Danny Brough celebrated scoring his 100th career try by guiding the Giants to a victory which guaranteed his side a place in the Super 8s with three games of the regular season to spare.

Finishing in the top four is obviously the main priority, with trips to St Helens and Catalans and at home to Wakefield still to play.

But if Brough’s kicking game in those three games is as dominant as it was against Hull KR, then victories in all three is a very realistic proposition.

Rovers simply didn’t have an answer to Brough’s vast array of kicking armoury, with his breathtaking cross kick for Jermaine McGillvary’s 60th-minute try the crowing glory.

That score, plus Brough’s completion of a century of scores seven minutes earlier, also proved decisive in ending the Robins’ brave rearguard resistance.

The Giants should have been virtually out of sight by the break, having scored three tries and two goals but having also ‘bombed’ several other good chances at the John Smith's Stadium.

On top of that, Rovers were finding it hard to gain any real stranglehold on the contest, with their two first-half scores coming on what were relatively rare forays into opposition territory.

As a result, Huddersfield were just six points to the good at 16-10 at the interval.

Yet all credit to the Robins, who were so often playing on the front foot and backing up for their third game in 10 games.

And when Craig Huby charged downfield to create the position for Danny Brough to chip ahead, follow up to force John Boudebza to spill the ball for Michael Lawrence to get the vital touch for a converted try after eight minutes, it looked as if the visitors may find the going touch.

But despite preventing Brough from kicking the first of his two first-half 40-20s, Rovers were the next to strike when Maurice Blair’s long pass found Kris Welham to cross for a try, which Josh Mantellato failed to convert.

Once again, the Giants continued to dominate and deservedly extended their lead to 12-4 midway through the half when Kevin Larroyer spilled the ball close to his own line and Aaron Murphy took full advantage to collect and crash over under the posts.

Jamie Ellis almost extended his lead on two occasions before Rovers got back for a second time when Albert Kelly showed great strength to crash over for a converted try on the half hour.

But when Leroy Cudjoe crossed in the corner from a short Ellis pass on the back so Brough’s second 40-20, the Giants were at least able to take a converted-try lead into the break.

The second half was welcomed with torrential rain and strong gusts of wind, which made handling far more problematical.

That probably explained why Brough elected to go for a 45th-minute penalty to was his side eight ahead, particularly a the rain became even heavier and forced the fans to take immediate shelter at the back of the stands.

The conditions really were unbelievable, and certainly contributed to Jared Simpson spilling the ball close to the Hull KR line after good work from Cudjoe.

But even though it was slippery under foot, that didn’t prevent Kyle Wood from showing electric pass to slice through from halfway and feed Brough to race in at the corner for his 100th career try, although he couldn’t celebrate by landing the difficult touchline conversion.

That was forgotten midway through the second period, however, when his wonder crossfield kick on the sixth tackle fell perfectly for McGillvary to collect and drop down to score.

At 26-10, the Giants were finally starting to gain the rewards for their dominance.

It did, however, take them until the 74th minute to cross for their sixth try when Ukuma Ta’ai crashed over by the posts for Ellis to add the extras, with Brough having been withdrawn with 10 minutes left in preparation for Friday’s trip to Saints.

The final few minutes were a little disappointing, with Cudjoe having come out of the defensive line to create the space for Mantellato to score in the corner.

But it was still a game in which there was only really going to be one winner.