2008 St Helens RLFC season

The 2008 St Helens RLFC season was the 136th in the club's history. They competed in Super League XIII as well as the 2008 Challenge Cup tournament.

2008 Fixtures/Results

Competition	Round	Opposition	Result	Score	Home/Away	Venue	Attendance	Date
Super League XIII	1	Hull Kingston Rovers	Loss	22-24	Away	Craven Park	8,713	10/02/2008
Super League XIII	2	Warrington Wolves	Win	30-22	Home	Knowsley Road	13,396	15/02/2008
Super League XIII	3	Bradford Bulls	Win	22-16	Away	Odsal	10,756	22/02/2008
Super League XIII	4	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Win	34-30	Home	Knowsley Road	10,777	02/03/2008
Super League XIII	5	Hull	Win	30-29	Home	Knowsley Road	10,204	07/03/2008
Super League XIII	6	Catalans Dragons	Loss	10-24	Away	Stade Gilbert Brutus	7,828	15/03/2008
Super League XIII	7	Wigan Warriors	Win	46-10	Home	Knowsley Road	17,500	21/03/2008
Super League XIII	8	Huddersfield Giants	Loss	26-28	Away	Galpharm Stadium	7,131	24/03/2008
Super League XIII	9	Leeds Rhinos	Loss	10-14	Home	Knowsley Road	11,188	28/03/2008
Super League XIII	10	Castleford Tigers	Loss	24-30	Away	The Jungle	7,529	06/04/2008
Super League XIII	11	Harlequins RL	Win	58-12	Home	Knowsley Road	8,533	11/04/2008
Challenge Cup	Rnd 4	London Skolars	Win	56-0	Home	Knowsley Road	3,258	20/04/2008
Super League XIII	12	Warrington Wolves	Win	30-22	Away	Halliwell Jones Stadium	13,024	25/04/2008
Super League XIII	13	Wigan Warriors	Win	57-16	Cardiff	Millennium Stadium	32,516	04/05/2008
Challenge Cup	Rnd 5	Warrington Wolves	Win	40-34	Home	Knowsley Road	8,570	10/05/2008
Super League XIII	14	Catalans Dragons	Win	28-10	Home	Knowsley Road	8,550	17/05/2008
Super League XIII	15	Hull	Win	8-16	Away	KC Stadium	14,653	25/05/2008
Challenge Cup	QtrFinal	Hull Kingston Rovers	Win	18-24	Away	Craven Park	8,304	01/06/2008
Super League XIII	16	Hull Kingston Rovers	Win	52-10	Home	Knowsley Road	8,404	06/06/2008
Super League XIII	17	Bradford Bulls	Win	58-20	Home	Knowsley Road	9,009	13/06/2008
Super League XIII	18	Leeds Rhinos	Win	12-26	Away	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	18,303	20/06/2008
Super League XIII	18	Huddersfield Giants	Win	46-16	Home	Knowsley Road	8,597	29/06/2008
Super League XIII	20	Harlequins RL	Win	0-54	Away	Twickenham Stoop	4,276	05/07/2008
Super League XIII	21	Castleford Tigers	Win	68-12	Home	Knowsley Road	8,430	11/07/2008
Super League XIII	21	Wigan Warriors	Win	12-46	Away	JJB Stadium	19,958	18/07/2008
Challenge Cup	Semi-Final	Leeds Rhinos	Win	26-16	Huddersfield	Galpharm Stadium	19,842	26/07/2008
Super League XIII	22	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Win	10-42	Away	Belle Vue	5,781	03/08/2008
Super League XIII	24	Warrington Wolves	Win	17-16	Home	Knowsley Road	10,258	08/08/2008
Super League XIII	25	Harlequins RL	Win	16-32	Away	Twickenham Stoop	3,269	17/08/2008
Super League XIII	26	Huddersfield Giants	Win	22-40	Away	Galpharm Stadium	6,150	24/08/2008
Challenge Cup	Final	Hull	Win	16-28	Away	Wembley Stadium	82,821	30/08/2008
Super League XIII	27	Wigan Warriors	Draw	16-16	Home	Knowsley Road	14,113	05/09/2008
Super League XIII Playoffs	Week 2	Leeds Rhinos	Win	38-10	Home	Knowsley Road	11,407	19/09/2008
Super League XIII Playoffs	Grand Final	Leeds Rhinos	Loss	16-24	Neutral	Old Trafford	68,810	04/10/2008

