Giants coach Nathan Brown's column - plus video interview
Apr 2 2009 by Chris Roberts, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
It’s great news that new Australian signing Liam Fulton is here in such good time. Will he feature this weekend, and what position do you see him playing?
Yes, it’s fantastic news, and he really couldn’t have arrived at a better time.
We’re about to hit the busy Easter period when the strength of your squad is tested to the full.
I’m not used to playing two games in the space of four days back in Australia, but I can imagine it’s not easy and that the more fit players you have available, the better.
Fortunately, we’ve got a virtually fully-fit squad at the moment, and the arrival of Liam obviously adds extra depth to the squad.
As to what position he’ll play, it’s still very early days, and whether he will play at Harlequins this weekend has still be decided. But judging from his opening training sessions he’s in good shape.
Liam’s going to take our No6 jersey, and playing him at stand-off is certainly an option.
He can also play loose-forward or the edge in the back row and, again, a lot more will become clear after he’s had more training sessions with us. Right now, it’s a case of him learning about us and us learning about him.
But I already know he will bring extra creativity to the side and is good at kicking the ball, which is an area we need to improve.
Having said that, did you feel you kicked the ball better than Wigan in last Friday’s great win at the JJB Stadium?
We did in the second half, but not in the first.
And it was vital we did.
It helped us get into some better field position, and clearly helped our cause when we were down to 12 men when Luke Robinson was in the sin-bin. That helped keep Wigan at the less dangerous end of the field for us.
But when Robbo was in the bin I think it really showed how hard we are prepared to work for each other.
It seems that every time we hit a hurdle, everyone responds positively and works even harder.
To be honest, I don’t think anyone tries harder in the comp than us at the moment, and it’s being rewarded with the wins.
I’d also be surprised if we weren’t one of the fittest teams in the comp, which was again emphasised by our strong finish to the game at Wigan, despite having two men to Wigan’s one in the sin-bin during the second period.
Again, our conditioning staff deserve a tremendous amount of credit for that.
How disappointing did you find Wigan coach Brian Noble’s post-match comments when he said you’re never going to get a quick game against Huddersfield and it’s something that needs to be looked at?
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