Super League XIII 14 Castleford Tigers A The Jungle W 46-24 Burgess, Finnigan, Jeffries, Langley, Morrison, Newton, Platt, Sykes Deacon 7/8 7,855
23 May 2008 Super League XIII 15 Leeds Rhinos H Odsal Stadium L 14-30 Halley, Solomona, Tupou Sykes 1/3 14,013
8 June 2008 Super League XIII 16 Catalans Dragons H Odsal Stadium L 16-24 Burgess, Jeffries, Sykes Harris 2/3 8,346
13 June 2008 Super League XIII 17 St. Helens A Knowsley Road L 20-58 Halley, Harris, Sykes, Tadulala Sykes 2/3, Harris 0/1 9,009
22 June 2008 Super League XIII 18 Hull F.C. H Odsal Stadium W 36-22 Tadulala (2), Cook, Hape, Lynch, Newton, Sykes Harris 4/7 9,511
29 June 2008 Super League XIII 19 Hull Kingston Rovers H Odsal Stadium W 40-20 Sykes (2), Finnigan, Hape, Harris, Platt, Solomona Harris 6/7 9,741
6 July 2008 Super League XIII 20 Huddersfield Giants A Galpharm Stadium L 24-25 Finnigan, Lynch, Newton, Platt Harris 4/5 10,786
11 July 2008 Super League XIII 21 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 28-32 Jeffries, Lynch, Nero, Platt, Tadulala Deacon 4/5 8,158
20 July 2008 Super League XIII 22 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Odsal Stadium W 24-10 Deacon, Harris, Jeffries, Newton Deacon 4/4 9,429
3 August 2008 Super League XIII 23 Harlequins RL A Twickenham Stoop L 24-36 Finnigan, Jeffries, Lynch, Tadulala Harris 4/4 2,534
8 August 2008 Super League XIII 24 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium L 18-28 Evans, Godwin, Sykes Harris 3/3 17,508
17 August 2008 Super League XIII 25 Hull F.C. H Odsal Stadium W 42-14 Cook, Deacon, Evans, Godwin, Jeffries, Newton, Vagana Deacon 7/7 9,181
25 August 2008 Super League XIII 26 Hull Kingston Rovers H Odsal Stadium W 42-18 Cook, Evans, Halley, Nero, Newton, Solomona, Sykes, Tadulala Deacon 5/7, Vagana 0/1 10,353
6 September 2008 Super League XIII 27 Castleford Tigers A The Jungle W 18-16 Tadulala (3) Deacon 1/2, Harris 2/2 8,067

Challenge Cup

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Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att
19 April 2008 Cup 4th Toulouse Olympique H Odsal Stadium W 98-6 Halley (4), Morrison (3), Tadulala (3), Finnigan (2), Jeffries (2), Burgess, Evans, Tupou Harris 15/17 3,569
11 May 2008 Cup 5th Catalans Dragons H Odsal Stadium W 46-16 Tadulala (3), Burgess, Halley, Hape, Langley, Nero Deacon 7/7, Harris 0/1 5,057
1 June 2008 Cup QF Hull F.C. H Odsal Stadium L 16-22 Sykes, Tupou Harris 4/5 5,597

Playoffs

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LEGEND
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Date Competition Rnd Vrs H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Att
21 September 2007 Play-offs EPO Wigan Warriors N Halton Stadium L 14-30 Finnigan, Lynch Deacon 2/2, Harris 1/1 6,806

2008 squad statistics

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  • Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 2014.
No Player Position Tries Goals DG Points
1 Michael Platt Fullback 5 0 0 20
2 Dave Halley Wing 9 0 0 36
3 James Evans Centre 9 0 0 36
4 Shontayne Hape Centre 7 0 0 28
5 Tame Tupou Wing 3 0 0 12
6 Iestyn Harris Stand-off 3 49 0 110
7 Paul Deacon Scrum-half 3 89 0 190
8 Joe Vagana Prop 1 0 0 4
9 Terry Newton Hooker 9 0 0 36
10 Andy Lynch Prop 5 0 0 20
11 David Solomona Second-row 5 0 0 20
12 Glenn Morrison Second-row 6 0 0 24
13 Jamie Langley Loose forward 2 0 0 8
14 Chris Feather Prop 1 0 0 4
15 Matt Cook Second-row 4 0 0 16
16 Sam Burgess Prop 8 0 0 32
17 Matt James Prop 0 0 0 0
18 Craig Kopczak Prop 0 0 0 0
19 Simon Finnigan Second-row 10 0 0 40
20 Wayne Godwin Hooker 4 0 0 16
22 Ben Jeffries Stand-off 11 0 0 44
23 Chris Nero Centre 5 0 0 20
24 Paul Sykes Centre 16 3 0 70
25 Semi Tadulala Wing 23 0 0 92
26 Jason Crookes Centre 0 0 0 0
27 Richard Johnson Loose forward 0 0 0 0
30 Keale Carlile Hooker 0 0 0 0

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