2015 Huddersfield Giants season

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2015 Huddersfield Giants season
Play-off resultSemi-finals
Challenge Cup 6th round
Team information
Chairman Ken Davy
Head Coach Paul Anderson
Captain
Stadium John Smith's Stadium
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This article details the Huddersfield Giants rugby league football club's 2015 season. This was the 20th season of the Super League era.

Contents

Results

Pre-season friendlies

W WinD DrawL Loss

DateVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
Pre-season results
7 February Broncoscolours.png London Broncos AThe Garrison StadiumW40–4 Noi (2), Wood, McComb, Leeming, Brown, Farrell Farrell 6/7N/A Report

Super League

League table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 231616758477+28133 Super League Super 8s
2 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 231607598436+16232
3 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 231517589413+17631
4 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 231328538394+14428
5 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 2313010547505+4226
6 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 2312011552456+9624
7 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 23110124524843222
8 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 2392125615741320
9 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings 2391135185654719 The Qualifiers
10 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 23901453464611218
11 Redscolours.svg Salford City Reds 23811444761717017
12 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats 2330204029295276
Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;

Super League results

W WinD DrawL Loss

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
Super League results
8 February1 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. H John Smith's Stadium L0-197,737 Report
13 February2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium L16-24 Mullally, Ellis, Murphy Brough 2/312,448 Report
26 February3 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Carnegie Stadium L24-28 Ellis, Wardle, Wood, Ferres Brough 4/412,878 Report
6 March4 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings H John Smith's Stadium W24-12 Grix, McGillvary, Wardle (2), Crabtree Brough 2/55,452 Report
12 March5 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers H John Smith's Stadium W22-0 Ellis, Ta'ai, Murphy, McGillvary Brough 3/45,257 Report
22 March6 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats A Belle Vue W44-14 Grix (3), Ferres, Brough, Cudjoe, Ta'ai Brough 6/6, Ellis 2/24,354 Report
27 March7 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves A Halliwell Jones Stadium W29-10 Ellis, Murphy (2), McGillvary, Crabtree Brough 4/5, Brough 1 DG9,019 Report
3 April8 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils H John Smith's Stadium L12-18 Hughes, Murphy Brough 2/26,003 Report
6 April9 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers A Craven Park L16-20 Wardle, Ta'ai, Murphy Brough 2/37,827 Report
12 April10 Saintscolours.svg St Helens H John Smith's Stadium L8-11 RLP
19 April11 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons H John Smith's Stadium W38-14 RLP
24 April12 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W24-4 RLP
30 April13 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos H John Smith's Stadium D24-24 RLP
8 May14 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils A AJ Bell Stadium W19-0 RLP
21 May15 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers A Mend-A-Hose Jungle W24-16 RLP
31 May16 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons N St James' Park D22-22 RLP
7 June17 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors H John Smith's Stadium L18-32 RLP
14 June18 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves H John Smith's Stadium W30-19 RLP
21 June19 Widnes colours.svg Widnes Vikings A Halton Stadium L30-22 RLP
5 July20 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers H John Smith's Stadium W32-14 RLP
10 July21 Saintscolours.svg St Helens A Langtree Park L34-35 RLP
18 July22 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons A Stade Gilbert Brutus W14-12 RLP
26 July23 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity Wildcats H John Smith's Stadium W34-24 RLP

Super 8s

Super 8s table

PosTeamPldWDLPFPAPDPtsQualification
1 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos (L, C)302019944650+29441Semi-finals
2 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 302019798530+26841
3 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 3018210750534+21638
4 Saintscolours.svg St Helens 3019011766624+14238
5 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 30160147317461532
6 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 3015015714636+7830
7 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons 30132157397703128
8 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. 30120186207169624
Source: Rugby League Project
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners

Super 8s results

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
Super 8's results
6 AugustS1 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium L22-30 RLP
14 AugustS2 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons H John Smith's Stadium W24-12 RLP
20 AugustS3 Saintscolours.svg St Helens A Langtree Park W28-22 RLP
3 SeptemberS4 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers H John Smith's Stadium W40-26 RLP
13 SeptemberS5 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves H John Smith's Stadium W48-10 RLP
18 SeptemberS6 Hullcolours.svg Hull F.C. A KC Stadium W34-20 RLP
25 SeptemberS7 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos H John Smith's Stadium L16-20 RLP

Play-offs

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
Play-off results
1 OctoberSemi-final Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors A DW Stadium L8-32 RLP

Challenge Cup

DateRoundVersusH/AVenueResultScoreTriesGoalsAttendanceReport
Challenge Cup results
16 May6 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos A Headingley Carnegie Stadium L16-48 RLP

Players

Transfers

Ins

List of players joining Huddersfield
NameSigned fromContractDate
Craig Huby Castleford Tigers 4 YearsSeptember 2014
Jamie Ellis Castleford Tigers 2 YearsOctober 2014
Oliver Roberts Bradford Bulls 2 YearsOctober 2014
Jack Hughes Wigan Warriors 1 Year LoanNovember 2014 [1]
Jordan Cox Hull Kingston Rovers 1 Month LoanApril 2015

Outs

List of players leaving Huddersfield
NameSigned forContractDate
Ben Blackmore Featherstone Rovers 1 ½ YearsJune 2014 [2]
Jason Chan Australia 1 YearAugust 2014
David Faiumu RetiredSeptember 2014 [3]
Peter Aspinall York City Knights 2 YearsOctober 2014
Antonio Kaufusi Canterbury Bulldogs 2 YearsNovember 2014
Larne Patrick Wigan Warriors 1 Year LoanNovember 2014 [1]
Jack Miller ReleasedN/ADecember 2014
Jacob Fairbank Halifax 1 Month LoanFebruary 2015
Shaun Lunt Hull Kingston Rovers 1 Year LoanMarch 2015

References

  1. 1 2 "Wigan Warriors: Huddersfield's Patrick signs, Hughes joins Giants". BBC Sport. 5 November 2014. Retrieved 14 December 2014.
  2. "Super League: Ben Blackmore leaves Huddersfield Giants to join Featherstone". Sky Sports. 5 June 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.
  3. "David Faiumu leaves Huddersfield Giants after play-off loss". BBC Sport. 27 September 2014. Retrieved 18 January 2015.