Giants coach Stone rings the changes

Also rested are second-row pairing Dale Ferguson, who has also been struggling with a shoulder niggle, and Ireland international Ollie Roberts.

In the most recent clash, the Giants were beaten 28-26 at Trinity, but Huddersfield won the home encounter 24-16 back in February.

“It is a big game for both teams,” said Stone.

“And the fact that it is a derby adds that little bit of extra spice to it.

“We have won one each this year and there really hasn’t been too much between the two sides in the games.”

And Stone feels his side have the impetus to push on from their strong finish to the regular season and make an impact in the Super 8s.

“We have got a bit of momentum going into the Super 8s, but we need to look to attack teams,” added Stone, whose side completed the regular Super League season with a 14-10 defeat at Hull FC.

“We definitely put up a good performance in our last outing against Hull, but we needed to execute better when we had the ball.

“The defence was good, but we needed to be better in attack and we knew that was the difference between winning and losing on the day.

“So we have spent some time over the past two weeks trying to fine tune our execution.

“It really is all about finishing our last plays.”

Trinity’s head coach Chris Chester has named his 19-man squad for the trip to the Giants and two