2008 Huddersfield Giants season

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2008 Huddersfield Giants season
Super League Rank10th
Challenge CupFifth round
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In the 2008 rugby league season, Huddersfield Giants competed in Super League XIII and the 2008 Challenge Cup.

Results

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Super League

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Main article: 2008 Super League season

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

Super League results

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W Win D Draw L Loss

Date Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
Super League results
10 February 1 Leeds Rhinos H Galpharm Stadium L 10–30 Jensen, Robinson Thorman 15,629 Super League
16 February 2 Bradford Bulls A Grattan Stadium, Odsal L 12–38 Whatuira, Robinson Thorman (2) 10,124 Super League
24 February 3 Castleford Tigers H Galpharm Stadium W 64–12 Thorman, Elford, Whatuira, Lolesi (2), Jensen, Brown, Robinson (2), Mason, Snitch, Raleigh Thorman (8) 7,184 Super League
2 March 4 Hull F.C. H Galpharm Stadium W 28–8 Elford, Lolesi, Brown, Robinson, Crabtree Thorman (4) 8,012 Super League
8 March 5 Harlequins A Twickenham Stoop L 0–24 3,284 Super League
16 March 6 Wigan Warriors H Galpharm Stadium L 19–20 Brown, Robinson Cudjoe (5), Brown (FG) 8,417 Super League
21 March 7 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium L 14–30 Lolesi, Crabtree Cudjoe (2), Hemingway 9,320 Super League
24 March 8 St Helens H Galpharm Stadium W 28–26 Griffin (2), Lolesi, Whatuira, Jensen Thorman (4) 7,131 Super League
30 March 9 Hull Kingston Rovers A New Craven Park D 24–24 Thorman, Whatuira, Jensen, Gatis Thorman (4) 7,101 Super League
4 April 10 Catalans Dragons H Galpharm Stadium L 16–20 Lolesi, Hudson, Griffin Thorman (2) 4,071 Super League
12 April 11 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H Galpharm Stadium L 16–18 Jensen, Robinson Thorman (4) 5,693 Super League
27 April 12 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium L 20–28 Whatuira, Robinson, Snitch Cudjoe, Hemingway (3) 12,420 Super League
27 April 13 Wigan Warriors N Millennium Stadium L 34–36 Jensen, Lawrence, Robinson, Skandalis, Raleigh (2) Robinson (3), Hemingway (2) 12,000 Super League
18 May 14 Hull Kingston Rovers H Galpharm Stadium W 50–16 Cudjoe, Aspinwall, Lawrence (2), Whatuira, Elford, Robinson, Skandalis, Raleigh Thorman (7) 7,248 Super League
24 May 15 Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus L 0–48 7,785 RLP
15 June 17 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue L 26–28 6,271 RLP
22 June 18 Harlequins H Galpharm Stadium W 26–16 4,176 RLP
29 June 19 St Helens A The GPW Recruitment Stadium L 16–46 8,597 RLP
6 July 20 Bradford Bulls H Galpharm Stadium W 25–24 10,786 RLP
11 July 21 Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Stadium L 8–46 14,739 RLP
19 July 22 Warrington Wolves H Galpharm Stadium L 18–19 5,033 RLP
25 July 16 Wigan Warriors A JJB Stadium W 34–4 12,216 RLP
3 August 23 Castleford Tigers A The Jungle W 40–14 6,935 RLP
10 August 24 Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W 30–24 11,921 RLP
6 July 20 Catalans Dragons H Galpharm Stadium L 20–22 12,127 RLP
24 August 26 St Helens H Galpharm Stadium L 22–40 6,150 RLP
6 September 27 Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium W 38–20 8,585 RLP

Challenge Cup

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Main article: 2008 Challenge Cup

W Win L Loss

Date Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance Report
Challenge Cup results
20 April 4 Halifax A The Shay W 42–24 Hudson, Robinson (2), Jensen, Hemingway, Lolesi, Brown, Raleigh Thorman (5) 3,794 RFL
11 May 5 Hull Kingston Rovers A New Craven Park L 22–42 6,618 RLP

Players

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Squad

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Squad
no		 Player Apps Tries Goals Drop
Goals		 Pts
1 Chris Thorman 7 2 23 0 50
2 Martin Aspinwall 0 0 0 0 0
3 Shane Elford 7 2 0 0 8
4 Paul Whatuira 9 5 0 0 20
5 David Hodgson 0 0 0 0 0
6 Kevin Brown 9 3 0 1 10
7 Luke Robinson 9 6 0 0 24
8 Eorl Crabtree 9 2 0 0 8
9 George Gatis 8 1 0 0 4
10 John Skandalis 9 0 0 0 0
11 Jamahl Lolesi 9 4 0 0 16
12 Andy Raleigh 9 1 0 0 4
13 Stephen Wild 7 0 0 0 0
14 Stuart Jones 5 0 0 0 0
15 Paul Jackson 8 0 0 0 0
16 Keith Mason 8 1 0 0 4
17 Steve Snitch 8 1 0 0 4
18 Darrell Griffin 8 2 0 0 8
19 Ryan Hudson 9 0 0 0 0
20 Tom Hemingway 1 0 1 0 2
21 Leroy Cudjoe 3 0 7 0 14
22 Michael Lawrence 2 0 0 0 0
24 Rod Jensen 9 4 0 0 16

Transfers

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Gins

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Player Previous club
Luke Robinson Salford City Reds
David Hodgson Salford City Reds
Paul Whatuira Wests Tigers
George Gatis New Zealand Warriors
Danny Kirmond Featherstone Rovers
Nathan Brown St George Illawarra

Losses

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Player To
Brad Drew Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Paul Reilly Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Chris Nero Bradford Bulls
Robbie Paul Salford City Reds
Mat Gardner Salford City Reds

References

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