2008 Bradford Bulls season

2008 Bradford Bulls season
Super League XIII 5th
Play-off result Elimination Play-Off
Challenge Cup Quarter Final
2008 record Wins: 16; Draws: 0; Losses: 14
Points scored For: 879; Against: 699
Team information
Chairman Peter Hood
Head Coach Steve McNamara
Captain
Stadium Odsal Stadium
Avg. Attend. 9,247
High. Attend. 14,013 vs. Leeds Rhinos
Top scorers
Tries Semi Tadulala - 23
Goals Paul Deacon - 89
Points Paul 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

February 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 2008

2008 Milestones

Table

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
    1 St Helens 272115940457+48343
    2 Leeds Rhinos 272106863413+45042
    3 Catalans Dragons 271629694625+6934
    4 Wigan Warriors 27133116486985029
    5 Bradford Bulls 2714013705625+8028
    6 Warrington Wolves 27140136907132328
    7 Hull Kingston Rovers 271111556471314923
    8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 271101657476018622
    9 Harlequins RL 271101656976319422
    10 Huddersfield Giants 27101166386814321
    11 Hull 27811853869916117
    12 Castleford Tigers 27711959386927615
      Teams qualifying for the Play-offs

    Source: superleague.co.uk.
    Classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
    Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.

    2008 Fixtures and results

    LEGEND
      Win
      Draw
      Loss

    2008 Engage Super League

    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
    10 February 2008 Super League XIII 1 Wakefield A Belle Vue L 24-26 Newton (2), Platt, Sykes Deacon 4/5 9,851
    16 February 2008 Super League XIII 2 Huddersfield 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 A JJB Stadium L 14-28 Feather, Godwin Deacon 3/3 15,444
    8 March 2008 Super League XIII 5 Catalan A Stade Gilbert Brutus W 20-18 Finnigan, Hape, Morrison Deacon 4/4 7,485
    16 March 2008 Super League XIII 6 Warrington H Odsal Stadium W 23-10 Burgess, Jeffries, Sykes Deacon 5/6 11,838
    20 March 2008 Super League XIII 7 Leeds A Headingley Stadium L 2-44 - Deacon 1/1 19,296
    24 March 2008 Super League XIII 8 Harlequins H Odsal Stadium W 32-24 Burgess, Deacon, Evans, Halley, Solomona Deacon 6/6 8,428
    30 March 2008 Super League XIII 9 Castleford 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 FC A KC Stadium W 24-8 Burgess, Cook, Nero, Tadulala Deacon 4/6 13,617
    13 April 2008 Super League XIII 11 Hull KR A Craven Park L 18-20 Solomona, Sykes, Tadulala Harris 3/3 8,377
    27 April 2008 Super League XIII 12 Wigan H Odsal Stadium W 26-12 Evans, Hape, Jeffries, Tadulala Deacon 5/7 11,894
    3 May 2008 Magic Weekend 13 Leeds N Millennium Stadium L 26-40 Tadulala (2), Burgess, Hape Deacon 5/7 30,628
    18 May 2008 Super League XIII 14 Castleford 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 H Odsal Stadium L 14-30 Halley, Solomona, Tupou Sykes 1/3 14,013
    8 June 2008 Super League XIII 16 Catalan 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 FC 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 KR 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 A Galpharm Stadium L 24-25 Finnigan, Lynch, Newton, Platt Harris 4/5 10,786
    11 July 2008 Super League XIII 21 Warrington 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 H Odsal Stadium W 24-10 Deacon, Harris, Jeffries, Newton Deacon 4/4 9,429
    3 August 2008 Super League XIII 23 Harlequins A Twickenham Stoop L 24-36 Finnigan, Jeffries, Lynch, Tadulala Harris 4/4 2,534
    8 August 2008 Super League XIII 24 Leeds A Headingley Stadium L 18-28 Evans, Godwin, Sykes Harris 3/3 17,508
    17 August 2008 Super League XIII 25 Hull FC 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 KR 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 A The Jungle W 18-16 Tadulala (3) Deacon 1/2, Harris 2/2 8,067

    Challenge Cup

    LEGEND
      Win
      Draw
      Loss
    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
    19 April 2008 Cup 4th Toulouse 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 Catalan 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 FC H Odsal Stadium L 16-22 Sykes, Tupou Harris 4/5 5,597

    Playoffs

    LEGEND
      Win
      Draw
      Loss
    DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
    21 September 2007 Play-offs EPO Wigan N Halton Stadium L 14-30 Finnigan, Lynch Deacon 2/2, Harris 1/1 6,806

    2008 squad statistics

    For more details on this topic, see Bradford Bulls.
    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

    = Captain = Injured = Suspended

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