2008 Bradford Bulls season

This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2008 season. This is the 13th season of the Super League era.

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. Attend.9,247
High. Attend.14,013 vs. Leeds Rhinos
Top scorers
TriesSemi Tadulala (23)
GoalsPaul Deacon (89)
PointsPaul Deacon (190)
< 2007 List of seasons 2009 >

Season Review

February 2008

March 2008

April 2008

May 2008

2008 Milestones

Table

Super League XIII
Pos Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts Qualification
1 St. Helens 27 21 1 5 940 457 +483 43 Play-off Semi Final
2 Leeds Rhinos 27 21 0 6 863 413 +450 42
3 Catalans Dragons 27 16 2 9 694 625 +69 34 Play-off Elimination 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 RL 27 11 0 16 569 763 194 22
10 Huddersfield Giants 27 10 1 16 638 681 43 21
11 Hull 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.

2008 Fixtures and results

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss

2008 Engage Super League

DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
10 February 2008Super League XIII1Wakefield Trinity WildcatsABelle VueL24-26Newton (2), Platt, SykesDeacon 4/59,851
16 February 2008Super League XIII2Huddersfield GiantsHOdsal StadiumW38-12Finnigan (2), Evans, Morrison, Newton, SykesDeacon 7/710,124
22 February 2008Super League XIII3St. HelensHOdsal StadiumL16-22Sykes (2), EvansDeacon 2/310,756
1 March 2008Super League XIII4Wigan WarriorsAJJB StadiumL14-28Feather, GodwinDeacon 3/315,444
8 March 2008Super League XIII5Catalans DragonsAStade Gilbert BrutusW20-18Finnigan, Hape, MorrisonDeacon 4/47,485
16 March 2008Super League XIII6Warrington WolvesHOdsal StadiumW23-10Burgess, Jeffries, SykesDeacon 5/611,838
20 March 2008Super League XIII7Leeds RhinosAHeadingley StadiumL2-44-Deacon 1/119,296
24 March 2008Super League XIII8Harlequins RLHOdsal StadiumW32-24Burgess, Deacon, Evans, Halley, SolomonaDeacon 6/68,428
30 March 2008Super League XIII9Castleford TigersHOdsal StadiumW50-4Tadulala (3), Evans, Godwin, Hape, Jeffries, Nero, SykesDeacon 6/8, Harris 1/110,119
4 April 2008Super League XIII10Hull F.C.AKC StadiumW24-8Burgess, Cook, Nero, TadulalaDeacon 4/613,617
13 April 2008Super League XIII11Hull Kingston RoversACraven ParkL18-20Solomona, Sykes, TadulalaHarris 3/38,377
27 April 2008Super League XIII12Wigan WarriorsHOdsal StadiumW26-12Evans, Hape, Jeffries, TadulalaDeacon 5/711,894
3 May 2008Magic Weekend13Leeds RhinosNMillennium StadiumL26-40Tadulala (2), Burgess, HapeDeacon 5/730,628
18 May 2008Super League XIII14Castleford TigersAThe JungleW46-24Burgess, Finnigan, Jeffries, Langley, Morrison, Newton, Platt, SykesDeacon 7/87,855
23 May 2008Super League XIII15Leeds RhinosHOdsal StadiumL14-30Halley, Solomona, TupouSykes 1/314,013
8 June 2008Super League XIII16Catalans DragonsHOdsal StadiumL16-24Burgess, Jeffries, SykesHarris 2/38,346
13 June 2008Super League XIII17St. HelensAKnowsley RoadL20-58Halley, Harris, Sykes, TadulalaSykes 2/3, Harris 0/19,009
22 June 2008Super League XIII18Hull F.C.HOdsal StadiumW36-22Tadulala (2), Cook, Hape, Lynch, Newton, SykesHarris 4/79,511
29 June 2008Super League XIII19Hull Kingston RoversHOdsal StadiumW40-20Sykes (2), Finnigan, Hape, Harris, Platt, SolomonaHarris 6/79,741
6 July 2008Super League XIII20Huddersfield GiantsAGalpharm StadiumL24-25Finnigan, Lynch, Newton, PlattHarris 4/510,786
11 July 2008Super League XIII21Warrington WolvesAHalliwell Jones StadiumL28-32Jeffries, Lynch, Nero, Platt, TadulalaDeacon 4/58,158
20 July 2008Super League XIII22Wakefield Trinity WildcatsHOdsal StadiumW24-10Deacon, Harris, Jeffries, NewtonDeacon 4/49,429
3 August 2008Super League XIII23Harlequins RLATwickenham StoopL24-36Finnigan, Jeffries, Lynch, TadulalaHarris 4/42,534
8 August 2008Super League XIII24Leeds RhinosAHeadingley StadiumL18-28Evans, Godwin, SykesHarris 3/317,508
17 August 2008Super League XIII25Hull F.C.HOdsal StadiumW42-14Cook, Deacon, Evans, Godwin, Jeffries, Newton, VaganaDeacon 7/79,181
25 August 2008Super League XIII26Hull Kingston RoversHOdsal StadiumW42-18Cook, Evans, Halley, Nero, Newton, Solomona, Sykes, TadulalaDeacon 5/7, Vagana 0/110,353
6 September 2008Super League XIII27Castleford TigersAThe JungleW18-16Tadulala (3)Deacon 1/2, Harris 2/28,067

Challenge Cup

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
19 April 2008Cup4thToulouse OlympiqueHOdsal StadiumW98-6Halley (4), Morrison (3), Tadulala (3), Finnigan (2), Jeffries (2), Burgess, Evans, TupouHarris 15/173,569
11 May 2008Cup5thCatalans DragonsHOdsal StadiumW46-16Tadulala (3), Burgess, Halley, Hape, Langley, NeroDeacon 7/7, Harris 0/15,057
1 June 2008CupQFHull F.C.HOdsal StadiumL16-22Sykes, TupouHarris 4/55,597

Playoffs

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
DateCompetitionRndVrsH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAtt
21 September 2007Play-offsEPOWigan WarriorsNHalton StadiumL14-30Finnigan, LynchDeacon 2/2, Harris 1/16,806

2008 squad statistics

  • 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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