Wigan Warriors 30–14 Bradford Bulls — Elimination Play-off, 2008 Super League Finals Series
12 Sep 2008 · JJB Stadium, Wigan · Attendance: 6,806
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Elimination Play-off, 2008 Super League finals series: Wigan Warriors 30–14 Bradford Bulls, at JJB Stadium, Wigan on 12 Sep 2008.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Wigan's initial lineup fetch returned a suspicious sequential 1-13 position-order index for several outfield names; a targeted per-team re-fetch recovered the genuine squad numbers (Cameron Phelps 21, Andy Coley 15, Harrison Hansen 16, Joel Tomkins 22), which then cross-matched exactly across this club's other two 2008 finals appearances (Elimination Semi-Final v Catalans, Elimination Final v Leeds) with no discrepancy.
Scorers
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: Calderwood; Hansen; Hock; Leuluai; Tomkins Goals: Richards (5/6 conversions) |
| Bradford Bulls | Tries: Finnigan; Lynch Goals: Deacon (2/2 conversions); Harris (1/1 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Wigan Warriors | Bradford Bulls | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Richard Mathers | Fullback | Michael Platt | 1 |
| 2 | Mark Calderwood | Wing | James Evans | 3 |
| 21 | Cameron Phelps | Centre | Paul Sykes | 24 |
| 4 | George Carmont | Centre | Chris Nero | 23 |
| 5 | Pat Richards | Wing | Semi Tadulala | 25 |
| 6 | Trent Barrett (c) | Five-Eighth | Ben Jeffries | 22 |
| 7 | Thomas Leuluai | Halfback | Paul Deacon | 7 |
| 8 | Stuart Fielden | Prop | Joe Vagana | 8 |
| 9 | Mick Higham | Hooker | Terry Newton | 9 |
| 15 | Andy Coley | Prop | Andy Lynch | 10 |
| 16 | Harrison Hansen | Second Row | David Solomona | 11 |
| 12 | Phil Bailey | Second Row | Simon Finnigan | 19 |
| 22 | Joel Tomkins | Lock | Jamie Langley | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 10 | Iafeta Palea'aesina | Iestyn Harris | 6 | |
| 11 | Gareth Hock | Glenn Morrison | 12 | |
| 24 | Eamon O'Carroll | Matt Cook | 15 | |
| 32 | Tim Smith | Craig Kopczak | 18 | |
| Brian Noble | Coach | Steve McNamara | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ashley Klein |
Match report
Wigan Warriors beat Bradford Bulls 30-14 at the JJB Stadium on 12 September 2008 in a Super League Elimination Playoff — the first week of the "Top-Six"/"Page" playoff system's final season. Wigan, hosting as 4th seed, led 12-8 at half-time and pulled clear in the second half.