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This article details the Harlequins Rugby League Club's 2008 Super League season.

[edit] 2008 Season Summary

[edit] Table

Regular season final standings

	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 F.C.	27	8	1	18	538	699	−157	17
12	Castleford Tigers	27	7	1	19	593	869	−276	15

Play-offs

Source: superleague.co.uk.
Classification: 1st on league points; 2nd on match points difference.
League points: for win = 2; for draw = 1; for loss = 0.
Pld = Games played; W = Wins; D = Draws; L = Losses; PF = Match points scored; PA = Match points conceded; PD = Points difference; Pts = League points.

[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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Notes: (a) Round 13 played at Millennium Stadium, Cardiff.; (b) engage Super League Grand Final to be played at Old Trafford, Manchester.

[edit] 2008 Season Players

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

[edit] 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	2009

2008 Signings/Transfers : **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

**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 Losses** ^[1]
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]
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 Football Club, Twickenham Stoop, Sarah Butler, 5th September 2007
^ Harlequins Rugby League Football Club, Twickenham Stoop, Sarah Butler, 5th September 2007

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)

[0] Harlequins Rugby League Football Club, Twickenham Stoop, Sarah Butler, 5th September 2007

[1] Harlequins Rugby League Football Club, Twickenham Stoop, Sarah Butler, 5th September 2007

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