HUDDERSFIELD 24 CASTLEFORD 0
Injury hit Castleford gave as good as they got in a Yorkshire derby tonight at the Galpharm Stadium, however despite their immense effort and emerging with credit, it was the Giants that took the points.
Huddersfield fell to a surprise 30-18 defeat at Salford on Monday and their defence won through as the injury hit visitors, missing the influence of their two first choice halfbacks and highly rated youngster Joe Westerman could not find a way through. In fact just twice in the game did they ever truly trouble Huddersfield. The first came when a Ryan McGoldrick grubber kick went agonisingly close to an out stretched Ryan Clayton while the second opportunity went the way of loan man Mike Cooper but the young Warrington forward could not hang onto the ball as the decision got pushed upstairs to video referee Ian Smith.
Huddersfield opened the scoring midway through the first half when Kevin Brown somehow got the ball away and David Hodgson flew in at the corner for Brett Hodgson to convert. David Hodgson grabbed a second try after five minutes of the second half before Castleford had the ball for nine sets thanks to penalties and Huddersfield errors.
The Giants defence stood firm and they responded with two further tries in the last 15 minutes. First Hodgson ran clear for his hat-trick before Danny Brough linked with Luke Robinson and his pass on the right saw Jamahl Lolesi score his first try in 11 months and Brett Hodgson added his fourth goal to move Huddersfield up to third in the table.
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