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Hull KR vs Huddersfield (A) 50 - 16 L |
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18/05/08
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Galpharm Stadium
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I.Smith
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Huddersfield Giants
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50 - 16
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Huddersfield Giants claimed instant revenge for their Carnegie
Challenge Cup loss at Craven Park with a thumping engage Super League
victory over Hull Kingston Rovers.
Nine-try Giants made a mockery of their alarming form, which had seen
them lose eight of their previous 11 matches, to stun Rovers - who beat
them 42-22 in the Cup in East Hull just seven days earlier.
Rovers, with four wins from their previous five matches, drew first
blood in the sixth minute when Paul Cooke's sublime pass was latched on
to by Scott Murrell, who sauntered over, Cooke converting.
But that was as good as it got for the visitors, with Giants hitting
back six minutes later with teenager Michael Lawrence's scorching run
seeing him surge past Jake Webster, before setting up Martin Aspinwall,
who went over in the corner.
Giants, aided by a succession of penalties, proceeded to dominate and
Shane Elford finished off a delightful six-man move on 17 minutes -
Luke Robinson missing his second conversion.
But the former Salford half-back played a decisive hand when Giants
claimed another try close to the half hour, burrowing over from
dummy-half - Chris Thorman tagged on the goal.
Giants wrapped up a polished first half when Lawrence again showed
blistering pace to breeze past Ben Cockayne and Webster following a
sweeping move started by Paul Whatuira's long range run, Thorman
converting.
Huddersfield’s momentum continued after the restart, John Skandalis
going over from close range - Thorman again converting - before the
hosts sealed the win with a stunning score.
Fantastic work from Whatuira and Elford set up youngster Leroy Cudjoa, who dived over for his first try for the club.
Giants were running riot and added another score - their fourth try in
just under 15 minutes - when Whatuira powered over following Danny
Kirkmond's initial break.
Replacement Rhys Lovegrove did salvage some pride for Rovers with a
67th-minute try from Cooke's pass, but Giants put gloss on their
triumph soon after when former Rovers player Andy Raleigh crossed.
Peter Fox got a late score for Rovers, after latching onto Cooke's
kick, before Cockayne was sin-binned for a high tackle. Thorman landed
the penalty.
The impressive Lawrence dived over in the dying moments, to put the
seal on a fantastic afternoon for the Giants, with Thorman's conversion
ensuring they reached a half century of points. |
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Briscoe, Fox, Walker, J. Webster, Fitzhenry, Cooke, Murrell, Vella, Fisher, Mills, Newton, Lovegrove, Chester.
Replacements: Crossman, Cockayne, Aizue, K. Netherton.
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Cudjoe, Aspinwall, Lawrence, Whaturia, Elford, Brown, Robinson, Jackson, Hudson, Skandalis, Jones, Raleigh, Snitch.
Replacements: Thorman, Crabtree, Griffin, Kirmond.
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Hull KR 
