Harlequins Rugby League 2008

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This article is about the 2008 season of Harlequins Rugby League.

Contents 1 2008 Season Summary 2 Super League XIII Table 3 2008 Fixtures/Results 4 2008 Season Players 5 2008 Signings & Transfers 6 2008 Gains & Losses 7 References

[edit] 2008 Season Summary

[edit] Super League XIII Table

Current table

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Last game
1	Leeds Rhinos	15	13	0	2	490	190	+300	26	BRA 30-14 W
2	St Helens	15	10	0	5	443	295	+148	20	HUL 16-8 W
3	Catalans Dragons	15	9	1	4	348	324	+24	19	HUD 48-0 W
4	Wigan Warriors	15	9	0	6	343	358	-15	18	WAK 38-30 W
5	Bradford Bulls	15	8	0	7	373	322	51	16	LEE 14-30 L
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	15	7	1	7	293	333	-40	15	QUI 22-8 W
7	Warrington Wolves	15	7	0	8	347	378	-31	14	CAS 36-28 L
8	Harlequins RL	15	7	0	8	311	361	-50	14	HKR 22-8 L
9	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	15	7	0	8	318	376	-58	14	WIG 38-30 L
10	Huddersfield Giants	15	4	1	10	335	378	-43	9	CAT 48-0 L
11	Hull FC	15	4	1	10	266	341	-75	9	STH 8-16 L
12	Castleford Tigers	15	3	0	11	299	509	-210	6	WAR 36-28 W

[edit] 2008 Fixtures/Results

2008 Engage Super League

Rd	Home Team	Score	Away Team	Result (W/D/L)	Attendance
1	Harlequins RL	28-47	Wigan Warriors	L	8,041
2	Hull FC	6-24	Harlequins RL	W	13,313
3	Harlequins RL	34-18	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	W	3,176
4	Castleford Tigers	16-22	Harlequins RL	W	6,268
5	Harlequins RL	24-0	Huddersfield Giants	W	3,284
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ESL PO3	Loser of 1st vs 2nd		Winner of ESL PO2
ESL GF	Winner of 1st vs 2nd		Winner of SLPO3

*Round 13 played at Millennium Stadium,Cardiff.

***engage Super League Grand Final to be played at Old Trafford, Manchester.

[edit] 2008 Season Players

Current to Round 19, 2007

Nationality	Squad no	Player	Appearances	Tries	Goals	F Goals	Points	Contract ends
	30	Steve Bannister	3	1	0	0	4	2009
	27	Luke Burgess	3	0	0	0	0	2007
	19	Tony Clubb	3	0	0	0	0	2008
	18	Matt Gafa	20	8	0	0	32	2008
	20	Jon Grayshon	17	3	0	0	12	2008
	10	Daniel Heckenberg	14	2	0	0	8	2008
	6	Scott Hill	18	5	0	0	20	2008
	12	Lee Hopkins	22	3	0	0	12	2007
	25	Zebastian Lucky Luisi	3	0	0	0	0	2007
	29	Joe Mbu	7	0	0	0	0	2007
	17	Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook	18	6	0	0	24	2007
	1	Mark McLinden	23	6	0	0	24	2009
	15	David Mills	20	0	0	0	0	2007
	16	Chris Melling	19	6	0	0	24	2009
	7	Danny Orr	23	3	0	0	12	2009
	23	Henry Paul	16	2	23	0	54	2008
	13	Rob Purdham	17	3	26	0	64	2009
	9	Chad Randall	25	7	0	0	28	2009
	14	Julien Rinaldi	24	4	0	0	16	2008
	28	Rikki Sheriffe	5	2	0	0	8	2008
	24	Andy Smith	12	5	0	0	20	2007
	4	Tyrone Smith	24	5	0	0	20	2007
	3	Paul Sykes	24	16	33	1	141	2009
	8	Karl Temata	23	2	0	0	8	2008
	21	David Tootill	0	0	0	0	0	2008
	11	Richard Villasanti	0	0	0	0	0	2008
	26	Joe Walsh	4	0	0	0	0	2008
	2	Jon Wells	22	6	0	0	24	2008
	22	Michael Worrincy	12	1	0	0	4	2008

[edit] 2008 Signings & Transfers

Gains

2007 Signings/Transfers
Player	Previous Club	Years Signed	Until the End of
Scott Hill	Melbourne Storm	2	2008
Julien Rinaldi	Catalans Dragons	2	2008
Jon Grayshon	Huddersfield Giants	1	2007
David Tootill	Leeds Rhinos	2	2008
Chris Melling	Wigan Warriors	1	2007
Danny Orr	Wigan Warriors	3	2009
Sione Faumuina	North Queensland Cowboys	3	2009
Joe Walsh	Leeds Rhinos	2	2008
Andy Smith	Bradford Bulls	1	2007
Richard Villasanti	Cronulla Sharks	2	2008
Luke Burgess	Leeds Rhinos	loan	2007
Joe Mbu	Doncaster	1	2007
Rikki Sheriffe	Doncaster	1	2007
Steve Bannister	St Helens	3	2009

Losses

Losses
Player	Signed for	When left
Luke Dorn	Salford City Reds	2006
Danny Williams	Retirement	2006
Pat Weisner	Hull KR	2006
Nick Bradley-Qalilawa	Manly Sea Eagles	2006
Neil Budworth	Celtic Crusaders	2006
Thomas Leuluai	Wigan Warriors	2006
Mark Tookey	Manly Sea Eagles coaching position	2006
Filimone Lolohea	Released	2006
Joe Mbu	Doncaster	2006
Rikki Sheriffe	Doncaster	2006
Paul Noone	Widnes Vikings	2006
Ade Adebisi	Doncaster	2006
Anthony Stewart	Leigh Centurions	2006
Tim Hartley	Halifax RLFC	2006
Sione Faumuina	North Queensland Cowboys	2006
/ Solomon Haumono	Returned to boxing	2006
Richard Villasanti	Retirement due to injury	2007

[edit] 2008 Gains & Losses

Re-Signings

Re-Signings
Player	Until the End of
Chris Melling	2009
Matt Gafa	2008
Karl Temata	2008
Jon Grayshon	2008
Rikki Sheriffe	2008
Henry Paul	2008
Chad Randall	2009

2008 Losses ^[1]

Losses
Player	Signed for	Fee
Lee Hopkins	Retiring	n/a
Paul Sykes	Bradford Bulls	undisclosed
Tyrone Smith	CA Brumbies	released
David Mills	Hull KR	released
Andy Smith	unknown	released

2008 Gains ^[2]

Gains
Player	Signed from	Fee
Henry Fa'afili	Warrington Wolves	out of contract
Gareth Haggerty	Salford City Reds	pre-contract agreement
Danny Ward	Hull KR	out of contract

[edit] References

Harlequins Rugby League Club
Harlequins RL
History • Records • Stadium • Players • Honours
Seasons
2006 • 2007 • 2008
Stadiums
The Valley (1996-97) • The Stoop (1998-99) • The Valley (2000-01) • Griffin Park (2002-2004) • The Stoop (2005-)
Captains
Mark McLinden (2005) • Rob Purdham (2006-)
Coaches
Tony Currie (1996-1998) • Dan Stains (1999) • Tony Rea / Les Kiss (1999) John Monie (2000) • Tony Rea (2000-2006) • Brian McDermott (2006-present)

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