Super League XIII

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The Super League XIII (also known as Engage Super League XIII for sponsorship reasons) was the thirteenth season of the Super League in the rugby league in 2008 . After already taking first place in the table after the end of the regular season, the St Helens RLFC made it to the Super League Grand Final, in which he lost 16:24 to the Leeds Rhinos . The Rhinos won the Super League for the third time.

table

  • Playoff participation
    • team Games Victories Unent. Ndlg. Game
    points     		Diff. Table
    points
    01. Saintscolours.svg St Helens 27 21st 1 5 940: 457 + 483 43
    02. Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 27 21st 0 6th 863: 413 + 450 42
    03. Catalanscolours.svg Dragons Catalans 27 16 2 9 694: 625 + 69 34
    04th Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 27 13 3 11 648: 698 - 50 29
    05. Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls 27 14th 0 13 705: 625 + 80 28
    06th Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 27 14th 0 13 690: 713 - 23 28
    07th HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 27 11 1 15th 564: 713 - 149 23
    08th. Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 27 11 0 16 574: 760 - 186 22nd
    09. Quinscolours.svg Harlequins RL 27 11 0 16 569: 763 - 194 22nd
    10. Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 27 10 1 16 638: 681 - 43 21st
    11. Hullcolours.svg Hull FC 27 8th 1 18th 538: 699 - 161 17th
    12. Castleford colors.svg Castleford Tigers 27 7th 1 19th 593: 869 - 276 15th

    Playoffs

    Elimination playoffs

    September 12,
    8 p.m.     		Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 30: 14 Bullscolours.svg Bradford Bulls Halton Stadium , Widnes *
    Spectators: 6,806
    Referee: Ashley Klein
    (12: 8)
    Report
    • The game took place in Widnes as the DW Stadium was not available due to a football game taking place there the next day.
    September 13th
    6:30 pm     		Catalanscolours.svg Dragons Catalans 46: 8 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves Stade Gilbert Brutus , Perpignan
    Spectators: 8,442
    Referee: Steve Ganson
    (22: 2)
    Report

    Qualification / Elimination Playoffs

    September 19,
    8:00 p.m.     		Saintscolours.svg St Helens 38:10 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Knowsley Road , St Helens
    Spectators: 11,407
    Referee: Ashley Klein
    (12: 4)
    Report
    20 September
    6pm     		Catalanscolours.svg Dragons Catalans 26:50 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Stade Gilbert Brutus , Perpignan
    Spectators: 9,985
    Referee: Steve Ganson
    (10:14)
    report

    Semifinals

    26 September
    8:00 p.m.     		Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 18:14 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors Headingley Carnegie Stadium , Leeds
    Spectators: 13,112
    Referee: Steve Ganson
    (6: 2)
    Report

    Grand Final

    October 4, 2008
    6:00 PM     		Saintscolours.svg St Helens 16:24 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos Old Trafford , Trafford
    Spectators: 68,810
    Referee: Ashley Klein
    Attempts: Graham 6.
    Gidley 43.
    Gardner 59.
    Increases: Long (2/3)
    		 (6:12)
    Report     		Attempts: Smith 24th raised
    Hall 37th raised
    McGuire 49th raised, 63rd raised ridges
    : Sinfield (4/4)
    1 Paul Wellens
    2 Goodbye Gardner
    3 Matthew Gidley
    4th Willie Talau
    5 Francis Meli
    6th Leon Pryce
    7th Sean Long
    19th James Graham
    9 Keiron Cunningham (C)Captain of the crew
    18th Bryn Hargreaves
    11 Lee Gilmour
    12 Jon Wilkin
    30th Chris Flannery
    Substitute:
    21st James Roby
    8th Nick Fozzard
    28 Paul Clough
    24 Maurie Fa'asavalu
    5 Lee Smith
    22nd Ryan Hall
    19th Carl Ablett
    4th Keith Sr.
    2 Scott Donald
    6th Danny McGuire
    7th Rob Burrow
    8th Kylie Leuluai
    9 Matt Diskin
    10 Jamie Peacock
    11 Jamie Jones-Buchanan
    12 Gareth Ellis
    13 Kevin Sinfield (C)Captain of the crew
    Substitute:
    14th Ali Lauiti'iti
    16 Ryan Bailey
    17th Nick Scruton
    18th Ian Kirke

    statistics

    Most attempts made
    Surname tries society
    1. EnglandEngland Goodbye Gardner 28 St Helens
    2. AustraliaAustralia Scott Donald 21st Leeds Rhinos
    3. AustraliaAustralia Luke Dorn 19th Castleford Tigers
    IrelandIreland Pat Richards Wigan Warriors
    5. FijiFiji Semi Tadulala 17th Bradford Bulls
    FranceFrance Clint Greenshields Dragons Catalans
    EnglandEngland Danny McGuire Leeds Rhinos
    8th. EnglandEngland Kirk Yeaman 16 Hull FC
    AustraliaAustralia Chris Hicks Warrington Wolves
    10. EnglandEngland Paul Sykes 15th Bradford Bulls
    FranceFrance Justin Murphy Dragons Catalans
    New ZealandNew Zealand Brent Webb Leeds Rhinos
    Most points scored
    Surname Points society
    1. IrelandIreland Pat Richards 307 Wigan Warriors
    2. FranceFrance Thomas Bosc 265 Dragons Catalans
    3. EnglandEngland Kevin Sinfield 255 Wigan Warriors
    4th EnglandEngland Sean Long 242 St Helens
    5. AustraliaAustralia Chris Hicks 204 Warrington Wolves
    6th ScotlandScotland Danny Brough 188 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
    7th EnglandEngland Chris Thorman 187 Huddersfield Giants
    8th. EnglandEngland Danny Tickle 182 Hull FC
    9. EnglandEngland Paul Deacon 177 Bradford Bulls
    10. EnglandEngland Goodbye Gardner 112 St Helens

    Web links

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