02 Sept: Qualifiers: Huddersfield Giants v London Broncos KO 8pm

[League Express]

Discuss Huddersfield Giants v London Broncos here.

[Ant]

Virtually full strength

Which poses problems as it's looked a settled side

Hopefully a win for the Giants with a comfortable margin

[Lobbygobbler]

Must-win game for London

[Ant]

Must win for Huddersfield too...all of them are

[Chronicler of Chiswick]

London by 4.

[THE RED ROOSTER]

While the spotlight, this season, has been on the Headingley House of Hilarity / Horror depending upon your pov.IMO the real strory has been the dimunition of the Giants in to the ranks of the also rans and not many including myself whould have predicted this, nor Baloo being a coach on whom the book was closed in the sporting jungle. Simply put, any side containing McGilvaray, Cudjoe and Brough is not bottom four materiel.

 

The Giants have played this cute moving the London game to a Friday night causing inconvieience to the championship club and fanswhilst giving themselves and additional 48 hours before the cup final at the LSV which might decide who gets automatic promotion. as is their right.for The Giants are targeted by Leigh and London along with Hull KR as winnable games.

 

Can London do it?, The Giants would have to play badly and London out of their skin for the away side to win though stranger things have happened, and might if the score remains close mid way through the second half. Maybe but not on this Friday night I think.

 

Giants by 16

[Ant]

I'd say Leeds at home is a game we are targeting to win

Good record in recent times v Leeds, not to mention one or our rare regular season wins this year was this fixture

Win v London, Leigh and one other will be job done I think

[Southern Reiver]

No Soward in the London 17. Might be a long night

[Ant]

London defending very well and only able to exit their half with a penalty or error from the Giants

[longboard]

London defending very well and only able to exit their half with a penalty or error from the Giants

 

If it carries on like this Hudds should be able to grind them down and then rack up the points.

[longboard]

Hudds 28 - London 4.

[Ant]

40 4 at full time

Excellent London defence saved a higher score

[longboard]

40 4 at full time

Excellent London defence saved a higher score

 

They worked hard.

[Ant]

Giants look like they know how to play as a team, and how to have some aggression in defence

[Old Frightful]

Giants look like they know how to play as a team, and how to have some aggression in defence

And how now found the level that they're comfortable playing at?

 

(Runs for cover...)

[Ant]

The west Yorkshire clubs had a meeting last season and decided the only fair thing was to let the lesser lights of East Yorkshire have a go at the top

[sweaty craiq]

Is that crowd correct ?

[Ant]

Sadly, yes

[meast]

First of all, well done to London, who competed very well, and were the better side for a good 15 -20 minutes, they defended admirable and had a real go in attack and caused us some problems and could have had more than 4 points were it not for excellent defence from the Giants, also well done to their band of around 20 supporters who seemed to enjoy themselves and had a go at competing with the vocal contest

 

but in the end, as you'd expect super league class told in the end, and we played some good stuff and scored some good tries, but our hardest 3 games are to come now.

 

Ironically, the crowd of 3,794 ( a lot of teams would be happy with that figure V London on a friday night) was more than a sunday game V Fev who brought 500 fans.

[Southampton Leyther]

A bit tough for London them having to travel up and play on the Friday night.

 

I think on a Sunday afternoon and had their star man in Jamie Soward been playing they would have made a much closer game of it.

[Ant]

Maybe, but that's how it goes

Without losing half our props all season the Giants might not have finished bottom