Huddersfield Giants v Saints

😄 The Saints beat the Giants in Huddersfield.

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Lees goes for the line off a crash ball off Burns, but Huddersfield hold the prop up.

🔄 Vaughan on, Blake off.

Huddersfield again on the move get some space, but Delaney this time stops a Giant with a diving tackle.

Great chase by Blake, stopping Lolohea immediately on a kick return.

Ikahihifo now on causing disruption in the middle, Giants on the run kick ahead with Clune but Robertson races to kill the threat.

🔄 Delaney on, Knowles off.

Giants with a rare sight line of the try-area, but a slap pass under pressure to their right-edge sees them force a knock on.

Robertson with a brilliant return off a kick, shakes off two Giants and it takes two more to stop him.

The Red V get up towards halfway and then kick ourselves, we now look to keep the hosts pinned in.

Giants from a scrum kick downfield immediately, looking to turn the territory battle back around.

Wallis gets a little bit of space, but Walmsley and Batchelor then close him down.

🔄 Stephens on, Walmsley off.

Very good kick from Mbye, Lolohea leaves it to run out by the corner after bouncing in-play.

Solid defence from the Red V makes up for that error. Clune attempts a kick through, but Batchelor kicks at it and Lees behind him collects.

Howler from Saints from the GLDO. Robertson tries to pass to Walmsley, but he doesn’t take it and Harry catches it back. Reliever for the hosts.

Great chip from Mbye is chased well by Sione, and he forces a GLDO.

Giants get some respite following the restart, a half break on the right but they pull it left and Wallis knocks on.

Video ref called upon to see how we restart, Mbye’s crossfield kick ricocheted about.

Giants get the ball for a tap 20m.

A well weighted kick is chased brilliantly by Saints, Wallis passes to Lolohea in the try area and he knocks on. GLDO.

Giants knock on by their own 30m line, Ritson runs out then in and is stopped looking to create a gap.

Walmsley charging by the line goes for an offload, but no good and Huddersfield claim it back.

🔄 Walmsley on, Paasi off.

Giants manage to keep us out. Mbye finished off our attack with a crossfield kick, Mata’utia caught it but could not break away to finish.

Giants knock on from the scrum, twice. Saints get the ball back, 10m out.

Bennison goes in off a Lomax big pass, but it’s forward.

Clune has to kick by the 30m line, it catches out Robertson because it doesn’t go far enough and Lomax has to leap on it.

Lomax on the last with Huddersfield by their own line tries a small kick, but Lolohea deals with it enough.

We reply with our own strong D, a kick is scuffed and goes out on the full, we start just on the other side of the midway point.

Giants keep Saints in their own half to start the second forty.

⏯ Work to be done, second half underway.

St.Helens now attacking towards our travelling support.

Come. On. You. Saints. 😤

⏸ Saints down by four at the break in Huddersfield.

⏸ Saints down by four at the break in Huddersfield.

As the hooter goes, Lomax and Mata’utia try to power through the left edge but Sione is tackled bringing the half to a close.

Strong again defence from the Red V, Giants punt downfield which Robertson deals with well.

🔄 Robertson off, Vaughan on.

Near the line Mbye tries a short pass for Whitley but it comes up and out for a knock on. Let off for Giants, with tackles still to go.

Burns cops a late one, Saints now 20m out after the penalty.

Better from Saints, getting in the face of the Giants and Clune knocks on into Whitley’s hands.

Lomax and Robertson link up on the right-edge, Harry breaks and tries a pass out to Ritson but Giants get there.

A relieving penalty is given as well to compound our error.

The Red V have their first penalty of the game coming out of our own 10m – Giants offside.

🔄 Lees off, Paasi on.

St.Helens again can’t get into the Giants territory, Mbye’s punt well read by Lolohea.

Robertson leave a Clune punt to run out by the deal-ball line for a tap 20 restart.

Russell misses the kick.

Giants now keep Saints by the halfway line, Mbye’s kick is down the throat of Lolohea.

Giants now keep Saints by the halfway line, Mbye’s kick is down the throat of Lolohea.

The hosts get held once more in their own 30m, good work from Saints after conceding.

🔄 Delaney on, Walmsley off.

Robertson with two great pieces of defence, firstly on prop Joe Greenwood who broke the line off a short pass, then clearing a ball out for a GLDO.

The Red V hold the Giants out, a Clune kick has to be cleared by Bennison.

Mata’utia looked to be taken out off the ball there, but he’s up and good to go.

Now an offside penalty, Giants helped into our half and now 25m out.

Giants allow the ball to bounce, Saints try to keep the hosts by their own line but Blake is judged to have given a high shot, easing the pressure.

Ritson with an ankle tap on Wallis and the Giants winger knocks on. Great defence, Tee!

Oh dear, just praised him and he’s tried taking a ball on the move but knocks on.

Giants scrum, 40m out.

Calm set after the points, the Red V return the ball up beyond halfway, Walmsley looking strong in this opening period.

Bibby gets on the end of Mbye’s boot.

Another strong carry by Big Al, we then go shortside to the right and Mbye lofts one but the Giants claim the ball well.

Ritson leaves a Giants kick on their left to run out for a tap 20, smart from the winger.

Giants have to scramble to a loose ball, Clune punts downfield and Robertson initially tries to stop the ball with his feet but knocks on after.

Huddersfield’s first major chance to come now.

Lomax cops a hard hit as we attempt to shape up on the right, but we don’t get out of our own half.

Kick down field to try keep the hosts again in their own territory.

Good kick from Clune under pressure, Huddersfield can’t get past halfway and his kick runs out by the 10m line.

Our first attack sees Walmsley make a half break, feeds a pass to the supporting Lomax but the Skip slips as he goes into the Giants’ half.

Mbye kick to finish the set.

Brilliant first defensive set from the Saints, the hosts are kept pinned in their own 30m.

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