Apparently McGilvarry is out for about 6 weeks with a torn quad.

One of my favourite SL players



From a match perspective this is going to be very difficult. Watts and Taylor very likely to get bans, Ellis with a head test, question mark on Hadley and only 2nd competitive run out for the halves. Mixed record v Hudds, not confident.

ta'ai up before the rfl, 1-2 game ban so possibly gets a game, big miss for them if banned

cudjoe rumoured to be injured but will wait n see


get the ball out wide, avoid the middle, i think we edge it there

Exactly the way we should approach this game.

Also have Ferguson, Symonds, Lawerence and Taai out.

So no excuses

Looks like we aren't taking the EGP for Taylor as he is in the squad.

Huddersfield squad: Leroy Cudjoe, Lee Gaskell, Aaron Murphy, Danny Brough, Ryan Brierley, Sam Rapira,
Ryan Hinchcliffe, Shannon Wakeman, Kruise Leeming, Sebastine Ikahihifo, Oliver Roberts, Paul Clough, Daniel Smith,
Gene Ormsby, Tyler Dickinson, Sam Wood, Darnell McIntosh, Mikey Wood, Alex Mellor.

Hull FC squad: Jamie Shaul, Mahe Fonua, Carlos Tuimavave, Josh Griffin, Fetuli Talanoa, Albert Kelly, Marc Sneyd, Scott Taylor, Danny Houghton, Mark Minichiello, Jake Connor, Chris Green, Jordan Thompson, Danny Washbrook, Steve Michaels, Sika Manu, Josh Bowden, Jansin Turgut, Masimbaashe Matongo.

think he'll go for all forwards on the bench as with the loss of our front line props we will need all the go forward we can get, plus intelligent interchanges

We will have a weak pack and a very weak bench. Brough doesn't seem to be particularly on song this season, that one try assist apart last game - . I'm not expecting much for us from this game tbh. If you can't get the two points here you aren't going to have the success of last season.

I agree we need forwards on the bench.I hope Radford doesnt continue this must play Connor attitude.
Our left edge is new but they need to step up as in two matches they have produced no impact on the games at all.
Think Albert Kelly will pull us through on Thursday.

Huddersfield will have no chance with our injuries, they are mostly key men that are out. It`s like Hull.F.C v Giants U19s.

cant beat getting the excuses in early

Don't talk silly, you will have about 6 out, 2 of them key players, we have 4 out.

Apologies if it's been covered elsewhere, but why is the game on a Thursday and not on sky?

Football! Hudds town asked the giants to move and we agreed

Wrong - Mamo, McGilvray, Symonds, Ta'ai, Lawrence certain to miss out. All 5 are 1st 17. Some say Ferguson could miss. Cudjoe should play.

So at least 5 key plyers missing.

Hopefully a good game.

Dale Ferguson, he of horrific mohawk that used to play for Hull KR?

Good news on taylor and kelly owes us a big performance

You never know what you're going to get with Huddersfield, Brough will rip you apart one week then you'll steamroll them the next. Need to string together a decent performance or we risk "poor start" talk creeping in, hopefully we'll have a lot more go froward with Kelly returning.

Think Sneyd's kicking game could be the difference, he kicked for two tries and a drop goal when they came to our place last season.

It depends on what your idea of a key player is. They are all first choice yes, but key players? We are without Ellis, Watts and Hadley who would all be playing if available. Ellis is certainly a key player, Watts just about falls into that category, but I would never claim Hadley does. Of your players McGilvray is an outstanding winger, Ta'ai is a handful and Lawrence is a very underrated player. I don't know enough about Mamo. As for Symonds I couldn't care less about whether he plays or not.

Symonds is an excellent player. Solid tackler, Great ball handling like ferres- but much more mobile and a LOT smarter.

Ferguson is the one we wouldn't normally miss- except he should be our cover for the other two back rowers who are out.
Our issue will be the lack of the experience they bring.
Its looking like Two 20 yr old forwards with three games in SL between them could be on the bench. A 21 year old hooker. A 19 year old centre who's played about 3/4 top flight games, another 19year old potentially making his top flight debut.

It does depend on your idea of key player, quite so. I like the Giants to have their best 17 available. All those 5 (with Fergy 6) are in the 1st 17. Stone rates both Mamo and Symonds very highly.

Hope its a good match and safe journey over if you are attending the game.

I'd go with

Shaul
Fonua
Tuimavave
Griffin
Talanoa
Kelly
Sneyd
Taylor
Houghton
Bowden
Mini
Manu
Washbrook

Connor
Green
Masi
Thompson

I think most of the team picks itself. The only one up for debate for me is whether its Washy or Thompson that starts at 13.

Does anyone know why we are playing on a Thursday?
I thought it could be football related, but Huddersfield Town are playing tonight at Man City .

They have Newcastle at home on Saturday and agreed with the Giants that they could have an extra day to help the pitch.

.... they're also at home on Tuesday.