2020 Huddersfield Giants season
Appearance
2020 Huddersfield Giants season | ||||
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Super League Rank | 7th | |||
Challenge Cup | 5th Round (lost to Toronto Wolfpack 0–18) | |||
2020 record | Wins: 7; draws: 0; losses: 12 | |||
Points scored | For: 318; against: 367 | |||
Team information | ||||
CEO | Ken Davy | |||
Head Coach | Simon Woolford | |||
Captain | ||||
Stadium | John Smiths Stadium | |||
Avg. attendance | 6,574 | |||
Agg. attendance | 6,574 | |||
High attendance | 6,574 | |||
Low attendance | 0 | |||
Top scorers | ||||
Tries | Jermaine McGillvary (9) | |||
Goals | Aiden Sezer (37) | |||
Points | Aiden Sezer (105) | |||
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This article details the Huddersfield Giants's rugby league football club's 2020 season.
Fixtures and results
[edit]Win Draw Loss
- All fixtures are subject to change
Challenge Cup
[edit]Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
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11 March, 19:45 | 5 | H | John Smiths Stadium | L | 0–18 | — | — |
Regular season
[edit]Date and Time | Rnd | Versus | H/A | Venue | Result | Score | Tries | Goals | Attendance | TV | Report |
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1 February, 17:00 | 1 | A | Stade Gilbert Brutus | W | 32–12 | McGillvary (2), Sezer, L. Senior, Wardle | Sezer (6) | 8,254 | — | Report | |
2 August 2020, 18:30[a] | 2 | H | John Smiths Stadium | L | 26–27[b] | Senior (2), McIntosh (3) | Aiden Sezer (3) | 0[c] | Sky Sports | ||
14 February, 19:45 | 3 | A | AJ Bell Stadium | W | 12-10 | O'Brien, Senior | Sezer (2) | 3,350 | Sky Sports | Report | |
21 February, 19:45 | 4 | A | Kcom Craven Park | W | 22–4 | Senior, Gaskell, Clough, Matagi | Sezer (3) | 7,350 | — | Report | |
1 March, 15:00 | 5 | H | John Smiths Stadium | L | 10–42 | O'Brien | Sezer (3) | 6,574 | — | ||
6 March, 19:45 | 6 | A | Totally Wicked Stadium | W | 12–10 | O'Brien, Jake Wardle | Sezer (2) | 10,418 | — | ||
17 September 2020, 15:00[d] | 7 | H | John Smiths Stadium | W | 29–6 | McQueen, Matagi, Gavet, Sezer, Wardle | Sezer (4) | 0[c] | Sky Sports | ||
15 August 2020, 18:30 | 9 | A | Totally Wicked Stadium[e] | L | 18–19 | Ta'ai, McGillvary, Russell | Sezer (2), Russell | 0[c] | Sky Sports | ||
30 August 2020, 16:15 | 10 | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium[e] | L | 12–31 | Turner, Golding | Russell (2) | 0 [c] | Sky Sports | ||
4 September 2020, 18:00 | 11 | A | Emerald Headingley[e] | L | 6–54 | Trout | Russell | 0 [c] | Sky Sports | ||
11 September 2020, 20:15 | 12 | A | Totally Wicked Stadium[e] | L | 12–13 | English | Russell (4) | 0 [c] | Sky Sports | ||
24 September 2020, 20:15 | 12 | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium[e] | W | 31–19 | McGillvary (3), Wardle, Sezer | Sezer (5), +1DG | 0 [c] | Sky Sports | ||
30 September 2020, 19:00 | 14 | H | John Smiths Stadium | W | 32–22 | Golding, McGillvary (2), Cudjoe, McQueen, Jake Wardle | Sezer, Russell (4) | [c] | sky sports | ||
8 October 2020, 17:30 | 15 | A | Emerald Headingley[e] | L | 16–24 | Sezer (2), Cudjoe, | Sezer (2) | 0[c] | Sky Sports | ||
13 October 2020, 17:30 | 16 | A | Halliwell Jones Stadium[e] | L | 16–18 | Sezer, English, McGillvary | Sezer (2) | 0[c] | Sky Sports | ||
20 October 2020, 20:45 | 17 | A | Totally Wicked Stadium[e] | L | 14–18 | Wood, Turner, Sezer | Gaskell | 0[c] | Sky Sports | ||
C–C[f] [g] | 18 | ||||||||||
30 October 2020, 18:00[h] | 21 | A | Totally Wicked Stadium[e] | L | 12–19 | Gavet, Jake Wardle, | Sezer (2) | 0[c] | Sky Sports | ||
6 November 2020, 19:45 | 20 | A | Emerald Headingley[e] | L | 6–19 | Wood, | Sezer | 0[c] | Sky Sports |
League standings
[edit]Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | PF | PA | PP | Pts | PCT | Qualification[i] |
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1 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 408 | 278 | 146.8 | 26 | 76.47 | Semi-finals | |
2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 469 | 195 | 240.5 | 24 | 70.59 | ||
3 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 365 | 204 | 178.9 | 24 | 70.59 | Elimination semi-finals | |
4 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 376 | 259 | 145.2 | 16 | 61.54 | ||
5 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 7 | 369 | 390 | 94.6 | 20 | 58.82 | ||
6 | 17 | 9 | 0 | 8 | 405 | 436 | 92.9 | 18 | 52.94 | ||
7 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 11 | 318 | 367 | 86.6 | 14 | 38.89 | ||
8 | 16 | 6 | 0 | 10 | 328 | 379 | 86.5 | 12 | 37.50 | ||
9 | 18 | 8 | 0 | 10 | 354 | 469 | 75.5 | 16 | 44.44 | ||
10 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 324 | 503 | 64.4 | 10 | 26.32 | ||
11 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 290 | 526 | 55.1 | 6 | 17.65 |
Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Points difference; 3) Number of points scored;
(C) Champions; (L) League Leaders' Shield Winners
Notes:
- ^ Match postponed on original date due to poor weather conditions caused by Storm Ciara
- ^ after golden-point extra time
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m Game Played Behind Closed Doors
- ^ due to Huddersfields involvement in the challenge cup on 11 March, this game was rescheduled for a later date.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j all games will resume behind closed doors, at neutral venues due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United Kingdom
- ^ Match cancelled after Super League meeting on 3 November rescheduled the play-offs and ended the regular season early.[1]
- ^ Game postponed on 28 October due to 12 positive COVID-19 cases amongst the Castleford squad.[2]
- ^ Match originally set for Round 21, but brought forward as both clubs originally scheduled round 19 matches were postponed.[3]
- ^ Where teams have the same win percentage, position is decided by points scored percentage (points scored divided by points conceded).[4]
Player statistics
[edit]- As of Round 5 (1 March 2020)
2020 squad
[edit]First team squad | Coaching staff | ||||||||
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Head coach Assistant coaches
Updated: 9 January 2019 |
2020 transfers
[edit]Gains
Player | Club | Contract | Date |
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Chester Butler | Halifax R.L.F.C. | 3 Year | May 2019[7] |
Kenny Edwards | Catalans Dragons | 3 Year | September 2019[8] |
Joe Wardle | Castleford Tigers | Season Loan | October 2019[9] |
Ashton Golding | Leeds Rhinos | 3 Year | October 2019[10] |
James Gavet | Newcastle Knights | 2 years | October 2019[11] |
Aidan Sezer | Canberra Raiders | 2 years | November 2019[12] |
Owen Trout | Leeds Rhinos | 4 years | November 2019[13] |
Losses
Player | Club | Contract | Date |
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Alex Mellor | Leeds Rhinos | 3 Year | June 2019[14] |
Jordan Rankin | Castleford Tigers | Season Loan | October 2019[15] |
Scott Grix | Halifax | N/A | October 2019[16] |
Sebastine Ikahihifo | Salford Red Devils | Season Loan | November 2019[17] |
Kruise Leeming | Leeds Rhinos | 2 years | November 2019[18] |
Notes
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Super League play-offs brought forward". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020.
- ^ a b "Super League: Huddersfield v Castleford, and Warrington v Salford cancelled". BBC Sport. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
- ^ "Huddersfield-Castleford and Salford-Warrington Super League games cancelled". BT.com. 28 October 2020. Retrieved 2 November 2020.
- ^ "2020 Betfred Super League Competition Update". Rugby Football League. 9 September 2020. Retrieved 9 September 2020.
- ^ "Huddersfield season officially over". www.giantsrl.com. 11 November 2020. Retrieved 12 November 2020.
- ^ "Salford Red Devils: Super League club deducted three wins over financial breach". BBC Sport. 3 November 2020. Retrieved 3 November 2020.
- ^ "Chester Butler: Huddersfield to sign Halifax centre from next season". BBC Sport. 20 May 2019.
- ^ "Kenny Edwards: Huddersfield Giants sign Catalans Dragons forward". BBC Sport. 20 September 2019.
- ^ "WARDLE SIGNS UP FOR 2020". giantsrl.com.
- ^ "Huddersfield Giants sign Ashton Golding from Leeds Rhinos".
- ^ "James Gavet: Huddersfield Giants sign Samoa and Newcastle Knights prop". BBC Sport. 17 October 2019.
- ^ "Aidan Sezer: Huddersfield Giants sign Australian half-back on two-year deal". BBC Sport. 28 November 2019.
- ^ Darbyshire, Drew (27 November 2019). "Leeds and Huddersfield complete Kruise Leeming and Owen Trout swap deal". Love Rugby League.
- ^ "Alex Mellor: Leeds Rhinos to sign Huddersfield Giants back-rower in 2020". BBC Sport. 5 June 2019.
- ^ "Jordan Rankin & Joe Wardle: Castleford and Huddersfield swap deal renewed for 2020". BBC Sport. 3 October 2019.
- ^ Messenger, James (2 May 2019). "Scott Grix joins brother Simon at Halifax". Love Rugby League.
- ^ "Sebastine Ikahihifo: Huddersfield Giants prop signs three-year contract extension". BBC Sport. 20 February 2018.
- ^ "Kruise Leeming: Leeds Rhinos sign hooker from Huddersfield Giants". BBC Sport. 27 November 2019.
- ^ Salford forfeited a game against Warrington. Under RFL operational rules, the game is recorded as a 24–0 victory for Warrington and converse loss for Salford with the points scored/conceded applying to both teams.[2]
- ^ Huddersfield were placed on standby to take the place of any of the four teams in the elimination finals should one be unable to fulfil their fixture.[5]
- ^ Salford deducted three wins by the Rugby Football League for failing to meet the terms of a financial commitment agreed in 2013.[6]