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

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 [a]	2	Leeds Rhinos	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	26–27 [b]	Senior (2), McIntosh (3)	Aiden Sezer (3)	0 [c]	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 [d]	7	Wakefield Trinity	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	29–6	McQueen, Matagi, Gavet, Sezer, Wardle	Sezer (4)	0 [c]	Sky Sports
15 August 2020, 18:30	9	Warrington Wolves	A	Totally Wicked Stadium [e]	L	18–19	Ta'ai, McGillvary, Russell	Sezer (2), Russell	0 [c]	Sky Sports
30 August 2020, 16:15	10	Hull FC	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium [e]	L	12–31	Turner, Golding	Russell (2)	0 [c]	Sky Sports
4 September 2020, 18:00	11	St Helens	A	Emerald Headingley [e]	L	6–54	Trout	Russell	0 [c]	Sky Sports
11 September 2020, 20:15	12	Leeds Rhinos	A	Totally Wicked Stadium [e]	L	12–13	English	Russell (4)	0 [c]	Sky Sports
24 September 2020, 20:15	12	Castleford Tigers	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium [e]	W	31–19	McGillvary (3), Wardle, Sezer	Sezer (5), +1DG	0 [c]	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)	[c]	sky sports
8 October 2020, 17:30	15	Salford Red Devils	A	Emerald Headingley [e]	L	16–24	Sezer (2), Cudjoe,	Sezer (2)	0 [c]	Sky Sports
13 October 2020, 17:30	16	Hull FC	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium [e]	L	16–18	Sezer, English, McGillvary	Sezer (2)	0 [c]	Sky Sports
20 October 2020, 20:45	17	Wakefield Trinity	A	Totally Wicked Stadium [e]	L	14–18	Wood, Turner, Sezer	Gaskell	0 [c]	Sky Sports
C–C [f] [g]	18	Castleford Tigers
30 October 2020, 18:00 [h]	21	Warrington Wolves	A	Totally Wicked Stadium [e]	L	12–19	Gavet, Jake Wardle,	Sezer (2)	0 [c]	Sky Sports
6 November 2020, 19:45	20	Wigan Warriors	A	Emerald Headingley [e]	L	6–19	Wood,	Sezer	0 [c]	Sky Sports

League standings

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PP	Pts	PCT	Qualification [i]
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 [A]	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 [B]	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 [C]	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]

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