Match report: Giants 4 - Salford City Reds 24
May 18 2009 by Chris Roberts, Huddersfield Daily Examiner
The Giants almost drew level in the 34th minute when Whatuira failed to hold David Faiumu’s pass in a strong position and Martin Aspinwall was denied a try on the half-time hooter by a forward pass.
Those late surges suggested the Giants may be in for a strong second-half performance, but this proved another false dawn on a day of total frustration.
Within nine minutes of the re-start, Wilshere had nudged Salford further ahead with a penalty before they struck a killer blow in the 54th minute, once again courtesy of their hosts.
With Huddersfield pressing deep inside Salford territory on the sixth tackle, Danny Kirmond sent out a speculative pass that was collected by Richie Myler, who outpaced the cover to raced in for a third converted try.
At 20-4, the game was slipping out of the Giants’ grasp.
And salt was rubbed into the wounds with two minutes remaining when David Hodgson knocked-on close to the line and, from the scrum, the ball was eventually worked to the left for Willie Talau to feed Henry to score.
A nightmare afternoon was complete!
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