Match report: Wakefield Wildcats 0 - 52 Huddersfield Giants
Mar 8 2010 by Chris Roberts, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
Then, minutes later, Robinson again popped up on the left to feed Martin Aspinwall with a wonderful short delayed pass to cruise over for his first of the season.
Although Wakefield did then have a brief spell of pressure, they found it impossible to unlock such a watertight defence, and in the 22nd minute came try No4. It was again on the back of some glorious passing, starting off with a scintillating break from deep involving Robinson, Brown and Whatuira.
Although that move was thwarted on the Wildcats 20, it only delayed the inevitable, with Whatuira and Hodgson racing ahead for Cudjoe to finish off.
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At 22-0 after 23 minutes, a third win of the season already looked to be in the bag.
But that certainly didn’t mean the visitors were far from finished – despite having to wait a further nine minutes to extend their advantage.
Larne Patrick’s lightning break from deep – his speed for a front-row forward is nothing short of incredible – paved the way for a try that was arguably even better than the others.
This time the passing skills were on show down Huddersfield’s right, with quick hands from Fa’alogo and Michael Lawrence finding Jamahl Lolesi on the wing.
He then stepped back inside to Scott Grix who raced onto the ball like a missile to explode over the line for a try against the club he left at the end of last season.
The home side did threaten to open their account just before the break when Danny Brough picked up a loose ball on halfway and raced away.
But Lolesi showed magnificent pace to come across and cut off the danger to make sure the Giants tryline remained intact.
And that was about as close as Wakefield got throughout the game, with Huddersfield carrying on from where they left off at the start of the second half. Within four minutes of the restart any hopes of a second-half revival had been dashed as Whatuira and Brown again cut loose to feed Gilmour for his try Huddersfield try.
Again Wakefield did attempt to apply some pressure, with little reward.
And in the final 18 minutes, the Giants added four more tries to underline their total superiority.
Good hand from Gilmour and Whatuira put Hodgson in at the corner before Brown’s dummy and 25m dart gave Grix the chance to grab his second under the posts.
And as the Wildcats began to tire, Patrick and Lunt took full advantage to find a way over from close range from scores nine and 10 to seal an amazing 80 minutes.
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