Huddersfield Giants 8, St Helens 50

Jul 8 2004 By The Huddersfield Daily Examiner

The sight of the injured Reilly being forced off the field in the 38th minute was clearly a bad omen.

However, he does have the consolation of not being on the field as the Giants fell apart in such embarrassing fashion after the break.

Apart from one Crabtree break in the 65th minute there was absolutely nothing for the Giants faithful to cheer as St Helens ran in tries at regular intervals.

After Wellens crossed for his 42nd minute effort, Gilmour made amends for his earlier error by crashing over six minutes later to complete what was a wonderful Saints move.

Donlan's departure in the 56th minute with a bang to his side after a superb take of a high ball added to the home side's woes, and St Helens made sure they rubbed as much salt as possible into the Giants gaping wounds by adding four further tries in the final quarter.

First to strike on the hour was Sculthorpe after a dazzling James Roby midfield break and eight minutes later Jon Wilkin followed up his own kick-through on the sixth tackle to score under the posts.

With six minutes remaining, Sculthorpe's superb skills created an opening for Ade Gardner to finish off.

And then on the stroke of full-time the powerful Dom Feaunati bulldozed his way over from close range.

The Giants misery was complete.

The one hope is that it can't get any worse at home to Widnes on Sunday, can it?