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four ahead of Thursday’s quarter-final clash with Catalans at the John Smith’s Stadium (7.35).

Woolford is delighted with the progress made while he’s waited in Canberra for visa clearance and is in no mood to relinquish the momentum gained while Thorman, Mark Andrews and Luke Robinson have been steering the ship.

“While we’ve had a great last month we can’t be content with that,” said Woolford, who has been keeping tabs by Skype on the Giants training and matches since the sacking of previous boss Rick Stone.

“We are still in a precarious position as far as our position in the ladder goes and there is still a lot of work to do.

“If the guys continue to work hard and improve their game, then that’s all we can ask as coaches.

“They are a good bunch of lads, they have all jumped on board and they are all buying in to what we are trying to do as a team and as a club.

“I can’t fault them, and as long as we stay on that track then the more wins will come.”

Catalans come to Huddersfield off the back of a fine 33-20 victory over Leeds Rhinos which has lifted them to third bottom of the Super League table, level on 10 points with Salford and just a point behind the Giants.

Woolford had the players in for a recuperation and review session on Saturday and they are back on the training field today.

“It’s a short week for us, but not as short as Catalans, who played on Saturday and have to travel,” said Woolford, the former Canberra Raiders hooker who was assistant coach at Newcastle Knights.

“It is a turnaround we will deal with, we’ve got a couple of