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Sharp out!

JON SHARP has left Huddersfield Giants. Read

It’s been highs and lows in Sharp era

IT’S been one long roller-coaster ride for Jon Sharp at the helm of Huddersfield Giants. Read

Is it really that bad for Huddersfield Giants?

TOTAL devastation. That’s the emotion felt by everyone associated with the Giants after the nightmare events in the South of France seven days ago. Read

Wielding axe is not the solution to Giants crisis

With Andy Raleigh and Jamahl Lolesi Read

England coach Tony Smith is special guest

THE Senior Giants have pulled off a major coup by having former Huddersfield Super League coach Tony Smith, pictured left, as the guest speaker at their meeting in the Galpharm Stadium Panasonic Suite next Wednesday (2.15). Read

Huddersfield Giants captain Chris Thorman says players should shoulder the blame

GIANTS captain Chris Thorman believes the players should shoulder the blame for Saturday’s 48-0 Super League capitulation at Catalans Dragons. Read

Lions call off clash at Bank

UNDERBANK Rangers’ big Conference National home clash against Featherstone Lions tomorrow has been postponed at the visitors’ request. Read

Top trio to face Rhinos

ROD JENSEN, Tom Hemingway and Danny Kirmond will all have a run-out in tonight’s Giants’ Reserve clash against Leeds Rhinos at Stanningley (7.30). Read

It was an embarrassment

HAVING just returned from our second trip to the South of France to watch the Giants and, at the time of writing, not having had the chance to read the apology from coach Jon Sharp, we feel we must put pen to paper and get a few things off our chests regarding the woeful and embarrassing no-show from our team in Perpignan. Read

We have to make most of wait

AFTER last Saturday’s awful game against Catalans Dragons, the general feeling among the players was that we couldn’t wait to get back out on the field and try and put things right. Read

We know we can hit back

UNDERBANK Rangers coach Ritchie Hawkyard is confident his side will return to winning ways at home to Featherstone Lions tomorrow (2.30). Read

Time now to assess campaign

GIANTS chairman Ken Davy admits he shares the disappointment of fans as his club continue to struggle in Super League XIII. Read

Sharp's view: good news on injury front

I’M afraid trying to pick any positives out of our game at Catalans last Saturday is a bit of a non-starter, for which I again apologise. Read

Sharp's view: picking through wreckage of Catalans humiliation

FIVE days on from our bitterly disappointing Super League defeat at Catalans Dragons and we’re still really hurting as a group. Read

The sooner I’m back the better: Wild

STEPHEN WILD is closing in on a Giants Super League return and desperate to help his teammates erase the memory of the Catalans Dragons’ horror show. Read

Underbank denied by late Celtic score

UNDERBANK Rangers were pipped to the post at Dewsbury Celtic in a Conference National clash that could have gone either way. Read

Sharp aims to use Giants break wisely

GIANTS chief Jon Sharp is hoping his side’s enforced mid-season break has come at just the right time. Read

I apologise!

EMBARRASSED Giants coach Jon Sharp has issued an apology to the fans for his side’s Super League no-show in the South of France. Read

I WAS really pleased with this performance.

I thought the players did well defensively and executed superbly on attack. Read

This has to be low point: Eorl

BIG Eorl Crabtree admits Saturday’s 48-0 Super League thrashing at Catalans is one of the low points of his Giants career. Read

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Chris is the Examiner Giants correspondent but also writes about all rugby League, both professional and amateur. He has been with the Examiner for more than 10 years.

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