GIANTS ................ 8 Weakened Giants

McIntosh; Ormsby, Sam Wood, Mellor, Mikey Wood; Brough, Brierley; Rapira, Leeming, Ikahihifo, Roberts, Smith, Hinchcliffe. Wakeman, Clough, Dickinson, O’Brien. Sam Wood, Roberts Brough from Sam Wood from Michael Lawrence, Jake Mamo, Jermaine McGillvary, Aaron Murphy and Tom Symonds all injured and Ukuma Ta’ai suspended, it was always going to be a tough ask for coach Rick Stone’s men.

And it got even worse minutes before kick-off, with full-back Lee Gaskell pulling out in the warm-up to cause a last-minute major reshuffle.

As a result, it meant the Giants were forced to field their youngest ever Super League back line, coming in at an average age of around 20.

That was always going to be telling against vastly-experienced Hull side who by half-time had opened up a commanding 24-0 lead.

It did start promisingly for the hosts as Gene Ormsby crossed in the corner, but referee Phil Bentham ruled a forward pass in the build-up.

Huddersfield also came close on the stroke of half-time when Shannon Wakeman was held up over the tryline.

But in between, it was all Hull, with every Giants error being punished ruthlessly.

The visitors’ opening two tries were down to initial Huddersfield errors, paving the way for Fetuli Talanoa and Marc Sneyd to cross for relatively simple scores to make it 12-0 after just 10 minutes.

With Hull continuing to dominate, it was no surprise that Sneyd doubled his tally and half-back partner Albert Kelly also crossed and, with Sneyd adding all four conversions, the home side were looking down the barrel of a big home loss.

The Giants did enjoy some early second-half pressure without produce anything productive, and in the 48th minute found themselves further adrift when Kelly strolled through for his second.

It was almost as easy seven minutes later when Mahe Fonua raced clear with ease and fed Josh Griffin to finish off.

That signalled the start of Giants’ fans leaving the stadium as Sneyd then banged over goal number six