24 .............. GIANTS to making a point

the Wire defence into pressure and Brough able to jump from dummy-half to force the ball over the line. The Giants No6 then converted his try to swing the scoreline back in the Giants favour at 18-16.

Stefan Ratchford looked like he had scored but was brought down just short of the try line as the Giants were able to clear the lines.

Rick Stone’s men were then able to extend their narrow lead as Wolves for penalised after Chris Hill was deemed offside by referee Ben Thaler and Brough took the two points on offer and once again proved on target with his kicking.

But back-to-back tries for the Wire moved them back into the lead as Rhys Evans and Toby King both crossed the line after the Giants gave away penalties.

As the clock wound down the Giants were awarded a scrum from 10m out and the visitors moved the ball out well to the far corner where McGillvary was able to cross over, however Brough missed the conversion which saw the Giants fall short of rescuing a point and slumping to second bottom of the table.

In yesterday’s other top-flight fixtures, leaders Castleford Tigers suffered a narrow 26-22 defeat at St Helens.

At the other end of the table, Widnes Vikings keep rooted to the foot after they went down 42-22 at Leeds Rhinos.

At the same time, Wigan Warriors scraped a 16-10 win at Wakefield Trinity, while Hull FC returned to winning ways with a 24-10 triumph at Leigh Centurions.

And in the later kick-off, inform Salford Red Devils were brought back down to earth with a 38-6 defeat at resurgent Catalans Dragons.

Newsome Panthers secured a thrilling 12-10 Holliday Cup final triumph over Lindley Swifts in front of a bumper Huddersfield YMCA crowd. Report and pictures later in the week.