McNamara ready to unleash man mountain Sam on Super League
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him to score. Gaskell then added the extras.
The fifth try came courtesy of England ace McGillvary, who touched down in the corner under no pressure, thanks in no small part to fast hands from Jordan Turner.
Turner committed defenders which allowed McGillvary the freedom of the corner to score and push Giants up to the 30-point mark for the first time this season.
The tries kept coming for Huddersfield and McGillvary as the winger caught a superb kick from Matt Frawley and Giants found themselves 36-2 up on the hour.
With the game seemingly wrapped up, the test for Giants was to hold strong defensively and aim to cut the points difference between themselves and the teams above them.
It was made more difficult thanks to a Hull KR converted try, scored by Weller Hauraki. A barrage of attacks from the away side was eventually too much for the Giants defence.
Rovers looked like adding a second through Shaw, but some fantastic last-ditch defending from Innes Senior meant the winger was held up in-goal.
Giants subsequently drove the full length of the pitch where Suaia Matagi barrelled his way over to get himself on the scoreboard and become their fifth different scorer of the evening. Huddersfield were head and shoulders above their opposition in all aspects of the game and deserved the big margin of victory which moved them off the foot of Super League.
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Terms and Conditions apply, see pack for details CATALANS Dragons coach Steve McNamara insists there is still a place for the big men in Super
League as he gets poised to unleash man mountain Sam Kasiano on Leeds.
The lowering of the number of interchanges in 2019 from 10 to eight was expected to play into the hands of the leaner, fitter forwards capable of playing long minutes and reduce the effectiveness of the heavyweight props.
At 6ft 5in and 19st 10lb, Kasiano (pictured) will be arguably the biggest player in Super League when he makes his debut for the Dragons against the Rhinos in Perpignan tomorrow and McNamara is excited by that prospect.
“I think Sam is going to be a great addition,” the former England coach said. “He’s played under the eight interchange rule in the NRL for the past few seasons it’s been in place, it’s not a concern or an issue for me.
“There’s still room for the big men in the game without doubt. We’ve seen that in the Super League competition so far with David Fifita, Pauli Pauli, Alex Walmsley, big men who have an impact on the game.”
The Catalans moved quickly to snap up Kasiano on a three-year contract when Melbourne opted to release the 28-year-old Samoan international in order to ease their salary cap difficulties.
“We deliberately left our last overseas spot open at the start of the season to see what happens in the NRL and quite early in the piece Sam became available,” McNamara said.