Super League XIII
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St Helens	27	21	1	5	940	457	+483	43
2	Leeds Rhinos	27	21	0	6	863	413	+450	42
3	Catalans Dragons	27	16	2	9	694	625	+69	34
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

	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.

References

St Helens

Est. 1873 in St Helens, England

The Club	History Records Honours Players International representatives Coaches Hall of Fame

Home grounds	City Ground Knowsley Road (1890-2010) Halton Stadium (2011) Totally Wicked Stadium (2012-Present)

Hall of Fame	Alex Murphy Vince Karalius Tom van Vollenhoven

League	Super League

World Club Challenge (2)	2001 2007

Championships (13)	1931–32 1952–53 1958–59 1965–66 1969–70 1970–71 1974–75 1996 1999 2000 2002 2006 2014

Challenge Cup (12)	1955–56 1960–61 1965–66 1971–72 1975–76 1996 1997 2001 2004 2006 2007 2008

Other honours	4—time Premiership Champions 1—time Western Division Champions 1—time Regal Trophy Champions 2—time BBC2 Floodlit Trophy Champions 11—time Lancashire Cup Champions 11—time Lancashire League Champions 1—time Charity Shield Champions BBC Sports Personality Team of the Year Award (2006)

Seasons (120)	1895–96 1896–97 1897–98 1898–99 1899–00 1900–01 1901–02 1902–03 1903–04 1904–05 1905–06 1906–07 1907–08 1908–09 1909–10 1910–11 1911–12 1912–13 1913–14 1914–15 1915–16 1916–17 1917–18 1918–19 1919–20 1920–21 1921–22 1922–23 1923–24 1924–25 1925–26 1926–27 1927–28 1928–29 1929–30 1930–31 1931–32 1932–33 1933–34 1934–35 1935–36 1936–37 1937–38 1938–39 1939–40 1940–41 1941–42 1942–43 1943–44 1944–45 1945–46 1946–47 1947–48 1948–49 1949–50 1950–51 1951–52 1952–53 1953–54 1954–55 1955–56 1956–57 1957–58 1958–59 1959–60 1960–61 1961–62 1962–63 1963–64 1964–65 1965–66 1966–67 1967–68 1968–69 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1973–74 1974–75 1975–76 1976–77 1977–78 1978–79 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–00 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2008–09 2009–10 2010–11 2011–12 2012-13 2013-14 2014-15 2015-16 2016-17 2017-18

Culture	NRFU Founder Super League Founding Member Rivalry with Wigan Testimonials

Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)

2008 in rugby league

« 2007

2009 »

International Rugby League

World Club Challenge
ANZAC Test
World Cup
- Festival
- Women's
- Squads
- Final
Awards

British Rugby League

Competitions	Super League Results Grand Final National League 1 National League 2 Challenge Cup Final

SL Teams	Bradford Bulls Castleford Tigers Catalans Dragons Harlequins Huddersfield Giants Hull FC Hull KR Leeds Rhinos St Helens Wakefield Wildcats Warrington Wolves Wigan Warriors

Australian Rugby League

Competitions	State of Origin NRL season Results Grand Final Toyota Cup Results Queensland Cup New South Wales Cup

By club	Brisbane Broncos Bulldogs Canberra Raiders Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks Gold Coast Titans Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles Melbourne Storm Newcastle Knights New Zealand Warriors North Queensland Cowboys Parramatta Eels Penrith Panthers South Sydney Rabbitohs Sydney Roosters St. George Illawarra Dragons Wests Tigers

Related articles	Dally M Awards Northern Pride

Other Domestic competitions

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the 1/30/2015. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.