2015 Huddersfield Giants season

2015 Huddersfield Giants season
2015 Huddersfield Giants season
Super League XX Rank	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

This article details the Huddersfield Giants rugby league football club's 2015 season. This was 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

Table

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 F.C.	H	John Smith's Stadium	L	0-19			7,737	Report
13/2/15	Super League XX	2	Wigan	A	DW Stadium	L	16-24	Mullally, Ellis, Murphy	Brough 2/3	12,448	Report
26/2/15	Super League XX	3	Leeds	A	Headingley Carnegie Stadium	L	24-28	Ellis, Wardle, Wood, Ferres	Brough 4/4	12,878	Report
6/3/15	Super League XX	4	Widnes	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	Castleford	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	Wakefield Trinity	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	Warrington	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 Kingston Rovers	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		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		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		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

= 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	Previous club	Until End Of	Apps	Tries	Goals	DG	Points
1	Scott Grix	Fullback	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2013	31	11	7	0	58
2	Luke George	Wing	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2013	7	3	0	0	12
3	Leroy Cudjoe	Centre	Huddersfield Giants	2013	33	12	0	0	48
4	Joe Wardle	Centre	Bradford Bulls	2013	28	16	1	0	66
5	Jermaine McGillvary	Wing	Huddersfield Giants	2013	30	20	0	0	80
6	Danny Brough	Stand Off	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2013	31	9	153	2	334
7	Luke Robinson	Scrum-half	Salford City Reds	2013	31	6	0	0	24
8	Eorl Crabtree	Prop	Huddersfield Giants	2013	31	3	0	0	12
9	Shaun Lunt	Hooker	Workington Town	2013	29	23	0	0	92
10	Craig Kopczak	Prop	Bradford Bulls	2013	30	4	0	0	16
11	Brett Ferres	Second Row	Castleford Tigers	2013	31	16	0	0	64
12	Luke O'Donnell	Second Row	North Queensland Cowboys	2013	1	0	0	0	0
13	David Faiumu	Loose forward	North Queensland Cowboys	2013	28	2	0	0	8
14	Michael Lawrence	Wing	Huddersfield Giants	2013	21	2	0	0	8
15	Larne Patrick	Prop	Huddersfield Giants	2013	30	4	0	0	16
16	Jason Chan	Second Row	Crusaders	2013	16	3	0	0	12
17	Ukuma Ta'ai	Prop	New Zealand Warriors	2013	23	2	0	0	8
18	Aaron Murphy	Wing	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2013	30	20	0	0	80
19	Jamie Cording	Second Row	Castleford Tigers	2013	19	4	0	0	16
20	Jacob Fairbank	Loose forward	Huddersfield Giants	2013	5	0	0	0	0
21	Dale Ferguson	Prop	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2013	24	6	0	0	24
22	Anthony Mullally	Prop	Widnes Vikings	2013	10	1	0	0	4
23	Matty Dawson	Wing	Huddersfield Giants	2013	4	0	0	0	0
24	Josh Johnson	Prop	Huddersfield Giants	2013	3	0	0	0	0
25	Peter Aspinall	Second Row	Huddersfield Giants	2013	2	0	0	0	0
26	Nathan Mason	Prop	Huddersfield Giants	2013	1	0	0	0	0
27	Ben Blackmore	Wing	Huddersfield Giants	2013	2	2	0	0	8
28	Jake Connor	Stand Off	Huddersfield Giants	2013	2	2	0	0	8
29	Stuart Fielden	Prop	Wigan Warriors	2013	9	0	0	0	0
30	Brad Dwyer	Hooker	Warrington Wolves – Loan	2013	6	0	0	0	0
31	Kruise Leeming	Hooker	Huddersfield Giants	2013	2	1	0	0	4
32	Kyle Wood	Scrum-half	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	2013	10	1	0	0	4
34	Jack Miller	Scrum-half	Huddersfield Giants	2013	1	0	1	0	2
35	Jack Blagbrough	Prop	Huddersfield Giants	2013	1	0	0	0	0

= Injured = Suspended

2015 transfers in/out

Ins

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

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	1 Month Loan	February 2015
Shaun Lunt	Hull Kingston Rovers	1 Year Loan	March 2015

References

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Huddersfield Giants
Based in Huddersfield, England
The Club	Players Coaches Seasons Women
Home grounds	Rifle Field Fartown Ground Leeds Road Kirklees Stadium
Hall of Fame	Albert Rosenfeld Harold Wagstaff Neil Fox Douglas Clark
League	Rugby Football League Super League
Championships (7)	1911–12 1912–13 1914–15 1928–29 1929–30 1948–49 1961–62
Challenge Cup (6)	1912–13 1914–15 1919–20 1932–33 1944–45 1952–53
Seasons	2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023
Culture	NRFU Founder All Four Cups
Affiliation	Rugby Football League (1895)