I couldnt make it but sounded like we got the job done in the 1st half and eased off.
were in the last 8 that is the main thing.

any thoughts ?

If we keep taking our foot off and thinking "job done" we arent going keep winning close matches.

Concentration needs sorting out quickly.

fair do's but were we ever in danger of losing this one ?? to be fair i think if it was a SL game we wouldn't have clocked off early

We did against Celtic.

20odd points is not a winning margin at half time.

26-0 up and to be fair we pretty much laid the foundations to really hammer them, but we came out second half as though it was job done.

I thought first 20 they would give us a test but to be honest they struggled to make 20 yards in their 6.

Was a tad worried when Griff went down near half time, but he came back on second half.

They rallied well second half and made a bit more of a game of it, although I thought their first try scorer was a few yards in front of the kicker, but wasn't too fussed, good to see them get some points.

Job done when's the draw

we never looked like losing at any stage must admit second half was bored waiting for final whistle, but with 10 men rested to be expected cant complain at 38 - 12 but glad its over.

Match Report

[iGIANTS THROUGH TO CUP QUARTERS

A hat-trick from man of the match Shaun Lunt helped the Giants to a 38 points to 12 win over Rochdale Hornets in the Challenge Cup at the Galpharm Stadium.

Huddersfield (26) 38
Tries: Robinson, Patrick, Carlile, Lolesi, Lunt 3Goals: Cudjoe 5

Rochdale (0)
Tries: Fogerty, Ainscough Goals: Giles 2

Huddersfield Giants 38-12 Rochdale Hornets

Man of the Match: Shaun Lunt

Pens Conceded: Giants 4 Rochdale 5

Goal line drop outs conceded: Giants 1 Rochdale 3

Weather: Cloudy

Temp: 12c

Att: 2,859

Referee: Gareth Hewer

REPORT:

The Giants took a break from Super League action with their fifth round Carnegie Challenge Cup tie against Championship 1 visitors Rochdale Hornets. The Giants took the opportunity of fielding several of the younger players and gave debuts to Keal Carlile and Josh Griffin. The Giants started strongly, putting the visitors under pressure and took a 6th minute lead through Luke Robinson who found a gap some thirty metres out and scooted away for a try, with Leroy Cudjoe missing the conversion attempt. On 10 minutes the Giants were over again with Shaun Lunt going in from dummy-half after Simon Finnigan had created the opportunity. This time, Leroy Cudjoe added the extras and two minutes later Tom Hemingway’s neat pass put Larne Patrick in space and he went in from some thirty meters out in the corner. Leroy Cudjoe again missed the conversion. Little had been seen of the Hornets in attack but on the quarter hour they created space down the Giants right hand side, with Craig Johnson running strongly. Mick Fogerty then also made good progress and eventually the visitors forced a goal line drop out. At the other end a Michael Korkidas grubber kick forced the visitors to concede a goal line drop out and from the resulting play, Martin Aspinwall was pushed into touch. Josh Griffin then made a fifty meter burst down the left hand touchline before he was forced into touch by the corner flag and as the Giants continued their relentless pressure, a Tom Hemingway kick forced another goal line drop out. The defence held strong until the half hour when Keal Carlile marked his debut with a try from dummy half, to which Leroy Cudjoe added the extras. A Luke Robinson kick then almost put Michael Lawrence in, before on 35 minutes the visitors showed their strength on attack when John Gillam might have crossed at the corner but he was unable to gather the grubber kick forward. The half ended with a further Giants try, Jamahl Lolesi running some 40 meters to score by the posts, after Larne Patrick had made the initial break. Leroy Cudjoe’s conversion gave the Giants a 26 point advantage at the hooter.

It had been a strong Giants performance with the result virtually a foregone conclusion. Of the younger players, Larne Patrick had performed strongly as had Shaun Lunt, and Keal Carlile. The visitors had defended stoutly but had not really threatened the Giants line apart from the odd occasion.

The second half began with the Giants again in the ascendency, and they added a further try on 45 minutes when Simon Finnigan put Shaun Lunt in for his second try of the afternoon, after good work initially by Keal Carlile. Leroy Cudjoe added the extras and a Luke Robinson kick then almost put Jamahl Lolesi in for a further try. The visitors where though, now beginning to enjoy a further share of possession of the football and began to ask questions of the Giants defence. A kick by Martin Ainscough to the corner found the Giants defence wanting, and Mick Fogerty was able to catch the high ball and touch down for a try in the corner to which Chris Giles added a splendid touchline conversion. A fine tackle by Josh Griffin then prevented a further possible score by Gillam but as the pressure was maintained, Martin Ainscough, who had enjoyed a fine game for the visitors, got his reward with a try from a grubber kick, Chris Giles again added the extras to put the Hornets into double figures.

