2021 Huddersfield Giants season

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2021 Huddersfield Giants Season
Super League XXVI RankTBA
Play-off resultTBA
Challenge CupTBA
Team information
ChairmanKen Davy
Head CoachIan Watson
Captain
  • Aiden Sezer
StadiumJohn Smiths Stadium
Huddersfield, West Yorkshire
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This article details the Huddersfield Giants rugby league football club's 2021 season. During the season, they will compete in the Super League XXVI and the 2021 Challenge Cup.

Super League[]

Main article: Super League XXVI

  Win   Draw   Loss   Postponed/Cancelled/Expunged

  • All fixtures are subject to change
Date and Time Round Versus H/A Venue Result Score Tries Goals Attendance TV Report
28 March, 12:30 1 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC N Emerald Headingley L 22–10 Leutele, Gavet Russell N/A [a]. Sky Sports

League Table[]

Pos Team
  • v
 Pld W D L PF PA PP Pts PCT Qualification[b]
1 Catalanscolours.svg Catalans Dragons (U) 23 19 0 4 688 398 172.9 38 82.61 League Leaders' Shield & advance to semi-final
2 Saintscolours.svg St. Helens (C) 21 16 0 5 548 229 239.3 32 76.19 Advance to semi-final
3 Wolvescolours.svg Warrington Wolves 21 15 1 5 588 354 166.1 31 73.81 Advance to eliminators
4 Wigancolours.svg Wigan Warriors 25 15 0 10 387 385 100.5 30 60.00
5 Rhinoscolours.svg Leeds Rhinos 24 13 0 11 556 440 126.4 26 54.17
6 HKRcolours.svg Hull Kingston Rovers 20 10 0 10 497 458 108.5 20 50.00
7 Castleford colours.svg Castleford Tigers 23 11 0 12 437 552 79.2 22 47.83
8 Hullcolours.svg Hull FC 21 8 1 12 409 476 85.9 17 40.48
9 Giantscolours.svg Huddersfield Giants 24 9 0 15 460 516 89.1 18 37.50
10 Wcatscolours.svg Wakefield Trinity 24 9 0 15 482 548 88.0 18 37.50
11 Redscolours.svg Salford Red Devils 22 7 0 15 402 584 68.8 14 31.82
12 Leigh colours.svg Leigh Centurions 22 2 0 20 356 870 40.9 4 9.09 Relegated to the
Source: [1]
Rules for classification: 1) win percentage; 2) points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).
(C) Champion; (U) Runners up
Notes:
  1. ^ Played behind closed doors due to the COVID-19 pandemic
  2. ^ Teams must have played at least 70% of scheduled fixtures to qualify for the play-offs.

Challenge Cup[]

Main article: 2021 Challenge Cup

2021 Squad[]

2021 Huddersfield Giants
First team squad Coaching staff

Head coach

Assistant coach

Legend:
  • (c) Captain(s)
  • (vc) Vice captain(s)

Updated: 15 January 2021
Source(s): 2021 Squad Numbers

2021 Transfers[]

Gains[]

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

Losses[]

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

Notes[]

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. ^ a b "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.

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