McNamara seals win with match-clincher

Aug 25 2003 By Chris Roberts, The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

Huddersfield Giants 26 - 14 Wakefield Wildcats. Referee blasted as Giants claim points

Within three minutes the Giants had opened their account.

Lively Paul March made it all possible, pouncing on a loose ball from a Wakefield scrum inside the visitors' 20.

It was a gift the Giants were eager to accept, and within seconds Darren Turner had plunged over from close range from the acting half-back position in typical style for Jamie Bloem to add the conversion.

Jeffries then made a mess of a straightforward penalty attempt and was immediately replaced by Paul Handforth, who went on to kick three out of four, before Bloem extended his side's advantage with a penalty of his own.

The unfortunate Jeffries quickly made amends with his try, but that fired up the Giants for a devastating 16-minute spell.

In the 20th minute, they grabbed their second try after Paul Reilly and Ben Roarty had made the initial inroads.

Their efforts turned defence into attack and provided the opening for Stanley Gene's long pass to send Turner over in the corner for his second.

And 10 minutes later Huddersfield were over again as McNamara sent Jarrod O'Doherty hurtling over for his second try in the last two games.

McNamara's goal made it 18-4.

That lead could have been even greater had O'Doherty followed up a great break immediately from the restart by finding Marcus St Hilaire on his left, leaving the flying winger with a potential clear run to the line.