The Giants had lacked intensity in the second period and were finding it difficult to put any serious range of attacks together. A Tom Hemingway kick almost put Jamahl Lolesi in at the corner but he dropped the ball in the act of touching down and then another Hemingway kick forced a goal line drop out, but again the Giants were unable to capitalise on the position gained. They did however get the last try on 75 minutes, Shaun Lunt going in for his hat-trick after Tom Hemingway had been tackled a metre short. Leroy Cudjoe’s conversion meant that the second half had ended with the scores of the two sides level. The damage had been done in the first period when the Giants took the game totally away from the visitors.

Credit to the Rochdale side for a spirited and wholehearted performance, justly rewarded by their two tries scored in the second half. The Giants will be looking forward with interest to the quarter final draw.[/i

Robinson didn't come back on for the second half and Lunt spent a period off the field and that's when we fell away and badly.
Why do we rarely play with width, always turning back in centre field? I nearly fell asleep second half it was that flat and repetitive rugby. We certainly lacked pace. Both Griffin (J) & Lolesi were caught with a head start.
A few players need to up their standards. Very disappointed today with some players - Cudjoe, Lawrence, Aspinwall & Finnigan didn't do themselves any favours today in my eyes.

Having said all that I must give big credits to Rochdale. They never gave up, tackled strongly and caused us problems throughout the game with their attacking kicks.

Thought Cudjoe did ok.

He got caught out for both Rochdale tries and out of position a few times. What disappoints me though is when running the ball out of defence he is slow and stops before hitting the defensive line.

I appreciate he is young and still learning but if he can't do it against part timers he'll struggle against better teams.
At full back against a top club he will be targetted and caught out far too often.

Totally agree and also Lawrence seems to get caught ought a lot, they both need to push on this season.

Lawrence has trouble adapting to switching from centre to wing. This is a common problem for any non specialist wingers they often get drawn out of position.

As for Cudjoe positionimng not great but catching looked better. Still got a season and a half to learn off Hodgy though.

thought carlisle did Ok today he seems to pass the ball well. plays a bit like a smaller version of Lunt.

As said before, Lawrence is great at centre, poor at wing, and wings are all too easy to say "they played poorly" being often the exposed end of the defensive line.

Think we being a little harsh on Cudjoe, His positional sense for fielding their kicks was superb and ran it out of defence well, he is not gonna break tackles left right and , Brett never makes many breaks either but we don't slate the guy.

I also think Patrick had a good game today for us too, showed a great turn of pace for a backrower when out pacing the Hornets cover defence.

What we did lack was the clinical side that all the so called bigger teams have and the passing was farcical at times with Faiumu showing dummy outside and in when we had 2 man overlap.

Zip it across the line!!!!!! and stop this predictable inside pass.

1
Gareth Hock
Wigan
55
2
Willie Manu
Hull
51
3
Jason Demetriou
Wakefield
46
4
Paul Wellens
St Helens
45
5
Will Sharp
Harlequins
42
6
Thomas Leuluai
Wigan
41
7
Brett Hodgson
Huddersfield
41

Not too many tackle busts.

even though he has already played a few game for us, i though larne patrick had a great game. solid tackler, ran with the ball hard and fast and thoroughly deserved his try. we have got a lot of young talent coming throughin the centres and 2nd rowers and i think we need to take advantage of this throughout the season when our first teamers may not be doing so well

Ok fair enough not dissing Brett who is awesome just trying to say Cudjoe not as bad as some make out!!

Cudjoe>Meters=531\69 Carries=avg 7.69 Meters per carry
B.Hodgson>Meters=1403\213 Carries=avg 6.58 Meters per carry

Cudjoe>Tackles=66\6 Games=avg 11 Tackles per game
B.Hodgson>Tackles=71\12 Games=avg 5.91 Tackles per game

Difficult to compare I know as both have been playing differen't positions but you started it



Stats are great things!!

Total points Earned

Brett:108
Leroy:2

Says it all really.

Says nothing, as I said you can make stats do what you want, you turned it into a Brett vs Cudjoe argument which it isn't.

Cudjoe had a decent game at fullback against Rochdale IMHO and didnt deserve the slating

I think you need to check who else is using your login - that or your losing your memory!

Apologies Wadski it was actually Joey Giant that posted the figures on clean breaks by Brett Hodgson seeming to think I was saying Cudjoe was in some way better.

All I was doing was using Brett H as an example and saying that we should not be knocking Cudjoe for his performance against Rochdale (which some people were) when he did the same as Brett does.

His positional sense under the high ball was very very good and he ran the ball out of defence very well too.

Brett H is awesome and one of the best overseas signings we have made for a very long time and has given us the ability to be confident when a high kick goes up or a break is made.

Once again apologies for my error.