2008 Bradford Bulls season

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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The 2008 Bradford Bulls season saw the Bradford Bulls compete in the 2008 Super League season and 2008 Challenge Cup. Coached by Steve McNamara and captained by Paul Deacon, they finished the regular season 5th (out of 12), reaching the Elimination semi-finals but being knocked out by Wigan.

Milestones

Table

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

Fixtures and results

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss

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

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
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

LEGEND
  Win
  Draw
  Loss
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

Squad statistics

Further information: Bradford Bulls
  • 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

References

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