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
	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St Helens	27	21	1	5	940	457	+483	43
2	Leeds Rhinos	27	21	0	6	863	413	+450	42
3	Catalans Dragons	27	16	2	9	694	625	+69	34
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	−157	17
12	Castleford Tigers	27	7	1	19	593	869	−276	15

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

Nat	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.

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

Round 2.

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

Round 3.

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

Round 4.

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

Round 5.

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

Round 6.

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

Round 7.

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

Round 8.

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

Carnegie Challenge Cup

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

Round 9.

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

Round 10.

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

Round 11.

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

Round 12.

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

Round 13.

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

Round 14.

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