2020 Huddersfield Giants season

This article details the Huddersfield Giants's rugby league football club's 2020 season.

2020 Huddersfield Giants season
Super League Rank	7th
Challenge Cup	5th Round (lost to Toronto Wolfpack 0–18)
2020 record	Wins: 7; draws: 0; losses: 12
Points scored	For: 318; against: 367
Team information
CEO	Ken Davy
Head Coach	Simon Woolford
Captain	Aiden Sezer
Stadium	John Smiths Stadium
Avg. attendance	6,574
Agg. attendance	6,574
High attendance	6,574
Low attendance	0
Top scorers
Tries	Jermaine McGillvary (9)
Goals	Aiden Sezer (37)
Points	Aiden Sezer (105)
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Fixtures and results

  Win   Draw   Loss

• All fixtures are subject to change

Challenge Cup

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
11 March, 19:45	5	Toronto Wolfpack	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	0–18	—	—

Regular season

Date and Time	Rnd	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	TV	Report
1 February, 17:00	1	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	32–12	McGillvary (2), Sezer, L. Senior, Wardle	Sezer (6)	8,254	—	Report
2 August 2020, 18:30[lower-alpha 1]	2	Leeds Rhinos	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	26–27[lower-alpha 2]	Senior (2), McIntosh (3)	Aiden Sezer (3)	0[lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
14 February, 19:45	3	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	W	12-10	O'Brien, Senior	Sezer (2)	3,350	Sky Sports	Report
21 February, 19:45	4	Hull KR	A	Kcom Craven Park	W	22–4	Senior, Gaskell, Clough, Matagi	Sezer (3)	7,350	—	Report
1 March, 15:00	5	Wigan Warriors	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	10–42	O'Brien	Sezer (3)	6,574	—
6 March, 19:45	6	St. Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	12–10	O'Brien, Jake Wardle	Sezer (2)	10,418	—
17 September 2020, 15:00[lower-alpha 4]	7	Wakefield Trinity	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	29–6	McQueen, Matagi, Gavet, Sezer, Wardle	Sezer (4)	0[lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
15 August 2020, 18:30	9	Warrington Wolves	A	Totally Wicked Stadium[lower-alpha 5]	L	18–19	Ta'ai, McGillvary, Russell	Sezer (2), Russell	0[lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
30 August 2020, 16:15	10	Hull FC	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium[lower-alpha 5]	L	12–31	Turner, Golding	Russell (2)	0 [lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
4 September 2020, 18:00	11	St Helens	A	Emerald Headingley[lower-alpha 5]	L	6–54	Trout	Russell	0 [lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
11 September 2020, 20:15	12	Leeds Rhinos	A	Totally Wicked Stadium[lower-alpha 5]	L	12–13	English	Russell (4)	0 [lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
24 September 2020, 20:15	12	Castleford Tigers	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium[lower-alpha 5]	W	31–19	McGillvary (3), Wardle, Sezer	Sezer (5), +1DG	0 [lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
30 September 2020, 19:00	14	Hull KR	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	32–22	Golding, McGillvary (2), Cudjoe, McQueen, Jake Wardle	Sezer, Russell (4)	[lower-alpha 3]	sky sports
8 October 2020, 17:30	15	Salford Red Devils	A	Emerald Headingley[lower-alpha 5]	L	16–24	Sezer (2), Cudjoe,	Sezer (2)	0[lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
13 October 2020, 17:30	16	Hull FC	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium[lower-alpha 5]	L	16–18	Sezer, English, McGillvary	Sezer (2)	0[lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
20 October 2020, 20:45	17	Wakefield Trinity	A	Totally Wicked Stadium[lower-alpha 5]	L	14–18	Wood, Turner, Sezer	Gaskell	0[lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
C–C[lower-alpha 6] [lower-alpha 7]	18	Castleford Tigers
30 October 2020, 18:00[lower-alpha 8]	21	Warrington Wolves	A	Totally Wicked Stadium[lower-alpha 5]	L	12–19	Gavet, Jake Wardle,	Sezer (2)	0[lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports
6 November 2020, 19:45	20	Wigan Warriors	A	Emerald Headingley[lower-alpha 5]	L	6–19	Wood,	Sezer	0[lower-alpha 3]	Sky Sports

