Nightmare showing as Bulls' class tells

May 19 2003 By Chris Roberts, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Giants 6 - 52 Bulls. Men v boys as Giants fail to compete.

Huddersfield finally broke their duck with four minutes remaining.

Mick Slicker charged down Paul's attempted kick, regathered and raced 20 metres before he was hauled down.

The ball was then quickly passed out for Julian Bailey to finish off and for Bloem to add the extras.

It brought a welcome end to an unwelcome 80 minutes.

MATCH FACTS

KEY MAN

BIG Eorl Crabtree is now starting to put his very sizeable bulk to good use with a creditable performance against the Bulls.

While some of his teammates were struggling to match the physical presence of their opponents, the 20-year-old more than held his own.

KEY MOMENT

THE ease at which the in-form Bulls raced in for the opening try after just two minutes set the scene for what was always going to be a tough task for the Giants.

By the end a further eight had been conceded.

KEY STATS

Huddersfield Giants. Try: Bailey (76mins). Goal: Blowm 1 from 1.

Bradford Bulls. Tries: Vaikona (3mins & 25mins), Paul (10mins), Naylor (14mins), Pratt (37mins), Paul (57mins & 68mins), Peacock (66mins), Vainikolo (72mins). Goals: Deacon 3 from 4, Radford 5 from 5.

Half-time: 0-28.

Referee: Ian Smith (Oldham).

Attendance: 8,297.

Scrums won: Huddersfield 6, Bradford 11.

Penalties conceded: Huddersfield 3, Bradford 3.