DANNY BROUGH found the perfect response to being left out of the England Origin side by inspiring the Huddersfield Giants to a first Super League success in six attempts.

The in-form half-back was at the heart of all of the Giants’ best work as Huddersfield put the toughest of times behind them with an eight-try demolition job on the struggling London Broncos.

Coach Nathan Brown’s men may not have been firing on all cylinders, but they certainly took some steps back in the right direction.

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And if Brough can maintain this sort of form and his teammates continue to show an all-round improvement, then there could still be a big finish to the year.

The Giants got off to the worst possible start, conceding a try after just five minutes.

After conceding two quick penalties for high shots, the position was created for the ball to be worked to the London right for Michael Robertson to finish neatly in the corner, too far out for Craig Gower to add the conversion.

In those initial exchanges, the home side looked distinctly nervy, clearly desperate to end their losing run.

But as the game wore on, the Giants began to settle down and by the 15th minute had opened up a 12-4 lead.

They struck first in the 12th minute when Luke George collected from a scrum on his own 20, broke through the first line of defence, shrugged off the attention of a second defender and then had the pace to beat the cover and score by the posts. Brough's goal made it 6-4.

The Broncos kicked the ball dead from the re-start and from the subsequent attacking set, superb approach play created the position for Brough to use all his vision to kick through for Kevin Brown to score with ease.

Brough’s goal doubled his side’s tally.

London showed they were still very much alive and kicking, with top defence required to hold up Julien Rinaldi over the line midway through the half.

It was the Giants, however, who finished the half the stronger.

Dale Ferguson was held up over the line with 10 minutes remaining as the Broncos’ defence was put under increasing pressure, but it finally cracked on the stroke of half-time.

Having been forced to drop-out in the 37th minute, the capital club then defended a repeat set until the final tackle when Brown, Brough and Scott Grix combined to send Aaron Murphy over in the corner for a well-deserved score to make it 16-4 at the interval.

Any hopes of building on that lead at the start of the second period were dashed by a strong Broncos’ opening.

Having just produced amazing on-the-line defence to deny Antonio Kaufusi in the 46th minute, the Giants immediately squandered possession and former Australia Test half-back Gower took full advantage to crash over from close range and add the conversion.

At that stage the nerves were starting to return.

But the inspirational Brough had something to say about that, providing the initial opening for the fourth Giants try after 56 minutes.

His great individual break from deep immediately turned defence into attack.

Although the supporting Greg Eden was trapped 20m out, the ball was worked out to the left for Michael Lawrence to sell a magical dummy and stroll over for Brough to add the extras.

At 22-10, the hosts could start to breathe a little easier.

And the lead was extended on the hour mark, when Brown’s skill opened up the defence on halfway and he raced clear before feeding Scott Grix to finish off by the posts for another converted score.

Brough again added the extras and was then at the heart of the Giants’ sixth try, taking the ball to the line and then having the strength to offload to Eorl Crabtree to touch down under the posts.

Fellow prop Larne Patrick was next in on the act, following up great play between Grix and Eden to score under the posts, with Brough’s goal bringing up the 40-point mark.

But it was still Crabtree who had the final say on the prop try-scoring front by doubling his tally with a close-range score with a minute remaining.

A 46-10 final scoreline was good.

But the confidence such a big win should give the under-pressure Giants will be even better!