2016 Huddersfield Giants season

2016 Huddersfield Giants season
Super League XXI Rank	12th
Play-off result	N/A
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals
2016 record	Wins: 7; draws: 0; losses: 18
Points scored	For: 481; against: 535
Team information
Chairman	Ken Davy
Head Coach	Paul Anderson
Captain	Danny Brough
Stadium	John Smith's Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Jermaine McGillvary - 7
Goals	Danny Brough - 17
Points	Danny Brough - 38
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This article details the Huddersfield Giants rugby league football club's 2016 season. This was the 21st season of the Super League era and the Huddersfield Giants 14th since promotion back to the top flight in 2003.

Results

Super League

Main article: 2016 Super League season

table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Hull F.C.	23	17	0	6	605	465	+140	34	Super League Super 8s
2	Warrington Wolves	23	16	1	6	675	425	+250	33
3	Wigan Warriors	23	16	0	7	455	440	+15	32
4	St Helens	23	14	0	9	573	536	+37	28
5	Catalans Dragons	23	13	0	10	593	505	+88	26
6	Castleford Tigers	23	10	1	12	617	640	−23	21
7	Widnes Vikings	23	10	0	13	499	474	+25	20
8	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	23	10	0	13	485	654	−169	20
9	Leeds Rhinos	23	8	0	15	404	576	−172	16	The Qualifiers
10	Salford City Reds	23	10	0	13	560	569	−9	14 [a]
11	Hull Kingston Rovers	23	6	2	15	486	610	−124	14
12	Huddersfield Giants	23	6	0	17	511	569	−58	12

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
Notes:

1. Salford deducted 6 points for salary cap breaches in 2014 and 2015. ^[1]

Super league results

W WinD DrawL Loss

Super League results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
5/2/16	1	St. Helens	A	Langtree Park	L	16-30	Murphy, Ta'ai, Connor	Brough 1/1, Ellis 1/2	10,408	[2] [3]
12/2/16	2	Wigan	H	John Smith's Stadium	L	13-18	McGillvary, Foster	Ellis 2/3, Ellis 1 DG	5,912	[2] [4]
28/2/16	3	Widnes	H	John Smith's Stadium	L	18-36	Lawrence, McGillvary, Foster	Foster 3/3	5,183	[2] [5]
4/3/16	4	Leeds	A	Headingley Stadium	L	16-20	Brough, McGillvary, Lawrence	Foster 2/3	14,962	[2] [6]
13/3/16	5	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	John Smith's Stadium	W	38-6	Tansey, Lawrence, Murphy, McGillvary, Patrick, Ta'ai	Brough 7/7	5,610	[2] [7]
20/3/16	6	Catalans Dragons	H	John Smith's Stadium	L	26-46	Connor, McGillvary, Patrick, Cudjoe, Leeming	Brough 2/4, Tansey 1/1	4,607	[2] [8]
25/3/16	7	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	A	Bell Vue	L	22-36	McGillvary, Connor (2), Murphy	Brough 3/4	4,989	[2] [9]
28/3/16	8	Salford	H	John Smith's Stadium	L	24-26	Ta'ai (2), Connor, McGillvary	Brough 4/4	4,885	[2] [10]
3/4/16	9	Castleford	A	The Jungle
8/4/16	10
15/4/16	11
21/4/16	12
29/4/16	13
14/5/16	14
22/4/16	15
26/5/16	16
3/6/16	17
9/6/16	18
17/6/16	19
30/6/16	20
8/7/16	21
17/7/16	22
23/7/16	23

Qualifiers

Main article: 2016 Super 8s

Qualifiers table

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	Leeds Rhinos	7	6	0	1	239	94	+145	12	2017 Super League
2	Leigh Centurions (P)	7	6	0	1	223	193	+30	12
3	Huddersfield Giants	7	5	0	2	257	166	+91	10
4	Hull Kingston Rovers (R)	7	4	0	3	235	142	+93	8	Million Pound Game
5	Salford Red Devils	7	3	0	4	208	152	+56	6
6	London Broncos	7	3	0	4	221	212	+9	6	2017 Championship
7	Batley Bulldogs	7	1	0	6	111	318	−207	2
8	Featherstone Rovers	7	0	0	7	96	313	−217	0

