# 2008 National League One

This article contains information on rugby league played in the UK at semi-professional level in 2008. For general information on the National Leagues, see British rugby league system. For other leagues in 2008, see Rugby league in 2008.

## National League One
### Table

| Position | Club | Played | Won | Drawn | Lost | Pts For | Pts Agst | Pts Diff | B.P. | Points |
| 1 | Salford City Reds | 18 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 614 | 302 | 312 | 3 | 45 |
| 2 | Celtic Crusaders | 18 | 12 | 0 | 6 | 511 | 391 | 120 | 4 | 40 |
| 3 | Halifax | 18 | 11 | 1 | 6 | 634 | 514 | 120 | 3 | 38 |
| 4 | Leigh Centurions | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 448 | 448 | 0 | 4 | 34 |
| 5 | Whitehaven | 18 | 10 | 0 | 8 | 420 | 399 | 21 | 2 | 32 |
| 6 | Widnes Vikings | 18 | 10 | 2 | 6 | 453 | 410 | 43 | 5 | 30 |
| 7 | Sheffield Eagles | 18 | 8 | 1 | 9 | 425 | 530 | -105 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Featherstone Rovers | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 452 | 515 | -63 | 6 | 26 |
| 9 | Batley Bulldogs | 18 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 387 | 538 | -151 | 8 | 23 |
| 10 | Dewsbury Rams | 18 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 315 | 612 | -297 | 7 | 13 |

### Playoffs

| Elimination play-offs | Elimination play-offs | Elimination play-offs | Qualifying/Elimination semifinal | Qualifying/Elimination semifinal | Qualifying/Elimination semifinal | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Preliminary final | Grand Final | Grand Final | Grand Final |
| | | | September 2008 | September 2008 | September 2008 | | | | 6 October 2008 | 6 October 2008 | 6 October 2008 |
| | | | 1 | Salford City Reds | 18 | | | | Salford City Reds | 36 |
| | | | 2 | Celtic Crusaders | 44 | September 2008 | September 2008 | September 2008 | Celtic Crusaders | Celtic Crusaders | 18 |
| September 2008 | September 2008 | September 2008 | 2 | Celtic Crusaders | 44 | September 2008 | September 2008 | September 2008 | Celtic Crusaders | Celtic Crusaders | 18 |
| September 2008 | September 2008 | September 2008 | | | | Salford City Reds | 62 | | | |
| 3 | Halifax | 32 | | | | Salford City Reds | 62 | | | |
| 3 | Halifax | 32 | September 2008 | September 2008 | September 2008 | Whitehaven | Whitehaven | | 18 | | |
| 6 | Widnes Vikings | 16 | September 2008 | September 2008 | September 2008 | Whitehaven | Whitehaven | | 18 | | |
| 6 | Widnes Vikings | 16 | Halifax | Halifax | 22 | | | | | | |
| September 2008 | September 2008 | September 2008 | Halifax | Halifax | 22 | | | | | | |
| September 2008 | September 2008 | September 2008 | Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 24 | | | | | | |
| 4 | Leigh Centurions | 24 | Whitehaven | Whitehaven | 24 | | | | | | |
| 5 | Whitehaven | 30 | | | | | | | | | |
Week One.
* Halifax (H) beat Widnes (A) (Halifax through to week two, Widnes are eliminated).
* Whitehaven (A) beat Leigh (A) (Whitehaven through to week two, Leigh are eliminated).
Week Two.
* Crusaders (A) beat Salford (H) (Crusaders through to the Grand Final in week four, Salford play in week three).
* Whitehaven (A) beat Halifax (H) (Whitehaven will play Salford in week three's semi final, Halifax are eliminated).
Week Three.
* Salford (H) beat Whitehaven (A) (Salford are through to the Grand Final in week four, Whitehaven are eliminated).
Week 4.
* Salford City Reds 36 - 18 Celtic Crusaders. Match played at neutral venue Halliwell Jones Stadium.
Salford City Reds win promotion to the Super League 2009.