St Helens 20 Huddersfield Giants 48: Revival for Giants gathers pace as Saints are downed in Newcastle

Source: www.yorkshirepost.co.uk --- Sunday, May 22, 2016
LEROY CUDJOE produced another masterclass as Huddersfield Giants swept past St Helens at Magic Weekend. Winger Jermaine McGillvary scored twice and was among seven different try-scorers as Paul Anderson’s side - joint-bottom of Super League beforehand - produced the sort of rampant display they have long threatened. Cudjoe did not cross himself but it was the England centre’s finery that stood out as his line-breaks and deft hands caused havoc for hapless saints. Huddersfield, with only their fourth win of the year, were 34-6 up after Aaron Murphy’s remarkable effort in the 54 minute and could really have racked up a bigger scoreline. Anderson, though, had few complaints and admitted: “That’s been building for a good month or so now. “Even though we lost last week we were pretty good in France with such a young team and had Catalans on the ropes. “Today we showed real patience against a saints side that were just a couple of points off top. “But we probably had our most experienced side all year and it showed, when we’ve got that and blended with some good youth, we’re hard to handle.” Huddersfield gave a debut to second-row Sebastine Ikahihifo, their signing from St George Illawarra, and also saw Scott Grix make his first appearance since injuring his shoulder in the opening day defeat at saints. It is a sign of Anderson’s faith in the veteran full-back that he came straight back in at the expense of Ryan Brierley, the prolific ...