2008 Huddersfield Giants season

The 2008 Huddersfield Giants season saw the club compete in Super League XIII as well as the 2008 Challenge Cup tournament.

Results

    Team Pld W D L PF PA PD Pts
    1 St Helens 272115940457+48343
    2 Leeds Rhinos 272106863413+45042
    3 Catalans Dragons 271629694625+6934
    4 Wigan Warriors 27133116486985029
    5 Bradford Bulls 2714013705625+8028
    6 Warrington Wolves 27140136907132328
    7 Hull Kingston Rovers 271111556471314923
    8 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 271101657476018622
    9 Harlequins RL 271101656976319422
    10 Huddersfield Giants 27101166386814321
    11 Hull 27811853869916117
    12 Castleford Tigers 27711959386927615
      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.

    2008 squad

    Squad
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    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

    2008 Signings

    Transfers In

    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

    Transfers out

    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

    Fixtures/Results

    Engage Super League XIII Huddersfield Giants

    Round 1.

    10 February 2008
    Huddersfield Giants 10–30 Leeds Rhinos
    Try: Jensen
    Robinson
    Goal: Thorman
    (Report) Try: Webb (2)
    Hall (2)
    Jones-Buchanan
    Goal: Burrow
    Sinfield (4)
    Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
    Attendance: 15,629
    Referee/s: I Smith

    Round 2.

    16 February 2008
    Bradford Bulls 38–12 Huddersfield Giants
    Try: Evans
    Sykes
    Newton
    Morrison
    Finnigan (2)
    Goal: Deacon (7)
    (Report) Try: Whatuira
    Robinson
    Goal: Thorman (2)
    Grattan Stadium, Bradford
    Attendance: 10,124
    Referee/s: B Thaler

    Round 3.

    24 February 2008
    Huddersfield Giants 64–12 Castleford Tigers
    Try: Thorman
    Elford
    Whatuira
    Lolesi (2)
    Jensen
    Brown
    Robinson (2)
    Mason
    Snitch
    Raleigh
    Goal: Thorman (8)
    (Report) Try: Wainwright
    Lupton
    Goal:Westerman (2)
    Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
    Attendance: 7,184
    Referee/s: R Silverwood

    Round 4.

    2 March 2008
    Huddersfield Giants 28–8 Hull
    Try: Elford
    Lolesi
    Brown
    Robinson
    Crabtree
    Goal: Thorman (4)
    (Report) Try: Hall
    Goal:Tickle (2)
    Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
    Attendance: 8,012
    Referee/s: S Ganson

    Round 5.

    8 March 2008
    Harlequins RL 24–0 Huddersfield Giants
    Try: Howell
    Sheriffe
    Randall
    McCarthy-Scarsbrook
    Goal: Paul (2)
    Purdham (2)
    (Report)
    The Stoop, London
    Attendance: 3,284
    Referee/s: I Smith

    Round 6.

    16 March 2008
    Huddersfield Giants 19–20 Wigan Warriors
    Try: Brown
    Robinson
    Goal: Cudjoe (5)
    Drop: Brown
    (Report) Try: Goulding
    Carmont
    Coley
    Goal:Richards (4)
    Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
    Attendance: 8,417
    Referee/s: P Bentham

    Round 7.

    21 March 2008
    Warrington Wolves 30–14 Huddersfield Giants
    Try: Briers
    Hicks (2)
    Gleeson
    Bracek
    Goal: Briers (5)
    (Report) Try: Lolesi
    Crabtree
    Goal: Cudjoe (2)
    Hemingway
    Halliwell Jones Stadium, Warrington
    Attendance: 9,320
    Referee/s: B Thaler

    Round 8.

    24 March 2008
    Huddersfield Giants 28–26 St Helens RLFC
    Try: Griffin (2)
    Lolesi
    Whatuira
    Jensen
    Goal: Thorman (4)
    (Report) Try: Wellens
    Flannery
    Pryce
    Roby
    Goal: Long (5)
    Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
    Attendance: 7,131
    Referee/s: I Smith

    Carnegie Challenge Cup

    20 April 2008
    Halifax RLFC 24–42 Huddersfield Giants
    Try: Watene
    Govin
    Wrench
    Gibson
    Goal: Holroyd (4)
    (Report) Try: Hudson
    Robinson (2)
    Jensen
    Hemingway
    Lolesi
    Brown
    Raleigh
    Goal: Thorman (5)
    Shay Stadium, Halifax
    Attendance: 3,794

    Round 9.

    30 March 2008
    Hull Kingston Rovers 24–24 Huddersfield Giants
    Try: Walker
    Webster
    Fitzhenry (2)
    Goal: Cooke (4)
    (Report) Try: Thorman
    Whatuira
    Jensen
    Gatis
    Goal: Thorman (4)
    New Craven Park, Kingston upon Hull
    Attendance: 7,101
    Referee/s: P Bentham

    Round 10.

    4 April 2008
    Huddersfield Giants 16–20 Catalans Dragons
    Try: Lolesi
    Hudson
    Griffin
    Goal: Thorman (2)
    (Report) Try: David Ferriol
    Bosc
    Fakir
    Goal:Bosc (4)
    Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
    Attendance: 4,071
    Referee/s: R Silverwood

    Round 11.

    12 April 2008
    Huddersfield Giants 16–18 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
    Try: Jensen
    Robinson
    Goal: Thorman (4)
    (Report) Try: Murphy
    Martin
    Wilkes
    Goal: Martin (2)
    Brough
    Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
    Attendance: 5,693
    Referee/s: P Bentham

    Round 12.

    27 April 2008
    Hull 28–20 Huddersfield Giants
    Try: Byrne (2)
    Hall
    Washbrook
    Tickle
    Goal: Tickle (4)
    (Report) Try: Whatuira
    Robinson
    Snitch
    Goal: Cudjoe
    Hemingway
    KC Stadium, Kingston upon Hull
    Attendance: 12,420
    Referee/s: R Laughton

    Round 13.

    27 April 2008
    Warrington Wolves 36–34 Huddersfield Giants
    Try: Reardon
    Briers(2)
    Monaghan
    Bracek
    Goal: Hicks (6)
    (Report) Try: Jensen
    Lawrence
    Robinson
    Skandalis
    Raleigh (2)Goal: Robinson (3)
    Hemingway (2)
    Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
    Attendance: 12,000
    Referee/s: B Thaler

    Round 14.

    18 May 2008
    Huddersfield Giants 50–16 Hull Kingston Rovers
    Try: Cudjoe
    Aspinwall
    Lawrence (2)
    Whatuira
    Elford
    Robinson
    Skandalis
    Raleigh
    Goal: Thorman (7)
    (Report) Try: Fox
    Murrell
    Lovegrove Goal: Cooke
    Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield
    Attendance: 7,248
    Referee/s: I Smith

    References

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