So some talk of whether we rest some given We are assured a home game.
Personally I think we should play to win as we have not been at our best and need to build some momentum.
Salford are assured a playoff place- could they rest a few hoping Leeds win and they finish 6th to avoid the away trip to catalan. Will wigan rest again this week meaning Catalan overtake us if we lose to wakey (god forbid!!!)
Be interesting to see the team tomorrow. And then see what the rest do on the back of that.

team out for Friday - a pretty strong squad. good. The leeds game appears to have been costly as still no fages - hope this is just to keep him from harms way and not because hes already harmed


trout yates and greenwood rested, seb back in!!! and mcQueen back also,
pryce, leutele, golding, lolohea, hill, levi, lawrence, jones, mcqueen, english, seb, AOB, wilson, leroy, louis, russell, innes, mason, ashworth, hewitt, king

i would like to see
tui
innes
king
golding
louis
pryce
russell
english
AOB
wilson
jones
Mcqueen
lawrence

seb,mason,ashworth,levi

id probably rest hill leutele hewitt and leroy also, that team is still strong enough to win. Id let AOB play big minutes using levi only if needed.

Its finding that balance between resting players & being over confident, especially considering Wakefield are flying high at the moment & will fancy their chances to turn us over.

You could probably play your reserves on Friday with the ref being one of your ex academy players.

I don’t think it really matters though- we have a home tie to start with regardless of whether we win on Friday. then are going to have to go away to wigan or saints. Then will likely get the other IF we win that one.

Watson has said he will rest some of the middles tomorrow given the quick turnaround.
Salford have put out a much weakened squad hoping to avoid the trip away to Catalan and get us at home.
Oh I really do hope Cas beat Leeds as salford would have to go to Catalan then regardless and playing a weakened team could really spoil their momentum. How funny that would be.
At home I’m happy to play any of them.

A shame this game feels a bit Meh.
It’s irrelevant to us really and I think we will go into it a bit half hearted not wanting to get injured or banned.
A second string pack and main playmaker missing I think this will be a bit flat from our perspective.
Means everything to wakey though

Certainly does, nothing better than denying shudds the opportunity to win their cup final

At half time its :

Giants 8-10 Wakefield

In the other game its :

Wigan 24-0 Catalans

Into the last 10 minutes.

Giants 12-14 Wakefield

Full Time

Giants 14-14 Wakefield

Into golden point territory we go...

Giants win!!

Pryce seals it with a penalty in golden point added time.

Giants 16-14 Wakefield

3rd position is all sealed after our win against Wakefield.

Catalans currently getting a seeing too at Wigan.

70 minutes in...

Wigan 48-4 Catalans

A really strange game- but I had a feeling it would be. Players in the squad we haven’t seen for a while, and then towards the end Watson took off Levi, tui, leutele, etc and we were playing an entirely different look team.
Can absolutely understand why though. Playoffs are more important than this nothing game against a nothing team- but nice to keep that home win record going a bit longer!
Bring on the Red Devils (or an outside bet Cas tigers!!!!!)

I knew Kendall wouldn't let you down, it's just a shame he wasn't allowed the pleasure of kicking the golden point.

Aye lass a nothing team, it won't stop your club sniffing round once again though for some of our players that would walk straight into your over rated team, and as you say bring on Salford

A nothing team, grow up and show some class, not that I believe you possess one ounce of it.

Good luck in the play offs to all the decent Hudds fans.

Playing Wakefield in this game was meaningless to us vasty- sorry if that hurts your feelings but it’s true. A third game in 9 days against a team who’s barely beaten relegation in the last 4 weeks - to us wakey is nothing. we gain nothing by playing you other than potential injuries and bans, we can’t afford to play our full strength side and gain momentum due to the incompetence in organising the fixtures as they have just before the playoffs, the fact we were playing without our spine bar pryce (who maybe won’t feature next week anyway) in the last 20 minutes when we were behind must indicate to you how our coach viewed the game.
Ps- I like how you are coming round to my way of thinking re Murphy

Lewis Murphy please! You can have an old has been in exchange if you like; Brough, Gaskell, Grix have all sufficed in the past!

I can see the Headline now 'Homegrown talent returns for a chance to win things at rivals Huddersfield'

Some of your players? You have one- Murphy- which every team will be sniffing round- I got banned from your board for saying so but other than that there’s no one we would want or who would get into our side. I’ve noticed You lot keep bulling up hall, so I kept an eye on him - he was absolute gash last night.

and Tanginoa, Whitbread, Hall, Kershaw, Jowitt.

Grow up you saddo

Are you on drugs vasty- do you honestly truly believe that those players you have just listed would “walk into our squad”
As I have already pointed out I kept a close eye on hall because you lot have gone on about him so much, he was absolute gash last night- was completely overrun on that edge and defensively weak. Not sure what you see in him tbh.
Max jowitt - over pryce or lolohea? you really are on drugs!!
You’ve named a few forwards in there- erm vasty have you seen our pack- you played mostly our second string pack last night and Those you have mentioned would still struggle to get in our side.
Kershaw





not a fecking chance until he can make at least as many tackles as he misses. He was like a revolving door.

Mostly second string pack eh, English, McQueen, Jones, Wilson , Levi, Ikahihifo, Ashworth, I'll give you Lawrence as he's a has been, it justs rolls off your tongue old girl, they may be second string at a few other clubs but there the best you have, that's why you'll never win ought

2 very good Wakefield players who along with others from our club had it coached out of them at shudds along with a very talented Gaskell who made the mistake of going to your club, don't worry we've now got him enjoying his rugby again and starting to play well, no doubt uncle Ken will want him back.

Lastly, you don't have any rivals nobody wants to play you, the only homegrown talent you've ever produced was McGilvery if that's his right name, isn't English from Wakefield.

Apologies, you are quite correct, it was incorrect to call you rivals - 'Feeder club', that's better!