2008 Rugby Super League

2008 Rugby Super League
Countries	United States
Champions	New York Athletic Club
Runners-up	Belmont Shore
Matches played	68
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The 2008 Rugby Super League season was the tenth season of the Rugby Super League, the United States premier division of rugby. The regular season commenced on March 16, 2008. On May 3, 2008, the regular season ended, and was followed by the playoffs, for which the top four clubs qualified.

The defending champions were Belmont Shore.

Format

The 18 teams were grouped into three conferences, the Red, White, and Blue Conferences. Each team played every other team in their conference once and two additional matches against two teams from the other two conferences.

Participating clubs

Club	Coach	Captain	Ground	Capacity
Belmont Shore	Jonnie Cox		California State University, Long Beach
Boston Irish Wolfhounds	Steve Teasdale		Irish Cultural Center, Canton
Boston	Eugene Mountjoy		Franklin Park	500
Charlotte	David Williams		Skillbeck Athletic Grounds
Chicago Griffins
Chicago Lions			Schiller Woods
Dallas Harlequins	Michael Engelbrecht		Glencoe Park
Denver Barbarians	Dave Hodges		Dick's Sporting Goods Park, Commerce City, Colorado
New York Athletic Club	Mike Tolkin		New York Athletic Club, Travers Island, New York
Old Blue	Paul Silverman		Van Cortlandt Park, New York City
Old Mission Beach Athletic Club	Reldon 'Bing' Dawson		Little Q, San Diego
Old Puget Sound Beach	Vili Lino
Philadelphia Whitemarsh	Bob Weir		Fairmount Park
Potomac Athletic Club	Peter Baggetta		National Mall, Washington, D.C.
St. Louis Bombers	Ron Laszewski		SportPort, Maryland Heights, Missouri
San Francisco	Paul Keeler		Balboa Park
Santa Monica
Washington	Gary Callander		Hyde School [1]

Standings

Red Conference

	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Bonus	Total
1	Belmont Shore	7	5	2	0	6	26
2	Denver Barbarians	7	5	2	0	5	25
3	San Francisco	7	5	2	0	5	25
4	Old Mission Beach Athletic Club	7	4	3	0	5	21
5	Santa Monica	7	3	3	1	2	15
6	Old Puget Sound Beach	7	1	6	0	2	6

White Conference

	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Bonus	Total
1	New York Athletic Club	7	6	0	1	6	30
2	Boston Irish Wolfhounds	7	4	0	3	6	22
3	Chicago Lions	7	4	0	3	5	21
4	Dallas Harlequins	7	4	1	2	3	21
5	Philadelphia Whitemarsh	7	1	0	6	2	6
6	Washington	7	0	0	7	2	2

Blue Conference

	Team	Pld	W	L	D	Bonus	Total
1	Boston	7	5	2	0	3	27
2	Charlotte	7	6	0	1	3	27
3	Chicago Griffins	7	3	0	4	5	17
4	Potomac Athletic Club	7	1	2	4	3	11
5	Old Blue	7	1	2	4	2	10
6	St. Louis Bombers	7	1	0	6	3	7

Play-offs

	Quarterfinals					Semifinals					Final
	Belmont Shore		42
	Dallas Harlequins		23
						Belmont Shore		34
						Old Mission Beach Athletic Club		6
	San Francisco		16
	Old Mission Beach Athletic Club		15
											Gentlemen of Aspen		34
											Belmont Shore		23
	Gentlemen of Aspen		63
	Life University		29
						Gentlemen of Aspen		17
						Old Blue		8
	Old Blue		47
	Kansas City Blues		24

Notes

1. Now Perry Street Preparatory

External links

• 2008 Rugby Super League at rugbyarchive.net