2008 Super League season results

• Leeds Rhinos vs Hull Kingston Rovers played before Round 1 to avoid a clash with Leeds' 2008 World Club Challenge fixture against the Melbourne Storm on 29 February.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Leeds Rhinos	20–12	Hull Kingston Rovers	2 February, 18:00 GMT	Headingley Stadium	Richard Silverwood	18,467
Wigan Warriors	28–14	Bradford Bulls	1 March, 18:00 GMT	JJB Stadium	Richard Silverwood	15,444
Castleford Tigers	16–22	Harlequins RL	2 March, 15:00 GMT	The Jungle	Ben Thaler	6,268
Huddersfield Giants	28–8	Hull	2 March, 15:00 GMT	Galpharm Stadium	Steve Ganson	8,012
St Helens R.F.C.	34–30	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2 March, 15:00 GMT	GPW Recruitment Stadium	Ian Smith	10,777
Warrington Wolves	38–18	Catalans Dragons	2 March, 15:00 GMT	Headingley Stadium	Phil Bentham	9,060
Source: "Super League XIII 2008 – Round 4". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

• Leeds, who had not dropped a point so far, became the first team to lose to Castleford this season.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Castleford Tigers	38–20	Leeds Rhinos	7 March, 19:30 GMT	The Jungle	Phil Bentham	9,459
St Helens R.F.C.	30–29	Hull	7 March, 19:30 GMT	GPW Recruitment Stadium	Richard Silverwood	10,204
Harlequins RL	24–0	Huddersfield Giants	8 March, 15:00 GMT	The Twickenham Stoop	Ian Smith	3,284
Warrington Wolves	32–20	Wigan Warriors	8 March, 18:00 GMT	Halliwell Jones Stadium	Steve Ganson	13,024
Catalans Dragons	18–20	Bradford Bulls	8 March, 19:30 GMT	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Gareth Hewer	7,485
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	22–20	Hull Kingston Rovers	9 March, 15:30 GMT	Belle Vue	Ben Thaler	8,822
Source: "Super League XIII 2008 – Round 5". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

• Round 13 of Super League XIII saw all of its games played at the Millennium Stadium, Cardiff in the Millennium Magic event.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Huddersfield Giants	34–36	Warrington Wolves	3 May, 15:00 BST	Millennium Stadium	Ben Thaler	~12,000
Castleford Tigers	16–54	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	3 May, 17:00 BST	Millennium Stadium	Ian Smith	~15,000
Bradford Bulls	26–40	Leeds Rhinos	3 May, 19:00 BST	Millennium Stadium	Richard Silverwood	~18,000
Catalans Dragons	18–16	Harlequins RL	4 May, 14:30 BST	Millennium Stadium	Ashley Klein	~15,000
Hull	17–22	Hull Kingston Rovers	4 May, 16:30 BST	Millennium Stadium	Steve Ganson	~22,000
St Helens R.F.C.	57–16	Wigan Warriors	4 May, 18:30 BST	Millennium Stadium	Phil Bentham	~28,500
Source: "Super League XIII 2008 – Round 13". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

• Wigan Warriors vs Huddersfield Giants rearranged due a pitch relay at the JJB Stadium.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
St Helens R.F.C.	52–10	Hull Kingston Rovers	6 June, 19:30 BST	GPW Recruitment Stadium	Phil Bentham	8,404
Leeds Rhinos	38–22	Hull	6 June, 20:00 BST	Headingley Stadium	Ben Thaler	16,886
Castleford Tigers	16–32	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	7 June, 18:00 BST	The Jungle	Ian Smith	8,236
Harlequins RL	24–40	Warrington Wolves	8 June, 15:00 BST	The Twickenham Stoop	Richard Silverwood	3,622
Bradford Bulls	16–24	Catalans Dragons	8 June, 15:00 BST	Grattan Stadium	Ashley Klein	8,346
Wigan Warriors	4–34	Huddersfield Giants	25 June, 20:00 BST	JJB Stadium	Ian Smith	12,216
Source: "Super League XIII 2008 – Round 16". Rugby League Project. Retrieved 2009-05-26.

Super League XIII followed the top-six play-off system. It was the seventh year in a row the format had been applied, as well as being the final year before the play-offs were expanded in the 2009 season. Places were granted to the top six teams in the Super League XIII table. Following the final round of matches on the weekend of 5–7 September, all six play-off teams were set (in order of finishing place):

	Team	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts
1	St Helens R.F.C.	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

Home field advantage was given by league position at the end of regular rounds, with the lower of the two teams playing at the higher team's ground. The only exception to this was the Grand Final, which was played at Old Trafford following tradition. The top-six system followed double elimination rules for the first and second placed team, meaning whichever of the teams lost in the qualifying semi-final had to lose again before being knocked-out of the play-offs entirely.

Home	Score	Away	Match Information
			Date and Time	Venue	Referee	Attendance
Elimination play-offs
Wigan Warriors	30–14	Bradford Bulls	12 September, 20:00 BST	Stobart Stadium Halton[A]	Ashley Klein	6,806
Catalans Dragons	46–8	Warrington Wolves	13 September, 18:30 BST	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Steve Ganson	8,442
Qualifying semifinals
St Helens R.F.C.	38–10	Leeds Rhinos	19 September, 20:00 BST	GPW Recruitment Stadium	Ashley Klein	11,407
Elimination semifinal
Catalans Dragons	26–50	Wigan Warriors	20 September, 18:00 BST	Stade Gilbert Brutus	Steve Ganson	9,985
Elimination final
Leeds Rhinos	18–14	Wigan Warriors	26 September, 20:00 BST	Headingley Stadium	Steve Ganson	13,112
2008 Super League Grand Final
St Helens R.F.C.	16–24	Leeds Rhinos	4 October, 18:00 BST	Old Trafford	Ashley Klein	68,810
Sources: Elimination play-offs: Wigan vs Bradford, Catalans vs Warrington; Qualifying Semifinal: St Helens vs Leeds; Elimination Semifinal: Catalans vs Wigan; Elimination Final: Leeds vs Wigan; Grand Final: St Helens vs Leeds.

^A Note A: Wigan Warriors vs Bradford Bulls was played at Stobart Stadium Halton due to the JJB Stadium being unavailable due to an association football fixture taking place the following day.