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification[lower-alpha 9]
1	Wigan Warriors (L)	17	13	0	4	408	278	146.8	26	76.47	Semi-finals
2	St Helens (C)	17	12	0	5	469	195	240.5	24	70.59
3	Warrington Wolves[upper-alpha 1]	17	12	0	5	365	204	178.9	24	70.59	Elimination semi-finals
4	Catalans Dragons	13	8	0	5	376	259	145.2	16	61.54
5	Leeds Rhinos	17	10	0	7	369	390	94.6	20	58.82
6	Hull F.C.	17	9	0	8	405	436	92.9	18	52.94
7	Huddersfield Giants[upper-alpha 2]	18	7	0	11	318	367	86.6	14	38.89
8	Castleford Tigers	16	6	0	10	328	379	86.5	12	37.50
9	Salford Red Devils[upper-alpha 3]	18	8	0	10	354	469	75.5	16	44.44
10	Wakefield Trinity	19	5	0	14	324	503	64.4	10	26.32
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	17	3	0	14	290	526	55.1	6	17.65

Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:

1. Match postponed on original date due to poor weather conditions caused by Storm Ciara
2. after golden-point extra time
3. Game Played Behind Closed Doors
4. due to Huddersfields involvement in the challenge cup on 11 March, this game was rescheduled for a later date.
5. all games will resume behind closed doors, at neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
6. Match cancelled after Super League meeting on 3 November rescheduled the play-offs and ended the regular season early.^[1]
7. Game postponed on 28 October due to 12 positive COVID-19 cases amongst the Castleford squad.^[2]
8. Match originally set for Round 21, but brought forward as both clubs originally scheduled round 19 matches were postponed.^[3]
9. Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).^[4]

Player statistics

# Player Position Tries Goals DG Points Red Cards Yellow Cards 1 Ashton Golding Fullback 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 Jermaine McGillvary Wing 2 0 0 8 0 0 3 Jacob Wardle Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 Jordan Turner Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0 5 Darnell McIntosh Fullback 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 Lee Gaskell Centre 1 0 0 4 0 0 7 Aiden Sezer Scrum-half 1 14 0 32 0 1 8 James Gavet Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 Adam O'Brien Hooker 2 0 0 8 0 0 10 Suaia Matagi Prop 1 0 0 4 0 0 11 Kenny Edwards Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0 12 Joe Wardle Prop 1 0 0 4 0 0 13 Michael Lawrence Loose forward 0 0 0 0 0 0 14 Matty English Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 Oliver Wilson Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0 16 Aaron Murphy Wing 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 Ukuma Ta'ai Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0 18 Paul Clough Prop 1 0 0 4 0 0 19 Akuila Uate Wing 0 0 0 0 0 0 20 Oliver Roberts Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0 21 Leroy Cudjoe Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0 22 Tom Holmes Hooker 0 0 0 0 0 0 23 Oliver Russell Scrum-half 0 0 0 0 0 0 24 Louis Senior Wing 3 0 0 12 0 0 25 Innes Senior Wing 0 0 0 0 0 0 26 Sam Hewitt Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0 27 Sam Wood Centre 0 0 0 0 0 0 28 Adam Walne Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0 29 Jon Luke Kirby Prop 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 Reiss Butterworth Hooker 0 0 0 0 0 0 31 Chester Butler Second-row 0 0 0 0 0 0 32 Owen Trout Loose forward 0 0 0 0 0 0 33 Dominic Young Wing 0 0 0 0 0 0

• As of Round 5 (1 March 2020)