Source: Rugby League Project
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(P) Promoted; (R) Relegated

Qualifiers results

Qualifiers results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
7/8/16	1	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	L	12-34			2,184	[11]
14/8/16	2	Featherstone Rovers	H	John Smith's Stadium	W	62-16			3,690	[11]
21/8/16	3	Batley Bulldogs	A	Fox's Biscuits Stadium	W	58-28			2,201	[11]
2/9/16	4	London Broncos	H	John Smith's Stadium	W	40-4			3,794	[11]
10/9/16	5	Leigh Centurions	A	Leigh Sports Village	L	40-48			5,934	[11]
18/9/16	6	Leeds Rhinos	H	John Smith's Stadium	W	22-14			6,666	[11]
24/9/16	7	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	Lightstream Stadium	W	23-22			8,024	[11]

Challenge Cup

Main article: 2016 Challenge Cup

Challenge Cup results

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
6/5/16	R6	Leeds Rhinos	H	John Smith's Stadium	W	36–22	Ta'ai, McGillvary, Brierley, Wood, Brough	Brough 6 + 3 DG, Conner 1 DG	4,979	[12]
23/6/16	QF	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	H	John Smith's Stadium	L	16–28	Grix, Connor, McGillvary 2			[13]

Players

No	Player	Position
1	Scott Grix	Fullback
2	Jermaine McGillvary	Wing
3	Leroy Cudjoe	Centre
4	Joe Wardle	Centre
5	Aaron Murphy	Wing
6	Danny Brough	Stand-off
7	Jamie Ellis	Scrum-half
8	Eorl Crabtree	Prop
9	Ryan Hinchcliffe	Hooker
10	Craig Huby	Prop
11	Tom Symonds	Second-row
13	Larne Patrick	Loose forward
14	Michael Lawrence	Second-row
15	Kyle Wood	Hooker
16	Sam Rapira	Prop
17	Ukuma Ta'ai	Prop
18	Jake Connor	Centre
21	Nathan Mason	Prop
22	Oliver Roberts	Second-row
23	Josh Johnson	Prop
23	Gene Ormsby	Wing
24	Kruise Leeming	Hooker
24	Jared Simpson	Fullback
25	Tyler Dickinson	Prop
27	Mikey Wood	Prop
29	Jamie Foster	Wing
31	Sam Wood	Centre
32	Jordan Tansey	Fullback
32	Daniel Smith	Prop
34	Ryan Brierley	Scrum-half
36	Sebastine Ikahihifo	Lock

Source: ^[2]

2016 transfers in/out

In

Nat	Name	Moved From	Contract Length	Date
	Ryan Hinchcliffe	Melbourne Storm	3 Years	June 2015
	Sam Rapira	New Zealand Warriors	2 Years	May 2015
	Daniel Smith	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	4 ½ Years	July 2015
	Larne Patrick	Wigan Warriors	Loan Return	September 2015
	Ryan Brierley	Leigh Centurions	4 ½ Years	March 2016

Out

Nat	Name	Moved To	Contract Length	Date
	Anthony Mullally	Leeds Rhinos	3 Years	May 2015
	Jack Hughes	Warrington Wolves	2 Years	August 2015
	Jodie Broughton	Catalans Dragons	2 Years	August 2015
	Shaun Lunt	Hull Kingston Rovers	4 Years	August 2015
	Chris Bailey	Retirement	N/A	September 2015
	Craig Kopczak	Salford Red Devils	1 Year	October 2015
	Mick Learmonth	York City Knights	1 Year	October 2015
	Jacob Fairbank	Halifax	2 Years	November 2015
	Brett Ferres	Leeds Rhinos	1 Year	January 2016

References

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