Match report: Wigan Warriors 8 - 22 Huddersfield Giants

Mar 28 2009 by Chris Roberts, Huddersfield Daily Examiner

With six minutes remaining, Eorl Crabtree’s drive took play right into the heart of the Wigan defence on the 20.

The ball was fed back to Robinson on the sixth tackle and his high kick to the corner failed to be gathered by Wigan defence and Michael Lawrence had the simple task of touching down.

Hodgson held his nerve to land the conversion, despite widespread boos from the home fans, and the travelling claret and gold faithful were cheering at a 16-8 scoreline.

And those cheers became even more deafening three minutes later as Brown’s grubber was fumbled by Shaun Ainscough on his own line and the former Wigan half-back gratefully touched down for Hodgson to again make no mistake with the kick.

And those cheers became even more deafening three minutes later as Brown’s grubber was fumbled by Shaun Ainscough on his own line and the former Wigan half-back gratefully touched down for Hodgson to again make no mistake with the kick.

And the Giants held out in style to register another win on their travels and lift themselves into third place in the Super League table.