Huddersfield Giants v Hull KR preview and 21-man squads

HULL KR may have been humiliated in Las Vegas, but Willie Peters has named the exact same squad for Sunday’s trip to Huddersfield Giants.

He’ll be backing the group to find a response in a battle between the two clubs yet to pick up a Super League win.

Huddersfield continue to do it tough with player availability, as reflected in their 21-man squad.

Both Sam Halsall (hamstring) and Zac Woolford (head) suffered injuries in last Friday’s defeat at Castleford Tigers and their places in Luke Robinson’s squad are taken by academy players Alex Chippendale and Tom Hardy.

SQUADS

Giants: 3 Jacob Gagai, 4 Taane Milne, 6 Tui Lolohea, 8 Tristan Powell, 10 Tom Burgess, 11 Asher O’Donnell, 14 Fenton Rogers, 15 Matty English, 16 George King, 18 Kieran Rush, 20 Mathieu Cozza, 21 George Flanagan, 22 Jack Billington, 23 Chris Patolo, 24 Connor Carr, 25 Jacob Algar, 29 Tanguy Zenon, 32 Oliver Russell, Alex Chippendale, Tom Hardy, Zach Brown

Hull KR: 2 Tom Davies, 3 Peta Hiku, 4 Oliver Gildart, 5 Joe Burgess, 6 Mikey Lewis, 7 Tyrone May, 8 Sauaso Sue, 9 Jez Litten, 10 Tom Amone, 11 Dean Hadley, 12 James Batchelor, 13 Elliot Minchella, 14 Jack Broadbent, 15 Sam Luckley, 16 Jai Whitbread, 17 Rhyse Martin, 18 Jack Brown, 19 Karl Lawton, 21 Noah Booth, 22 Bill Leyland, 29 Tom Whitehead

Referee: Tom Grant

STATS

Last ten meetings:
Hull KR 34, Huddersfield 0 (SLR11, 17/5/25)
Huddersfield 4, Hull KR 50 (SLR6, 30/3/25)
Hull KR 32, Huddersfield 6 (SLR14, 14/6/24)
Huddersfield 12, Hull KR 24 (SLR5, 16/3/24)
Huddersfield 18, Hull KR 26 (SLR25, 8/9/23)
Hull KR 28, Huddersfield 0 (SLR11, 5/5/23)
Hull KR 10, Huddersfield 38 (SLR16, 26/6/22)
Huddersfield 25, Hull KR 4 (CCSF, 7/5/22)
(at Elland Road, Leeds)
Huddersfield 26, Hull KR 12 (SLR2, 19/2/22)
Huddersfield 40, Hull KR 28 (SLR22, 30/8/21)

Super League summary
Huddersfield won 19
Hull KR won 16
3 draws
Huddersfield highest score: 50-16 (H, 2008); 50-30 (H, 2013) (Widest margin: 50-16, H, 2008; 42-8, H, 2019)
Hull KR highest score: 50-4 (A, 2025) (also widest margin)

JOE BURGESS needs two tries to reach 150 (Super League).
​ – 36 for Hull KR (2024-2026)
​ – 21 for Salford Red Devils (2021-2023)
​ – 91 for Wigan Warriors (2013-2015, 2017-2020)
​​(including play-offs & Super League Super 8s)