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2008 Leeds Rhinos season

Leeds Rhinos Season 2008
League	Super League
Coach	Brian McClennan
League position	2nd
Top Pointscorer	Kevin Sinfield
Top Goalscorer	Kevin Sinfield
Top Tryscorer	Scott Donald
Highest home attendance	19,296
Lowest home attendance	5,087
Challenge Cup	Semi Finalists

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

• Super League 13 Started on Friday, 2 February (ko 7.30pm )with Leeds beating Hull KR 20–12 at Headingley.
• 29th, Leeds beat Australasian Grand Final winners Melbourne Storm in the 2008 World Club Challenge 10–4 at Elland Road.

• The Rhinos lost their first game against Castleford Tigers on 7 March, (Round 5 of Super League) at The Jungle. This was also Castleford's first win of the season.^[1]

• Super League club played first game in the Challenge cup.

• Leeds Rhinos defeated Bradford Bulls 40–26 in the 2nd Millennium Magic at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium

• Harlequins inflicted only the Rhinos 3rd defeat of the Season when they won 28–24 at the Twickenham Stoop

• Leeds played St. Helens in the Challenge Cup Semi Final on 26 July 2008.

As of 16 June 2008

Nationality	Squad No	Player	Position	App	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
	1	Brent Webb	Full-Back	17	10	0	0	40
	2	Scott Donald	Wing	17	17	0	0	68
	3	Clinton Toopi	Centre	4	0	0	0	0
	4	Keith Senior	Centre	17	10	0	0	40
	5	Lee Smith	Wing	10	4	0	0	16
	6	Danny McGuire	Stand-off	12	7	0	0	28
	7	Rob Burrow	Scrum-Half	17	12	6	0	60
	8	Kylie Leuluai	Prop	15	3	0	0	12
	9	Matt Diskin	Hooker	16	4	0	0	16
	10	Jamie Peacock	Prop	15	2	0	0	8
	11	Jamie Jones-Buchanan	Second-Row	10	3	0	0	12
	12	Gareth Ellis	Second-Row	15	2	0	0	8
	13	Kevin Sinfield (C)	Loose-Forward	17	2	74	0	156
	14	Ali Lauitiiti	Second-Row	11	4	0	0	16
	16	Ryan Bailey	Prop	14	0	0	0	0
	17	Nick Scruton	Prop	15	1	0	0	4
	18	Ian Kirke	Second-Row	4	1	0	0	4
	19	Carl Ablett	Second-Row	14	3	0	0	12
	20	Ashley Gibson	Centre	1	0	0	0	0
	21	Jordan Tansey	Scrum half	12	2	0	0	8
	22	Ryan Hall	Wing	8	3	0	0	12
	23	Danny Williams	Wing	4	0	0	0	0
	24	Luke Burgess	Prop	11	3	0	0	12
	25	Danny Allan	Loose forward	0	0	0	0	0
	26	Ben Kaye	Hooker	3	1	0	0	4
	27	Michael Ratu	Centre	0	0	0	0	0
	28	Simon Worrall	Second Row	8	1	0	0	4
	29	Luke Gale	Scrum half	0	0	0	0	0
	30	Michael Haley	Prop	0	0	0	0	0
	31	Paul McShane	Hooker	0	0	0	0	0
	32	Kallum Watkins	Centre	2	1	0	0	4
	33	Joe Chandler	Prop	0	0	0	0	0
	34	Ben Jones-Bishop	Full back	0	0	0	0	0
	35	Eric Anselme	Second Row	3	2	0	0	8

Gains

Losses

Nationality	Staff Name	Position
	Brian McClennan	Head Coach
	Francis Cummins	Assistant Coach
	Willie Poching	Assistant Coach
	Aleks Gross	Sports Scientist
	Billy Watts	Timekeeper
	Jason Davidson	Head Conditioner
	Meirion Jones	Head Physiotherapist
	Rob Wilson	Masseur

2008 Engage Super League

*Round 4 played before round one to accommodate World Club Challenge on Round 4 weekend

**Round 13 played at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.

***Carnegie Challenge Cup Semi-Final played at the Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield

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

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