2020 squad

2020 Huddersfield Giants

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Ashton Golding – FB 2 Jermaine McGillvary – WG 3 Jacob Wardle – CE 4 Jordan Turner – CE, LF, SR 5 Darnell McIntosh – FB, WG 6 Lee Gaskell – FB, CE, SO 7 Aidan Sezer (c) – SH, SO 8 James Gavet – PR 9 Adam O'Brien (vc) – HK 10 Suaia Matagi – PR 11 Kenny Edwards – SR 12 Joe Wardle – SR, CE 13 Michael Lawrence – LF, SR, CE, WG		14 Matty English – PR 15 Oliver Wilson – PR 16 Aaron Murphy – FB, WG, SR, CE 17 Ukuma Ta'ai – SR, PR, LF 18 Paul Clough – PR, SR 19 Akuila Uate – WG 20 Oliver Roberts – SR, LF 21 Leroy Cudjoe – CE, FB, WG 22 Tom Holmes – SH, SO, HK 23 Oliver Russell – SH 24 Louis Senior – WG, CE 25 Innes Senior – WG 26 Sam Hewitt – CE, SR		27 Sam Wood – WG, CE 28 Adam Walne – PR 29 Jon Luke Kirby – PR, SR 30 Reiss Butterworth – HK 31 Chester Butler – SR, CE 32 Owen Trout – LF, PR 33 Dominic Young – WG				Head coach Simon Woolford Assistant coaches Luke Robinson Willie Poching Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 9 January 2019 Source(s): 2020 Squad Numbers

2020 transfers

Gains

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Chester Butler	Halifax R.L.F.C.	3 Year	May 2019[7]
Kenny Edwards	Catalans Dragons	3 Year	September 2019[8]
Joe Wardle	Castleford Tigers	Season Loan	October 2019[9]
Ashton Golding	Leeds Rhinos	3 Year	October 2019[10]
James Gavet	Newcastle Knights	2 years	October 2019[11]
Aidan Sezer	Canberra Raiders	2 years	November 2019[12]
Owen Trout	Leeds Rhinos	4 years	November 2019[13]

Losses

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Alex Mellor	Leeds Rhinos	3 Year	June 2019[14]
Jordan Rankin	Castleford Tigers	Season Loan	October 2019[15]
Scott Grix	Halifax	N/A	October 2019[16]
Sebastine Ikahihifo	Salford Red Devils	Season Loan	November 2019[17]
Kruise Leeming	Leeds Rhinos	2 years	November 2019[18]

Notes

References

1. "Super League play-offs brought forward". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020.
2. "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
3. "Huddersfield-Castleford and Salford-Warrington Super League games cancelled". BT.com. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
4. "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
5. "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
6. "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
7. "Chester Butler: Huddersfield to sign Halifax centre from next season". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019.
8. "Kenny Edwards: Huddersfield Giants sign Catalans Dragons forward". BBC Sport. 20 September 2019.
9. "WARDLE SIGNS UP FOR 2020". giantsrl.com.
10. "Huddersfield Giants sign Ashton Golding from Leeds Rhinos".
11. "James Gavet: Huddersfield Giants sign Samoa and Newcastle Knights prop". BBC Sport. 17 October 2019.
12. "Aidan Sezer: Huddersfield Giants sign Australian half-back on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 28 November 2019.
13. Darbyshire, Drew (27 November 2019). "Leeds and Huddersfield complete Kruise Leeming and Owen Trout swap deal". Love Rugby League.
14. "Alex Mellor: Leeds Rhinos to sign Huddersfield Giants back-rower in 2020". BBC Sport. 5 June 2019.
15. "Jordan Rankin & Joe Wardle: Castleford and Huddersfield swap deal renewed for 2020". BBC Sport. 3 October 2019.
16. Messenger, James (2 May 2019). "Scott Grix joins brother Simon at Halifax". Love Rugby League.
17. "Sebastine Ikahihifo: Huddersfield Giants prop signs three-year contract extension". BBC Sport. 20 February 2018.
18. "Kruise Leeming: Leeds Rhinos sign hooker from Huddersfield Giants". BBC Sport. 27 November 2019.

1. Salford forfeited a game against Warrington. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 24–0 victory for Warrington and converse loss for Salford with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams.^[2]
2. Huddersfield were placed on standby to take the place of any of the four teams in the elimination finals should one be unable to fulfil their fixture.^[5]
3. Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.^[6]

External links

• Official website