Dazzling Giants are destroyers!

Apr 8 2002 By Chris Roberts, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Norton's sin-binning added to Oldham's woes and while he was away Moxon set up Graeme Hallas and O'Hare followed up with his second.

O'Hare was held up over the line as the pressure continued, but Whittaker eventually broke from halfway to outpace the defence for a wonderful solo try.

A Chris Molyneux break from deep almost brought further reward and Moxon was adjudged to have lost the ball over the line as he stretched out to score.

Oldham had the final say with Foster's late score.

But it hardly brought smiles to the faces of the visitors.

They had been well beaten by far better opponents - and they knew it!

MATCH FACTS

Huddersfield Giants Cooper (Hayes 20mins); O'Hare, Crabtree, Hallas, Whittaker; March, Moxon; Wittenberg (Walker 26mins), Turner (Rice 47mins), Cruckshank (Molyneux 49mins), Atkins, Roberts (Cruckshank 72mins), Gene (Wittenberg 66mins).

Tries - Gene (4mins & 55mins), Moxon (21mins), Hayes (29mins), O'Hare (52mins & 67mins), Hallas (63mins), Whittaker (72mins).

Goals - Roberts 6 from 8, March 0 from 1.

Oldham - Dodd; Campbell (Sibson 63mins), Foster, Gibbons (Braddish 65mins), Goddard; Barber, Roden; Molloy, Hough (Murray 54mins), Clegg (Procter 29mins, Clegg 54mins), Norton, Henare, Doran.

Try - Foster (75mins).

Goals - Barber 6 from 6.

Sin-binning - Norton (holding down, 58mins).

Half-time - 16-8.

Referee - Stuart Cummings (Widnes).

Attendance - 2,687.

Scrums won - Huddersfield 7, Oldham 7.

Penalties conceded - Huddersfield 9, Oldham 8.

Buddies man-of-the-match - David Atkins (Giants).

Next Giants match - Away to Rochdale next Sunday in the Buddies National Cup (3.00).