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This article details the Bradford Bulls rugby league football club's 2008 season. This is the 13th season of the Super League era.

2008 Milestones

• Round 2: Simon Finnigan scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
• Round 4: Chris Feather and Wayne Godwin scored their 1st tries for the Bulls.
• Round 6: Ben Jeffries scored his 1st try for the Bulls.
• Round 9: Semi Tadulala and Chris Nero scored their 1st tries for the Bulls.
• Round 9: Semi Tadulala scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls.
• Round 10: Paul Deacon reached 2,300 points for the Bulls.
• CCR4: Dave Halley scored his 1st four-try haul and 1st hat-trick for the Bulls.
• CCR4: Glenn Morrison scored his 1st hat-trick for the Bulls.
• CCR4: Semi Tadulala scored his 2nd hat-trick for the Bulls.
• CCR4: Iestyn Harris reached 300 points for the Bulls.
• Round 12: Paul Deacon kicked his 1,000th goal for the Bulls.
• CCR5: Semi Tadulala scored his 3rd hat-trick for the Bulls.
• Round 20: Iestyn Harris kicked his 100th goal for the Bulls.
• Round 23: Andy Lynch scored his 25th try and reached 100 points for the Bulls.
• Round 26: Paul Deacon reached 2,400 points for the Bulls.
• Round 27: Semi Tadulala scored his 4th hat-trick for the Bulls.

Table

Super League XIII

Pos	Team v t e	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

2008 Fixtures and results

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

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

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

2008 squad statistics

• Appearances and Points include (Super League, Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of 2014.

References

External links

• Bradford Bulls Website
• Bradford Bulls in T&A
• Bradford Bulls on Sky Sports
• Bradford on Super League Site
• Red,Black And Amber
• BBC Sport-Rugby League Archived 5 December 2012 at archive.today

• Bradford Bulls seasons
• 2008 Super League season by club