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in that first half.

“I thought we disrespected Wirral in the first half,” he said.

“I thought we warmed up well, but then didn’t take that into the first 40 minutes, we were weak in the contact, we didn’t stick to the game plan and our set-pieces were not firing like they should.”

Jimmy Annetts put the away side 10-0 ahead after eight minutes, kicking a penalty before scoring a converted try after Wirral worked the ball with pace to the righthand side, which allowed Annetts the space to break the line.

There were no further tries in the first half, although Chris Bell kicked two penalties for Field and Annetts kicked two more.

Ben Hoyle was sin-binned, which didn’t help Field’s cause, but after the break the home side really showed their class.

Lewis explained: “A few choice words at half-time, but the lads knew, they didn’t need me to tell them that they hadn’t played to their ability, so it was good to get a response in the first five minutes of the second half.”

Callum Thompson got Huddersfield’s first try of the match two minutes after the restart, after picking the ball up from a ruck two yards from the tryline and powering his way over.

Then, when Bell kicked his third penalty, the deficit was cut to two points (14-16).

Adam Malthouse, who got two tries in the previous win against Ilkley, found himself on the scoresheet again.

After Huddersfield penned Wirral back on their own line, the pressure told and Malthouse leapt over a tackle to put the hosts ahead for the first time. Bell converted (21-16).

With 15 minutes to go, second row Lewis Bradley was held up on the line, but Wirral were then penalised for continuous fouls which resulted in a Huddersfield penalty try, allowing some