Super League VIII

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The Super League VIII (also known as Tetley's Super League VIII for sponsorship reasons) was the eighth season of the Super League in the sport of rugby league in 2003 . After already taking first place in the table after the end of the regular season, the Bradford Bulls made it to the Super League Grand Final, in which they won 25:12 against the Wigan Warriors , while the Halifax RLFC had to relegate . The Bulls won the Super League for the third time.

table

  • Playoff participation
  • Relegation to the National League One
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 28 22nd 0 6th 878: 529 + 349 44
    02. Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 28 19th 3 6th 751: 555 + 196 41
    03. Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 28 19th 2 7th 776: 512 + 264 40
    04th Saintscolours.svg St Helens 28 16 1 11 845: 535 + 310 31
    05. Broncoscolours.png London Broncos 28 14th 2 12 643: 696 - 53 30th
    06th Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 28 14th 1 13 748: 619 + 129 29
    07th Hullcolours.svg Hull FC 28 13 3 12 701: 577 + 124 27
    08th. Castleford colors.svg Castleford Tigers 28 12 1 15th 612: 633 - 21 25th
    09. Widnes colors.svg Widnes Vikings 28 12 1 15th 640: 727 - 87 25th
    10. Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 28 11 1 16 628: 715 - 87 23
    11. Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 28 7th 1 20th 505: 774 - 269 15th
    12. Faxcolours.svg Halifax 28 1 0 27 372: 1227 - 875 0 *
    • Two points were deducted from Halifax for violating the salary cap.

    Playoffs

    Elimination playoffs

    September 26th
    		 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 24: 6 Broncoscolours.png London Broncos Knowsley Road , St Helens
    Spectators: 7,188
    Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
    September 27th
    		 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 25:12 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves JJB Stadium , Wigan
    Spectators: 14,154
    Referee: Steve Ganson

    Qualification / Elimination Playoffs

    October 3
    		 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 40:24 Saintscolours.svg St Helens JJB Stadium , Wigan
    Spectators: 21,790
    Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
    4th of October
    		 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 30: 14 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Odsal Stadium , Bradford
    Attendance: 19,786
    Referee: Russell Smith

    Semifinals

    October 10th
    		 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 22:23 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Headingley Carnegie Stadium , Leeds
    Spectators: 17,264
    Referee: Steve Ganson

    Grand Final

    October 18, 2003
    		 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 25:12 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Old Trafford , Trafford
    Spectators: 65,537
    Referee: Karl Kirkpatrick
    Attempts: Reardon , Hape , Lowes
    Raise: Deacon (3/3)
    Penalty Kicks: Deacon (3)
    Dropgoals: Deacon (1)     		(4: 6)
    Report     		Attempts: Tickle , Radlinski
    Elevations: Farrell (2/2)
    17th Stuart Reardon
    2 Tevita Vaikona
    6th Michael Withers
    4th Shontayne Hape
    5 Lesley Vainikolo
    15th Karl Pratt
    7th Paul Deacon
    8th Joe Vagana
    9 James Lowes
    29 Stuart Fielden
    11 Daniel Gartner
    12 Jamie Peacock
    13 Mike Forshaw
    Substitute:
    3 Leon Pryce
    1 Robbie Paul
    18th Lee Radford
    10 Paul Anderson
    1 Kris Radlinski
    15th Brian Carney
    18th Martin Aspinwall
    14th David Hodgson
    2 Brett Dallas
    15th Sean O'Loughlin
    20th Luke Robinson
    30th Quentin Pongia
    9 Terry Newton
    10 Craig Smith
    11 Mick Cassidy
    12 Danny Tickle
    13 Andrew Farrell
    Substitute:
    4th Paul Johnson
    17th Mark Smith
    23 Gareth Hock
    8th Terry O'Connor

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