2021 Huddersfield Giants season

In the 2021 rugby league season, Huddersfield Giants competed in Super League XXVI and the 2021 Challenge Cup.

2021 Huddersfield Giants Season
Super League XXVI Rank	9th
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals
Team information
Chairman	Ken Davy
Head Coach	Ian Watson
Captain	Aiden Sezer
Stadium	John Smiths Stadium Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
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Results

Super League

Main article: 2021 Super League season

Table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification[lower-alpha 1]
1	Catalans Dragons (L)	23	19	0	4	688	398	172.9	38	82.61	Semi-final
2	St. Helens (C)	21	16	0	5	548	229	239.3	32	76.19
3	Warrington Wolves	21	15	1	5	588	354	166.1	31	73.81	Elimination Semi-finals
4	Wigan Warriors	25	15	0	10	387	385	100.5	30	60.00
5	Leeds Rhinos	24	13	0	11	556	440	126.4	26	54.17
6	Hull Kingston Rovers	20	10	0	10	497	458	108.5	20	50.00
7	Castleford Tigers	23	11	0	12	437	552	79.2	22	47.83
8	Hull FC	21	8	1	12	409	476	85.9	17	40.48
9	Huddersfield Giants	24	9	0	15	460	516	89.1	18	37.50
10	Wakefield Trinity	24	9	0	15	482	548	88.0	18	37.50
11	Salford Red Devils	22	7	0	15	402	584	68.8	14	31.82
12	Leigh Centurions (R)	22	2	0	20	356	870	40.9	4	9.09	Relegated to the Championship

Source:
Rules for classification: 1) win percentage; 2) points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners; (R) Relegated
Notes:

1. Teams must have played at least 70% of scheduled fixtures to qualify for the play-offs.

Super League results

W Win D Draw L Loss

Super League results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
28 March	1	Hull F.C.	N	Emerald Headingley	L	10–22	Leutele, Gavet	Russell	— [lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]	RLP
3 April	2	Catalans Dragons	N	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	10–20	McQueen, Wood	Wardle	—[lower-alpha 1]	RLP
16 April	3	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Craven Park	L	24–25	McIntosh (2), McGillvary, McQueen, Wardle	Sezer (2)	—[lower-alpha 1]	RLP
22 April	4	St Helens	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	10–18	McGillvary, McQueen	Sezer	—[lower-alpha 1]	RLP
2 May	5	Leeds Rhinos	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	14–13	Sezer (2)	Sezer (2 + FG), Gaskell (FG)	—[lower-alpha 1]	RLP
17 May	6	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	26–20	Gaskell (2), Edwards, McGillvary	Sezzer (5)	4,000	RLP
23 May	7	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	44–6	Leutele (2), Edwards, Lawrence, McGillvary, O'Brien, Wardle	Sezer (8)	2,008	RLP
30 May	8	Wakefield Trinity	A	Mobile Rocket Stadium	L	12–38	Gavet, Wardle	Sezer (2)	4,000	RLP
18 June	10	Salford Red Devils	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	8–9	Wardle	Sezer (2)	2,352	RLP
25 June	11	Hull FC	A	MKM Stadium	L	10–17	Ashall-Bott	Russell (3)	5,527	RLP
1 July	12	Catalans Dragons	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	12–50	Golding, Wardle	Russell (2)	1,904	RLP
5 July	13	Castleford Tigers	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	0–24	—[lower-alpha 3]			RLP
11 July	14	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	12–16	Cudjowe, McQueen	Russell (2)	4,439	RLP
16 July	9	Wigan Warriors	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	12–14	Peteru, Pryce	Russell (2)	2,139	RLP
22 July	15	Hull FC	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	40–26	McGillvary (4), Cudjoe, Peats, Pryce, Yates	Russell (4)	3,699	RLP
2 August	17	Castleford Tigers	A	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	W	34–16	Cudjoe (2), McGillvary, Peteru, Yates	Russell (7)		RLP
8 August	18	Wakefield Trinity	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	22–18	McGillvary (2), Senior, Wardle, Wood	Pryce	3,964	RLP
13 August	19	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	L	12–18	English	Pryce (4)		RLP
19 August	20	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley	L	12–18	Pryce, Trout, Wood		11,110	RLP
26 August	21	Warrington Wolves	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	6–26	Wardle	Russell	4,017	RLP
30 August	22	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	40–28	Greenwood, Jones, Leutele, Peteru, Pryce, Russell, Wood	Pryce (6)	3,652	RLP
5 September	23	Wakefield Trinity	N	St James' Park	L	18–32	Jones, Pryce, Wood	Pryce (3)	25,762	RLP
11 September	24	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	W	30–18	Ashall-Bott, Cogger, English, Jones, Senior	Russell (5)		RLP
19 September	25	Leigh Centurions	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	42–24	Senior (2), Cudjoe, Greenwood, Leutele, Pryce, Russell, Trout	Russell (5)	3,867	RLP

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2021 Challenge Cup

W Win L Loss

Challenge Cup results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
11 April	3	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village	W	38–18	McGillvary (3), Wood (2), Edwards, Gaskell	Wardle (4)	—[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 4]	RLP
7 May	Quarter-finals	St Helens	N	Headingley	L	18–23	McIntosh (2), Lawrence	Sezer (3)	—[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 2]	RLP

