2015 Huddersfield Giants season

2015 Huddersfield Giants season
Super League XX	N/A
Play-off result	N/A
Challenge Cup	N/A
2015 record	Wins: 4; Draws: 0; Losses: 5
Points scored	For: 187; Against: 145
Team information
Chairman	Ken Davy
Head Coach	Paul Anderson
Captain	Danny Brough
Stadium	John Smith's Stadium
Top scorers
Tries	Aaron Murphy – 6
Goals	Danny Brough – 25
Points	Danny Brough – 54
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This article details the Huddersfield Giants rugby league football club's 2015 season. This is the 20th season of the Super League era.

Pre season friendlies

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Giants score is first.

Date	Competition	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Report
7 February 2015	Pre Season	Broncos	A	The Garrison Stadium	W	40–4	Noi (2), Wood, McComb, Leeming, Brown, Farrell	Farrell 6/7	N/A	Report

2015 fixtures and results

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

2015 First Utility Super League

Date	Competition	Rnd	Vrs	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Att	Report
8/2/15	Super League XX	1	Hull FC	H	John Smith's Stadium	L	0-19			7,737	Report
13/2/15	Super League XX	2	12pxWigan	A	DW Stadium	L	16-24	Mullally, Ellis, Murphy	Brough 2/3	12,448	Report
26/2/15	Super League XX	3	12pxLeeds	A	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	L	24-28	Ellis, Wardle, Wood, Ferres	Brough 4/4	12,878	Report
6/3/15	Super League XX	4	File:Widnes colours.svgWidnes	H	John Smith's Stadium	W	24-12	Grix, McGillvary, Wardle (2), Crabtree	Brough 2/5	5,452	Report
12/3/15	Super League XX	5	12pxCastleford	H	John Smith's Stadium	W	22-0	Ellis, Ta'ai, Murphy, McGillvary	Brough 3/4	5,257	Report
22/3/15	Super League XX	6	12pxWakefield	A	Belle Vue	W	44-14	Grix (3), Ferres, Brough, Cudjoe, Ta'ai	Brough 6/6, Ellis 2/2	4,354	Report
27/3/15	Super League XX	7	12pxWarrington	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	W	29-10	Ellis, Murphy (2), McGillvary, Crabtree	Brough 4/5, Brough 1 DG	9,019	Report
3/4/15	Super League XX	8	Salford	H	John Smith's Stadium	L	12-18	Hughes, Murphy	Brough 2/2	6,003	Report
6/4/15	Super League XX	9	Hull KR	A	Craven Park	L	16-20	Wardle, Ta'ai, Murphy	Brough 2/3	7,827	Report
0/0/15	Super League XX	10	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	11	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	12	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	13	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	14	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	15	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	16	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	17	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	18	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	19	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	20	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	21	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	22	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV
0/0/15	Super League XX	23	Team	H/A	Stadium	W/D/L	Score	Try Scorers	Goals	Attendance	TV

Player appearances

• Super League Only

FB=Fullback	C=Centre	W=Winger	SO=Stand-Off	SH=Scrum Half	PR=Prop	H=Hooker	SR=Second Row	L=Loose Forward	B=Bench

No	Player	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17	18	19	20	21	22	23	24	25	26	27
1	Scott Grix	FB	FB	FB	FB	SO	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	FB	x
2	Luke George	W	W	x	x	W	x	x	x	x	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W	x	x	x	x	x	x	C
3	Leroy Cudjoe	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	x
4	Joe Wardle	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	C	x	x	x	C	C	C	x	C	C	C	C	C	C	x
5	Jermaine McGillvary	W	W	W	W	W	x	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	x	W	W	W	W	x
6	Danny Brough	SO	SO	SO	SO	x	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	SO	x
7	Luke Robinson	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	SH	x
8	Eorl Crabtree	B	L	B	P	P	P	P	B	P	P	x	P	B	B	P	P	P	P	B	B	P	P	P	P	P	P	x
9	Shaun Lunt	H	H	B	H	B	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	H	x	x	H	x	H	x
10	Craig Kopczak	P	P	P	x	P	B	B	P	P	B	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	P	x	P	P	P	x
11	Brett Ferres	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	x	C	C	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	x
12	Luke O'Donnell	L	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
13	David Faiumu	B	B	H	B	H	B	L	B	B	B	B	B	B	x	B	x	x	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	H
14	Michael Lawrence	12px	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SR	SR	SR	L	L	x	x	B	L	L	L	L	B	SR	SR	SR	L	C
15	Larne Patrick	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	B	x	P	B	B	P	P	B	B	B	x	P	P	P	B	B	B	B	B	x
16	Jason Chan	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SR	SR	SR	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	SR	x
17	Ukuma Ta'ai	x	B	x	x	L	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	SR	SR	SR	SR	SR	B	B	SR	B	x	B	B	SR
18	Aaron Murphy	12px	x	W	W	FB	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	W	C	W	W	W	W	W	C	W	W	W	W	W	W	x
19	Jamie Cording	B	B	B	B	B	x	B	B	x	B	B	B	x	x	B	B	x	x	B	B	B	x	L	x	x	x	SR
20	Jacob Fairbank	x	x	L	L	x	x	x	L	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	L
21	Dale Ferguson	x	x	x	x	x	L	SR	SR	L	L	L	L	SR	SR	L	L	L	B	B	SR	SR	L	x	L	L	x	x
22	Anthony Mullally	12px	x	x	B	B	x	x	x	B	x	x	x	x	B	x	B	B	B	x	x	x	B	x	x	x	x	P
23	Matty Dawson	x	x	x	x	x	W	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W
24	Josh Johnson	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	x	x	x	P
25	Peter Aspinall	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SR	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B
26	Nathan Mason	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B
27	Ben Blackmore	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	W	x	x	x	x	W
28	Jake Connor	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	FB
29	Stuart Fielden	P	P	P	P	x	P	P	P	B	x	P	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
30	Brad Dwyer	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	B	x	B	B	B	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x
31	Kruise Leeming	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B
32	Kyle Wood	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B	H	H	B	H	B	SO
34	Jack Miller	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	SH
35	Jack Blagbrough	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	x	B

