The 2008

Leeds Rhinos The Leeds Rhinos are a professional rugby league club in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The club was formed in 1870 as Leeds St John's and play in the Super League, the top tier of English rugby league. They have played home matches at Headi ...

season saw the club compete in

Super League XIII Engage Super League XIII was the official name, due to sponsorship, for the 2008 Super League season by Engage Mutual. Twelve teams competed for the Minor Premiership over 27 rounds (including Millennium Magic) after which, the top 6 finishing t ...

as well as the

2008 Challenge Cup The 2008 Challenge Cup (also known as the Carnegie Challenge Cup for sponsorship reasons) was the 107th staging of the most prestigious knock-out competition in the world of Rugby league, featuring teams from across Europe, including England, Scot ...

tournament.

Events by month

February

* 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 The 2008 Carnegie World Club Challenge was contested between Super League XII champions, the Leeds Rhinos and National Rugby League season 2007 premiers, the Melbourne Storm. For the fifth consecutive year the English home team defeated their Aust ...

10–4 at Elland Road.

March

* The Rhinos lost their first game against

Castleford Tigers The Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club in Castleford, West Yorkshire, England, that compete in the Super League, the top-level professional rugby league club competition in the Northern Hemisphere. The club have competed i ...

on 7 March, (Round 5 of Super League) at The Jungle. This was also Castleford's first win of the season.

April

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

May

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

Millennium Stadium The Millennium Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm y Mileniwm), known since 2016 as the Principality Stadium ( cy, Stadiwm Principality) for sponsorship reasons, is the national stadium of Wales. Located in Cardiff, it is the home of the Wales national rug ...

June

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

July

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

2008 squad

''As of 16 June 2008''

2008 Player Signings/Transfers

Gains Losses

Coaching Set-Up

2008 Fixtures/Results

2008 Engage Super League *Round 4 played before round one to accommodate World Club Challenge on Round 4 weekend **Round 13 played at

, Cardiff. ***Carnegie

Challenge Cup The Challenge Cup is a knockout rugby league cup competition organised by the Rugby Football League, held annually since 1896, with the exception of 1915–1919 and 1939–1940, due to World War I and World War II respectively. It involves am ...

Semi-Final played at the Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield **** engage Super League Grand Final played at

Old Trafford Old Trafford () is a football stadium in Old Trafford, Greater Manchester, England, and the home of Manchester United. With a capacity of 74,310 it is the largest club football stadium (and second-largest football stadium overall after Wemb ...

, Manchester.

References

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