The Huddersfield Giants are an English professional rugby league club from Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, the birthplace of rugby league, who play in the Super League competition. They play their home games at the John Smiths Stadium which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C. Huddersfield is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams. The club itself was founded in 1864, making it the oldest rugby league club in the world.
Stuart Fielden is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He was formerly an assistant coach for the Huddersfield Giants in the Super League, and now is a Personal trainer of Fielden Fitness in Leeds. A Great Britain international representative forward, he played his club rugby for Bradford Bulls with whom he won the 2001, 2003 and 2005 Super League Championships, 2000 and 2003 Challenge cups and World Club championships in 2002, 2004, 2006 before he moved to Wigan Warriors for a record transfer fee in 2006, winning the 2010 Super League Championship with them. He then signed with Huddersfield Giants in 2013 but played only a handful of games (9) before injury forced him into retirement. Fielden won 2 individual awards of young player of the year (2000) and International best forward (2005).He was named in 4 super league and 4 International dream teams.
David Hodgson, also known by the nicknames of "Dodgey" and "Hodgey", is an English rugby league coach, and former rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Halifax, the Wigan Warriors, the Salford City Reds, the Huddersfield Giants and the Hull Kingston Rovers, as an occasional goal-kicking fullback, wing, or centre, and has coached at club level for the Hull Kingston Rovers (assistant).
Marcus St Hilaire, also known by the nickname of "Junior", is a former professional rugby league footballer who played as a fullback, wing and centre in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for England and Ireland, and at club level for the Huddersfield Giants, Leeds Rhinos, Halifax, Bradford Bulls and Oldham.
Anthony Farrell is an English former professional rugby league footballer. He played at representative level for England, Wales, and at club level for the Huddersfield Giants, Sheffield Eagles, Leeds Rhinos, Widnes Vikings and Halifax, as a prop or second-row forward.
JJB Sports Super League III was the official name for the year 1998's Super League championship season, the 104th season of top-level professional rugby league football in Britain, and the third season played in summer. The League format changed in 1998 and the championship became a playoff series to determine the Super League champions, similar to the way the Premiership was played for the previous 23 seasons. This meant the first Final to determine the British champions since the 1972–73 season. The team which finished on the top of the table were, from this season, awarded the League Leaders' Shield, with the inaugural honours going to Wigan. Huddersfield Giants, the league's bottom club was saved from relegation in 1998 due to the expansion of the league to fourteen teams in Super League IV. The season culminated in the grand final between Leeds Rhinos and Wigan Warriors, which Wigan won, claiming the 1998 Championship.
John "Johnny" Lawless is a rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for England, and Ireland, and at club level for Halifax, Sheffield Eagles and Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants.
Matt Crowther is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s for the Sheffield Eagles, Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants and Hull FC in the Super League. He is the Head Physio at the Castleford Tigers in the Betfred Super League.
Dale Laughton is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Great Britain and Scotland, and at club level for Sheffield Eagles, Huddersfield Giants and the Warrington Wolves, as a prop.
Ian Watson is a professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Huddersfield Giants in the Betfred Super League, and a former Wales international who played as a scrum-half or hooker in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s.
Lee Greenwood is an English professional rugby league coach who is the head coach of the Dewsbury Rams in the Betfred Championship and an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s, 2000s and 2010s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for the Sheffield Eagles, Halifax, the London Broncos, Huddersfield Giants, Leigh Centurions, Oldham RLFC and the Batley Bulldogs, as a wing or centre, he has coached at club level for Siddal A.R.L.F.C., and in 2014, he was appointed coach of Gloucestershire All Golds.
Nigel Wright is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1990s and 2000s, and has coached in the 2010s. He played at representative level for England, and at club level for Stanley Rangers ARLFC, Wakefield Trinity, Wigan and Huddersfield Giants as a stand-off, or loose forward, and coached for Barrow Raiders.
Michael Jackson is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at representative level for Great Britain, and at club level for Hunslet, Wakefield Trinity, Halifax and Sheffield Eagles, as a second-row or loose forward.
Seamus McCallion is an Irish former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s and 1990s. He played at club level for Halifax, Leeds, Bramley and Lindley Swifts, as a hooker, i.e. number 9.
Richard Marshall is a professional rugby league coach who was until most recently the Head Coach of the Salford Red Devils in the Betfred Super League and a former Ireland international rugby league footballer who played as a prop or second-row forward in the 1990s and 2000s.
Neil Anthony Harmon is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s. He played at representative level for Great Britain & Ireland as a British Lion on the 1996 Tour to Papua New Guinea, Fiji and New Zealand Ireland, and at club level for Warrington, Leeds Rhinos, Huddersfield Giants, Bradford Bulls, Salford City Reds and Halifax, as prop, or second-row.
Graeme Andrew Hallas is an English former professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1980s, 1990s and 2000s, and coached in the 2000s. He played at representative level for Great Britain in non-Test matches, and at club level for the Hull Kingston Rovers, Halifax, Hull FC, the Huddersfield Giants and the York City Knights as a wing, centre, or loose forward, i.e. number 2 or 5, 3 or 4, or, 13, and coached at club level for Hunslet Hawks.
John Christopher Daly was an Irish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer who played in the 1940s and 1950s. He played representative level rugby union (RU) for Ireland and Munster Rugby, at invitational level for Barbarian F.C., and at club level for Cobh Pirates RFC, Cork Constitution and London Irish, as a prop, i.e. number 1 or 3, and representative level rugby league (RL) for Other Nationalities and British Empire XIII, and at club level for Huddersfield and the Featherstone Rovers, as a prop, i.e. number 8 or 10, during the era of contested scrums. When Jack Daly ran onto the playing field he used to do a double somersault, and before international matches he would do double back-somersaults to confirm his fitness.
Oliver Roberts is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who plays as a second-row and loose forward for Newcastle Thunder in the RFL Championship.
Colton Roche is an Ireland international rugby league footballer who last played as a prop for the Newcastle Thunder in the Betfred Championship.
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