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

Super League XIII

Pos	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Helens	27	21	1	5	940	457	+483	43	Play-off Semi Final
2	Leeds Rhinos	27	21	0	6	863	413	+450	42
3	Catalans Dragons	27	16	2	9	694	625	+69	34	Play-off Elimination 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 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

Source: superleague.co.uk
Rules for classification: 1st on competition points; 2nd on match points difference.
Competition points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.

2008 squad

Squad no	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: 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: 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: 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 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: 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: 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: B Thaler

Round 8.

24 March 2008

Huddersfield Giants	28–26	St Helens R.F.C.
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: I Smith

Carnegie Challenge Cup

20 April 2008

Halifax	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: 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: 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: 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: 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: 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: I Smith

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