Players

Squad

2021 Huddersfield Giants

First team squad								Coaching staff
1 Ashton Golding – FB 2 Jermaine McGillvary – WG 3 Jacob Wardle – CE 4 Ricky Leutele – CE 5 Darnell McIntosh – FB, WG 6 Lee Gaskell – SO, CE, SH 7 Aidan Sezer (c) – SH, SO 8 Luke Yates – PR 9 Adam O'Brien (vc) – HK 10 Michael Lawrence – PR, LF, SR 11 Kenny Edwards – SR 12 Joe Wardle – SR 13 Josh Jones – LF, SR		14 Matty English – PR 15 Joe Greenwood – PR 16 Jack Cogger – SO, SH 17 Chris McQueen – SR, LF 18 Jack Ashworth – PR 19 James Cunningham – HK 20 Oliver Wilson – PR, SR 21 Leroy Cudjoe – CE, WG 22 James Gavet – PR 23 Oliver Russell – SH 24 Louis Senior – WG, CE 25 Owen Trout – LF, PR 26 Jon Luke-Kirby – LF, PR		27 Sam Wood – LF, PR 28 Sam Hewitt – SR, PR 29 Ronan Michael – SR, PR 30 Chester Butler – SH 31 Olly Ashall-Bott – FB				Head coach Ian Watson Assistant coach Luke Robinson Legend: (c) Captain(s) (vc) Vice-captain(s) Updated: 15 January 2021 Source(s): 2021 Squad Numbers

Transfers

Gains

List of players joining Huddersfield

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Jack Ashworth	St Helens	2 Years	November 2020[1]
James Cunningham	Toronto Wolfpack	2 Years	November 2020[2]
Joe Greenwood	Wigan Warriors	3 years	November 2020[3]
George Roby	Warrington Wolves	2 years	November 2020[4]
Jack Cogger	Canterbury Bulldogs	2 years	December 2020[5]
Josh Jones	Hull FC	1 year	December 2020[6]
Ricky Leutele	Melbourne Storm	2 years	December 2020[7]
Luke Yates	Salford Red Devils	2 years	December 2020[6]
Olly Ashall-Bott	Widnes Vikings	1 Year	January 2021[8]

Losses

List of players departing Huddersfield

Player	Club	Contract	Date
Paul Clough	Widnes Vikings	1 Year	August 2020[9]
Dominic Young	Newcastle Knights	3 Years	August 2020[10]
Ross Whitmore	Doncaster RLFC	1 Year	September 2020[11]
Adam Walne	Barrow Raiders	2 Years	September 2020[12]
Travis Corion	Sheffield Eagles	1 Year	October 2020[13]
Reiss Butterworth	Dewsbury Rams	1 Year	November 2020[14]
Jordan Turner	Castleford Tigers	1 Year	November 2020[15]
Suaia Matagi	Castleford Tigers	1 Year (Loan)	November 2020[16]
Akuila Uate	Retired	N/A	November 2020[17]
Ben Tibbs	Halifax RLFC	1 Year	November 2020[18]
Innes Senior	Wakefield Trinity	1 Year Loan	December 2020[19]
Tom Holmes	Featherstone Rovers	1 Year	January 2021[20]
Sam Hewitt	Halifax Panthers	Season Loan	February 2021[21]

Notes

1. Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic
2. Broadcast on Sky Sports
3. Match forfeited by Huddersfield
4. Broadcast on Our League

References

1. Darbyshire, Drew (30 November 2020). "Huddersfield sign forward Jack Ashworth from St Helens". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
2. Darbyshire, Drew (9 November 2020). "Huddersfield confirm signing of hooker James Cunningham". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
3. "Huddersfield sign Wigan's Greenwood". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
4. "Huddersfield Giants: Rookie hooker George Roby makes switch from Warrington". BBC Sport. 2 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
5. "Giants sign Australian half-back Cogger". BBC Sport. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
6. "Huddersfield Giants: Josh Jones and Luke Yates join Super League club". BBC Sport. 24 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
7. "Huddersfield pull off Ricky Leutele coup". Love Rugby League. 20 December 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
8. "Huddersfield sign full-back Olly Ashall-Bott". Love Rugby League. 25 January 2021.
9. Darbyshire, Drew (25 August 2020). "Paul Clough to join Widnes for 2021". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
10. Darbyshire, Drew (7 August 2020). "Newcastle Knights announce signing of Dom Young from Huddersfield". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
11. "NEWS | Ross Whitmore signs for the Dons". www.doncasterrugbyleague.co.uk. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
12. Shaw, Matthew (3 September 2020). "Barrow confirm Adam Walne coup". Retrieved 21 December 2020.
13. "Sheffield sign Huddersfield youngster". 21 October 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
14. Darbyshire, Drew (28 November 2020). "Dewsbury snap up Huddersfield hooker Reiss Butterworth". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
15. Darbyshire, Drew (26 November 2020). "Castleford swoop for Jordan Turner". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
16. Darbyshire, Drew (25 November 2020). "Castleford bring in Suaia Matagi on loan from Huddersfield". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
17. Darbyshire, Drew (20 November 2020). "Akuila Uate announces retirement". Love Rugby League. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
18. "Halifax bring in Huddersfield youngster". 18 November 2020. Retrieved 21 December 2020.
19. "Innes Senior: Wakefield Trinity sign Huddersfield Giants winger on loan for 2021 season". BBC Sport. 17 December 2020. Retrieved 29 December 2020.
20. "Former Super League pivot turned down other offers to rejoin Featherstone". www.yorkshireeveningpost.co.uk.
21. Darbyshire, Drew (14 February 2021). "Halifax sign Sam Hewitt on loan from Huddersfield". Love Rugby League.

External links

• Official website