- 2008 World Club Challenge
The year
2008 's CarnegieWorld Club Challenge was contested betweenSuper League XII champions, theLeeds Rhinos andNational Rugby League season 2007 's premiers, theMelbourne Storm . The match was played in wintry coditions on Friday night, 29 February, four rounds into the 2008 Super League competition and one week before the start ofNRL season 2008 .33,204 spectators turned out at
Elland Road , in Leeds for a hard-fought, low-scoring match in which each side scored a try apeiece, with Leeds ultimately coming out winners, due largely to the kicking ofKevin Sinfield . The victory was the fifth consecutive win by the European champions over their Australasian counterparts.Leeds: Webb, Smith, Toopi, Senior, Donald, McGuire, Burrow, Leuluai, Diskin, Peacock, Jones-Buchanan, Ellis, Sinfield.
Substitutes: Lauitiiti, Ablett, Scruton, Bailey.
Coach:Brian McClennan flagicon|NZL
11 (8)
Tries: Donald
Goals: Sinfield 3
Drops: Sinfield
leagueicon|Melbourne|size=16 Melbourne: Slater, S. Turner, Chambers, Folau, Quinn, Geyer, Cronk, Lima, J. Smith, White, Kaufusi, Hoffman, Johnson.
Substitutes: Aitken, Blair, Manu, Tagataese.
Coach: Craig Bellamy flagicon|AUS
4 (4)
Tries: Hoffman
Ref: A. Klein (Australia)ee also
World Club Challenge External links
* [http://www.superleague.co.uk/wcc_2008.php?rid=321 2008 World Club Challenge at superleague.co.uk]
* [http://www.therfl.co.uk/~therflc/results/report.php?z=international&id=3008309 2008 World Club Challenge at therfl.co.uk]
* [http://www.rlphotos.com/2008specials/WCC1/index.htm 2008 World Club Challenge at rlphotos.com]
* [http://rugbyleagueproject.com/matches/World_Club_Challenge_2008/Leeds_Rhinos-vs-Melbourne_Storm.html 2008 World Club Challenge at rugbyleagueproject.com]
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