2018 Huddersfield Giants season

2018 Huddersfield Giants season
2018 Huddersfield Giants season
Challenge Cup	Quarter-finals
Team information
Chairman	Ken Davy
Head Coach	Rick Stone (until March); Chris Thorman (after March as interim Head Coach)
Captain	Leroy Cudjoe;
Stadium	John Smith's Stadium; Huddersfield, West Yorkshire

This article details the Huddersfield Giants Rugby League Football Club's 2018 season.

Challenge CupQuarter-finals

ChairmanKen Davy^[1]

Head CoachRick Stone (until March)
Chris Thorman (after March as interim Head Coach)^[2]

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Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Helens	23	21	0	2	713	298	+415	42	Super League Super 8s
2	Wigan Warriors	23	16	0	7	573	345	+228	32
3	Castleford Tigers	23	15	1	7	567	480	+87	31
4	Warrington Wolves	23	14	1	8	531	410	+121	29
5	Huddersfield Giants	23	11	1	11	427	629	−202	23
6	Hull F.C.	23	11	0	12	534	544	−10	22
7	Wakefield Trinity	23	10	1	12	581	506	+75	21
8	Catalans Dragons	23	10	1	12	488	531	−43	21
9	Leeds Rhinos	23	8	2	13	441	527	−86	18	The Qualifiers
10	Hull KR	23	8	1	14	476	582	−106	17
11	Salford Red Devils	23	7	0	16	384	597	−213	14
12	Widnes Vikings	23	3	0	20	387	653	−266	6

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Attendance	Report
1 February	1	Hull F.C.	A	KCOM Stadium	L	12–38	13,704	RLP
8 February	2	Warrington Wolves	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	20–6	5,104	RLP
23 February	3	St Helens	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	12–26	5,915	RLP
4 March	4	Wakefield Trinity	A	Mobile Rocket Stadium	L	4–22	4,055	RLP
9 March	5	Widnes Vikings	A	Halton Stadium	W	28–16	4,298	RLP
15 March	6	Hull Kingston Rovers	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	6–38	4,612	RLP
23 March	7	Wigan Warriors	A	DW Stadium	L	10–48	10,641	RLP
30 March	8	Leeds Rhinos	H	John Smiths Stadium	D	22–22	7,544	RLP
2 April	9	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	6–27	8,853	RLP
8 April	10	Castleford Tigers	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	28–40	5,945	RLP
15 April	11	Salford Red Devils	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	12–30	4,385	RLP
20 April	12	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	L	4–66	10,278	RLP
27 April	13	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	4–38	8,792	RLP
4 May	14	Widnes Vikings	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	28–18	4,645	RLP
20 May	15	Wakefield Trinity	N	St James' Park	W	25–22	25,438	RLP
25 May	16	Salford Red Devils	A	AJ Bell Stadium	W	24–16	2,342	RLP
8 June	17	Leeds Rhinos	A	Headingley Stadium	W	25–18	11,051	RLP
15 June	18	Catalans Dragons	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	26–25	9,121	RLP
29 June	19	Hull Kingston Rovers	A	KCOM Craven Park	L	10–37	7,080	RLP
5 July	20	Hull F.C.	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	29–18	4,696	RLP
12 July	21	Wigan Warriors	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	20–12	5,264	RLP
20 July	22	Castleford Tigers	A	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	W	32–18	5,406	RLP
27 July	23	Wakefield Trinity	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	16–12	5,697	RLP

Pos	Team v t e	Pld	W	D	L	PF	PA	PD	Pts	Qualification
1	St. Helens (L)	30	26	0	4	895	408	+487	52	Semi-finals
2	Wigan Warriors (C)	30	23	0	7	740	417	+323	46
3	Castleford Tigers	30	20	1	9	767	582	+185	41
4	Warrington Wolves	30	18	1	11	767	561	+206	37
5	Wakefield Trinity	30	13	1	16	747	696	+51	27
6	Huddersfield Giants	30	13	1	16	539	794	−255	27
7	Catalans Dragons	30	12	1	17	596	750	−154	25
8	Hull F.C.	30	11	0	19	615	787	−172	22

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Attendance	Report
10 August	S1	St Helens	A	Totally Wicked Stadium	W	16–12	8,979	RLP
17 August	S2	Hull F.C.	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	26–6	4,499	RLP
31 August	S3	Wakefield Trinity	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	16–42	4,963	RLP
7 September	S4	Warrington Wolves	A	Halliwell Jones Stadium	L	24–26	9,076	RLP
13 September	S5	Castleford Tigers	A	Mend-A-Hose Jungle	L	12–44	7,279	RLP
20 September	S6	Wigan Warriors	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	6–13	4,197	RLP
29 September	S7	Catalans Dragons	A	Stade Gilbert Brutus	L	12–22	7,304	RLP

Date	Round	Versus	H/A	Venue	Result	Score	Tries	Goals	Attendance	Report
11 May	6	Wakefield Trinity	H	John Smiths Stadium	W	24–14			2,631	RLP
31 May	Quarter-finals	Catalans Dragons	H	John Smiths Stadium	L	6–20			2,151	RLP

Results

Name	Signed from	Contract	Date
Jordan Rankin	Wests Tigers	3 Years	August 2017^[5]
Adam Walne	Salford Red Devils	3 Years	September 2017^[6]
Colton Roche	Bradford Bulls	2 Years	October 2017^[7]

Name	Signed for	Contract	Date
Sam Rapira	Toulouse Olympique	1 Year	September 2017^[8]
Harry Woollard	Dewsbury Rams	1 Year	September 2017^[9]
Mikey Wood	Bradford Bulls	1 Year (Loan)	October 2017^[10]
Jamie Ellis	Castleford Tigers	3 Years	October 2017^[11]
Nathan Mason	Leigh Centurions	1 Year (Loan)	October 2017^[12]
Izaac Farrell	Batley Bulldogs	1 Year (Loan)	November 2017^[13]
Liam Johnson	Bradford Bulls	1 Year (Loan)	November 2017^[14]
Billy Hayes	Dewsbury Rams	1 Year	November 2017^[15]
Jared Simpson	Dewsbury Rams	1 Year (Loan)	December 2017^[16]