10 .............. GIANTS are just edged out!

stretched the home defence on the opposite flank and England winger Jermaine McGillvary cut back inside and beat three defenders to score, but Brough was unable to land the kick, leaving the Giants trailing 12-10 at the break.

The start of the second period mimicked the first and the longer the defences held out, the more important the first score of the half was going to be.

Hull were creating the better chances with their greater share of possession but the Giants defence has been made of sterner stuff in recent weeks and ensured the opportunities on offer were never clear cut.

However, the visitors were struggling to make any impact at the other end of the field and their best chance around the hour mark was an impressive break by full-back Jordan Rankin, but the ex- NRL player who was back at his former club was tracked down and crowded out.

It felt as though something had to give as Hull looked to take a victory into their Challenge Cup semi-final next weekend, but try-scoring chances continued to elude them and they settled for two points from a penalty as the clock ran down into the final five minutes to make it 14-10.

And that proved to be enough for the home side.

Huddersfield-born centre Harry Newman made his Super League debut for Leeds at Wigan last night.

The Newsome Panthers graduate became the first player born this century to represent the club.

Newman was born on February 19, 2000.

Leeds are to plug the gap created by the retirement of Rob Burrow with the capture of Warrington hooker Brad Dwyer.