Woeful display in shock defeat

Feb 11 2002 By Chris Roberts, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

MATCH FACTS

Doncaster Dragons: Woodcock; Garcia, Golden, Irving, Lee; Moana, Handley; Handforth (Forsythe 42mins, Handforth 63mins), Green (Conway 30mins, Green 68mins), Fielden (David 27mins, Fielden 67mins), Atter (Lawton 66mins), Ostler (Lawton 28mins, bb, rev 36mins), Mansson.

Tries - Woodcock (12mins), Irving (18mins), Moana (50mins), Lee (59mins), Mansson (79mins).

Goals - Irving 5 from 7.

Huddersfield Giants - Reilly; O'Hare, Crabtree, Cooper, Langley; Gene, Thorman; Slicker (Wittenberg, 7mins, bb, Whittaker 54mins, Roberts 70mins), March, Molyneux (Turner 24mins, Molyneux 78mins), Walker (Rice 50mins), Roberts (Wittenberg 64mins), Atkins.

Tries - Cooper (20mins), Gene (34mins).

Goals - Thorman 0 from 1, Roberts 1 from 1.

Half-time - 12-10.

Referee - Ian Smith (Oldham).

Attendance - 1,867.

Scrums won - Doncaster 12, Huddersfield 8.

Penalties conceded - Doncaster 9, Huddersfield 9.

Top Huddersfield tacklers - March 40, Atkins 30, Wittenberg 29, Roberts 27, Cooper 23.

Next Giants game - Away to Swinton on Sunday.