The 2008 Harlequins Rugby League season was the twenty-ninth in the club's history and their thirteenth season in the Super League. The club was coached by Brian McDermott, competing in Super League XIII, finishing in 9th place and reaching the Fifth round of the 2008 Challenge Cup.
Super League XIII table
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 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 6 – . — 7 – . — CCC4 – . — 8 – . — 9 – . — 10 – . — 11 – . — 12 – . — 13 (a) – . — 14 – . — 15 – . — 16 – . — 17 – . — 18 – . — 19 – . — 20 – . — 21 – . — 22 – . — 23 – . — 24 – . — 25 – . — 26 – . — 27 – . — ESL PO1 – . — ESL PO2 – . — ESL PO3 – . — ESL GF – . — Notes (a) Round 13 played at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff. (b) engage Super League Grand Final to be played at Old Trafford, Manchester.
2008 Squad Squad NumberNameInternational countryPositionAgePrevious clubAppearancesTriesGoalsDrop GoalsPoints 1 29 Canberra Raiders 7 1 0 0 4 2 29 Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 19 2 0 0 8 3 30 Canberra Raiders 14 10 0 0 40 4 24 Canberra Raiders 26 8 0 0 32 5 24 Doncaster 24 8 0 0 32 6 31 Melbourne Storm 21 7 0 0 28 7 30 Wigan Warriors 25 5 0 0 20 8 30 New Zealand Warriors 26 1 0 0 4 9 27 Manly Sea Eagles 29 9 0 0 36 10 28 Manly Sea Eagles 12 0 0 0 0 11 22 London Broncos Academy 15 5 0 0 20 13 28 Whitehaven 23 5 52 0 124 14 29 Catalans Dragons 23 4 0 0 16 15 23 Wigan Warriors 20 6 0 0 24 16 26 Salford City Reds 25 5 0 0 20 17 28 Hull Kingston Rovers 28 1 0 0 4 18 24 Doncaster 23 1 0 0 4 19 21 London Broncos Academy 25 10 0 0 40 20 25 Huddersfield Giants 21 2 0 0 8 21 22 Leeds Rhinos 0 0 0 0 0 22 23 Castleford Tigers 10 1 0 0 4 23 34 Gloucester Rugby 27 7 39 1 107 24 22 Harlequins Rugby League Academy 15 7 0 0 28 25 20 Harlequins Rugby League Academy 5 0 0 0 0 26 19 Leeds Rhinos 2 0 0 0 0 27 22 Harlequins Rugby League Academy 18 9 0 0 36 28 21 Harlequins Rugby League Academy 1 0 0 0 0 29 20 Harlequins Rugby League Academy 1 0 0 0 0 30 17 Harlequins Rugby League Academy 3 0 0 0 0 31 22 Harlequins Rugby League Academy 1 0 0 0 0SLstats - 2008 Summary
2008 Signings & transfers + 2008 Signings/Transfers : Gains 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 2009Gains & Losses
+ 2008 Signings/Transfers : Losses Player Signed for When left Luke Dorn Salford City Reds 2006 Danny Williams Retirement 2006 Pat Weisner Hull Kingston Rovers 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 2006 Sione Faumuina North Queensland Cowboys 2006 / Solomon Haumono Returned to boxing 2006 Richard Villasanti Retirement due to injury 2007Gains & Losses
2008 Gains & losses + 2008 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 LossesHarlequins Rugby League Football Club, Twickenham Stoop, Sarah Butler, 5 September 2007 Player Signed for Fee Lee Hopkins Retiring n/a Paul Sykes Bradford Bulls undisclosed Tyrone Smith CA Brumbies released David Mills Hull Kingston Rovers released Andy Smith Unknown released
+ 2008 GainsHarlequins Rugby League Football Club, Twickenham Stoop, Sarah Butler, 5 September 2007 Player Signed from Fee Henry Fa'afili Warrington Wolves out of contract Gareth Haggerty Salford City Reds pre-contract agreement Danny Ward Hull Kingston Rovers out of contract
References
External links London Broncos - Rugby League Project