2008 National League Two

May 2014 April 2026 2008 National League Two National League Two 22 games each 12 2008 Season Gateshead 16 Gateshead Thunder Champions Doncaster 16 Doncaster Playoff Winners Barrow 16 Barrow Raiders Man of Steel Award Gateshead 16 Gateshead Thunder Barrow 16 Barrow Raiders Doncaster 16 Doncaster Championship 2007 National League Two 2007 2009 Championship 1 2009 2008 National League Two was a semi-professional rugby league football competition played in the United Kingdom, the third tier of the sport in the country. The top two teams of this league and the winner of the play-offs were promoted to renamed Championship (formerly National League 1). There is no relegation from this league as it is the lowest tier of professional rugby league in the UK. The competition used the points system introduced by the Rugby Football League ahead of the 2007 season in which teams earned three points for a win, two for a draw, and one bonus point for a loss by 12 points or less.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/national_league/6248231.stm RFL introduces new points system BBC Sport 10 January 2007 14 May 2024 Gateshead Thunder were champions and were promoted along with Barrow Raiders, who finished second, and Doncaster who won in the play-offs.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/rugby_league/7553760.stm Thunder promoted to National One BBC Sport 11 August 2008 14 May 2024https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/rugby-league/20462732 Mike Whitehead completes Barrow Raiders return BBC Sport 23 November 2012 14 May 2024https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2008/sep/29/rugbyleague Hanley departs Doncaster after clinching promotion The Guardian 29 September 2008 14 May 2024 Results Table main Custom WDL 9 adjust_points BP pf PF pa PA diff_pf_pa PD pts 9 points 3 2 no GAT, BAR, OLD, DON, KEI, YOR, ROC, WOR, BLA, SWI, LON, HUN National Leagues complete 19 0 3 767 415 2 16 0 6 703 375 4 17 0 5 716 456 1 15 0 7 672 426 3 15 0 7 611 519 3 11 1 10 740 540 7 10 1 11 715 610 4 6 0 16 512 628 10 7 1 14 472 828 2 6 0 16 482 777 4 4 1 17 449 823 6 4 0 18 336 778 5 gateshead 16 Gateshead Thunder barrow 16 Barrow Raiders oldham 16 Oldham doncaster 16 Doncaster keighley 16 Keighley Cougars york city 16 York City Knights rochdale 16 Rochdale Hornets workington 16 Workington Town blackpool 16 Blackpool Panthers swinton 16 Swinton Lions london skolars 16 London Skolars hunslet 16 Hunslet Hawks C, P P P PR PR SF SF PO PO PO PO Q green1 Promoted to 2009 RFL Championship blue1 Play-off semi-finals yellow1 Play-off eliminators Playoffs 2008 y Eliminators Semi-finals Eliminator Final Grand Final 5 keighley 12 Keighley Cougars 32 8 Workington 12 Workington 14 6 york city 12 York City Knights 12 7 rochdale 12 Rochdale Hornets 28 3 oldham 12 Oldham 20 4 doncaster 12 Doncaster 32 5 keighley 12 Keighley Cougars 26 6 rochdale 12 Rochdale Hornets 32 3 oldham 12 Oldham 38 7 rochdale 12 Rochdale Hornets 14 3 oldham 12 Oldham 10 4 doncaster 12 Doncaster 18 Source:RFL, RFL References External links Rugby Football League https://web.archive.org/web/20060411194636/http://www.therfl.co.uk/ 11 April 2006 Category:RFL League One Category:Rugby Football League Championship Category:2008 in English rugby league