COUNTDOWN TO THE SEASON

30-12, the last real action of an entertaining first half. Gaskell sealed his hat-trick a minute into the second half, finishing the Giants’ best move of the match to make it 34-12, with the former St Helens man adding the extras to make it 36-12.

Louis Senior increased Huddersfield’s lead again to make the scores 40-12, with Gaskell adding the conversion.

After a series of penalties and a team warning, Jon Luke Kirby received a yellow card for an interference call in the 54th minute, reducing the Giants to 12 men.

Innes Senior touched down with 16 minutes left to play to make the scores 46-12, with Benjamin Tibbs touching down three minutes later to take the Giants over the 50-point mark.

In the final minute of time, Darnell McIntosh touched down, marking the true gulf in class between the Super League and the Championship team, before Izaac Farrell added the extras to make the score 56-12.

McIntosh; Senior, Wardle, Turner, McGillvary; Gaskell, Frawley; Matagi, O’Brien, Ikahihifo; Murphy, Mellor; Lawrence BENCH: Leeming, English, Roberts, Kirby, Russell, Farrell, Senior, Tibbs, Flynn, Whitmore, Copley, Hallas