= Captain

16px = Injured

= Suspended

Challenge Cup

LEGEND
	Win
	Draw
	Loss

Player appearances

• Challenge Cup Games only

Player appearances

• Play-off Games only

2015 squad statistics

• Appearances and Points include (Super League,Challenge Cup and Play-offs) as of April 2015.

No	Player	Position	Age	Previous club	Until End Of	Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Scott Grix	Fullback	0	Wakefield Wildcats	2013	31	11	7	0	58
2	Luke George	Wing	0	Wakefield Wildcats	2013	7	3	0	0	12
3	Leroy Cudjoe	Centre	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	33	12	0	0	48
4	Joe Wardle	Centre	0	Bradford Bulls	2013	28	16	1	0	66
5	Jermaine McGillvary	Wing	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	30	20	0	0	80
6	Danny Brough	Stand Off	0	Wakefield Wildcats	2013	31	9	153	2	334
7	Luke Robinson	Scrum-half	0	Salford City Reds	2013	31	6	0	0	24
8	Eorl Crabtree	Prop	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	31	3	0	0	12
9	Shaun Lunt	Hooker	0	Workington Town	2013	29	23	0	0	92
10	Craig Kopczak	Prop	0	Bradford Bulls	2013	30	4	0	0	16
11	Brett Ferres	Second Row	0	Castleford Tigers	2013	31	16	0	0	64
12	Luke O'Donnell	Second Row	0	North Queensland Cowboys	2013	1	0	0	0	0
13	David Faiumu	Loose forward	0	North Queensland Cowboys	2013	28	2	0	0	8
14	Michael Lawrence	Wing	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	21	2	0	0	8
15	Larne Patrick	Prop	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	30	4	0	0	16
16	Jason Chan	Second Row	0	Crusaders RL	2013	16	3	0	0	12
17	Ukuma Ta'ai	Prop	0	New Zealand Warriors	2013	23	2	0	0	8
18	Aaron Murphy	Wing	0	Wakefield Wildcats	2013	30	20	0	0	80
19	Jamie Cording	Second Row	0	Castleford Tigers	2013	19	4	0	0	16
20	Jacob Fairbank	Loose forward	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	5	0	0	0	0
21	Dale Ferguson	Prop	0	Wakefield Wildcats	2013	24	6	0	0	24
22	Anthony Mullally	Prop	0	Widnes Vikings	2013	10	1	0	0	4
23	Matty Dawson	Wing	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	4	0	0	0	0
24	Josh Johnson	Prop	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	3	0	0	0	0
25	Peter Aspinall	Second Row	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	2	0	0	0	0
26	Nathan Mason	Prop	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	1	0	0	0	0
27	Ben Blackmore	Wing	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	2	2	0	0	8
28	Jake Connor	Stand Off	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	2	2	0	0	8
29	Stuart Fielden	Prop	0	Wigan Warriors	2013	9	0	0	0	0
30	Brad Dwyer	Hooker	0	Warrington Wolves – Loan	2013	6	0	0	0	0
31	Kruise Leeming	Hooker	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	2	1	0	0	4
32	Kyle Wood	Scrum-half	0	Wakefield Wildcats	2013	10	1	0	0	4
34	Jack Miller	Scrum-half	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	1	0	1	0	2
35	Jack Blagbrough	Prop	0	Huddersfield Giants	2013	1	0	0	0	0

= Captain 16px = Injured 16px = Suspended

2015 transfers in/out

Ins

Nat	Name	Moved From	Contract Length	Date
	Craig Huby	Castleford Tigers	4 Years	September 2014
	Jamie Ellis	Castleford Tigers	2 Years	October 2014
	Oliver Roberts	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	October 2014
	Jack Hughes	Wigan Warriors	1 Year Loan	November 2014
	Jordan Cox	Hull Kingston Rovers	1 Month Loan	April 2015

Outs

Nat	Name	Moved To	Contract Length	Date
	Ben Blackmore	Featherstone Rovers	1 ½ Years	June 2014
	Jason Chan	Australia	1 Year	August 2014
	David Faiumu	Australia	1 Year	September 2014
	Peter Aspinall	York City Knights	2 Years	October 2014
	Antonio Kaufusi	Canterbury Bulldogs	2 Years	November 2014
	Larne Patrick	Wigan Warriors	1 Year Loan	November 2014
	Jack Miller	Released	N/A	December 2014
	Jacob Fairbank	Halifax RLFC	1 Month Loan	February 2015
	Shaun Lunt	Hull KR	1 Year Loan	March 2015

External links

• Huddersfield on Sky Sports
• Huddersfield on Super League Site
• BBC Sport-Rugby League