2020 Huddersfield Giants season

Avg. attendance6,574Agg. attendance6,574High attendance6,574Low attendance0Top scorersTriesJermaine McGillvary (9)GoalsAiden Sezer (37)PointsAiden 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
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 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m 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. ^ a b c d e f g h i j 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

Head coach

Assistant coaches

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]

Notes

References

  1. ^ "Super League play-offs brought forward". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020.
  2. ^ a b "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]

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