Who out of the current team played at Wembley in 2008? Horne, yeaman, Briscoe (broke his ankle) and tickle did but did Houghton? Was whiting playing? Who else from the current squad played that day?

I can't really remember much about the game TBH so might not get so blatted this time

Byrne; Sing, G Horne, Yeaman, Raynor; Washbrook, Lee; Dowes, Berrigan, Cusack, Manu, Tickle, Radford
Subs: R Horne, Carvell, Briscoe, Thackray

Whiting was out injured - he only played three games all season. Can't recall why Houghton didn't play as he only missed a handful of games that year.

Houghton was 18th man, lineup was:

1 Todd Byrne
2 Matt Sing
3 Graeme Horne
4 Kirk Yeaman
5 Gareth Raynor
6 Danny Washbrook
7 Tommy Lee
8 Ewan Dowes
9 Shaun Berrigan
10 Peter Cusack
11 Willie Manu
12 Danny Tickle
13 Lee Radford
14 Richard Horne
15 Garreth Carvell
16 Tom Briscoe
17 Jamie Thackray

Lee and washbrook in the halves. Can't believe we were ahead with about 15 minutes to go

Can't believe that team got close to Saints at any point!

Did we really start a Wembley final with Washbrook and Lee in the halves?

This years team is far better on paper.

Yeamo went about 80 yards on an interception as well that day didn't he ? Better side this time around and that 2008 side proved that attitude alone can raise a team's collective higher level.

I wonder if Adam Dykes is fit yet ?

He's having a fitness test later in the week. Apparently he's a 50/50 chance for this weekend's game. (he was always always a 50/50 for any upcoming game during his time with us, poor lad. Pity really).

dose the team we have today have a better chance against wigan than the team that faced saints?

as I remember saints were pretty dominant at this point. they still had long and price in the half's. but the Hull team of the time was the worst of the kc stadium era.

Worked out about right as well, as I think he played about half of the games he was here for.

Averaged 1.5 try assists per game in the 12 super league games he played. That ratio is better than anyone has managed since. (Granted its only about 40% of a full season)

Dykes was a great player, it was just so unfortunate that he was injured so often.


Looking at that 2008 team for the final, we should have a much much stronger team (on paper) this year.