I COULDN’T believe when I was told this week that I’ll be making my 150th Giants appearance at Warrington tonight.

To be honest, it only seems like two minutes ago that I was arriving at the Galpharm on loan from Wigan.

It was, in fact, back in 2006 and at the time I didn’t really know what to expect.

But with the way things have turned out, it’s the best move I could have made.

In my time here I’ve made some great mates and been involved in some tremendous Huddersfield games.

Two that spring immediately to mind are the 2009 Challenge Cup semi-final triumph over St Helens and our play-off victory at Warrington Wolves last season.

Both games were played at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, which, of course, just happens to be the venue for tonight’s qualifying play-off – and there’s no reason why I can’t celebrate another great day at the ground to ensure my 150th game is one to savour.

Okay, it’s not going to be easy, we all know that. Warrington aren’t the Super League minor champions for nothing!

There aren’t many sides who know how to beat Warrington, as witnessed by the fact they’ve only lost five Super League games this season.

But two of those defeats have been at the hands of the Giants!

We were too strong for them in the Super League opener at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff and too good for them at the Galpharm in early April.

And in the game when Warrington did beat us, at the Halliwell Jones in July, we paid the price for making the most sluggish of starts. To give a side like that a 20-point start is asking for trouble.

I’m sure, under those circumstances, most clubs would have given up, crumbled under the pressure and gone on to concede a bucketload of points.

Not us.

We came back strongly to give the Wolves the fright of their lives and, in the end, we were bitterly disappointed not to have triumphed.

That’s something we won’t be forgetting when we head across the M62 later this afternoon.

And we know that if we show some slight improvement on the way we played against Leeds last weekend, we’ll stand an excellent chance of progressing.

Last Sunday’s game was a classic case of focusing more on the performance that the result, and in terms of the performance we were encouraged.

As a result, we know we’ve got something positive to work on, although tonight’s objective is obviously different.

Tonight is about winning, nothing else, and that’s well within our grasp, particularly if the likes of Jermaine McGillvary keeps inspiring us.

We were all absolutely delighted when Jerry was named the Super League Rookie of the Year. It was thoroughly deserved.

He’s been fantastic for us all season, and if he can put in another top show tonight, he could have something else to celebrate this weekend!