Semi Finals
St Helens 14 l. Huddersfield Giants 24

2009 Challenge Cup Index [Draw] [Club Headlines]

Location: United Kingdom > National > First Grade Competition: Challenge Cup

Brown's Giants dump Saints out
Mon August 10, 2009
Source: www.superleague.co.uk

Huddersfield Giants ended the four-year reign of Carnegie Challenge Cup holders St Helens in brilliant fashion with a second upset of the weekend's semi-finals.

The Giants took their engage Super League form into the cup at Warrington Wolves' Halliwell Jones Stadium to hand Saints their first defeat since the semi-finals of 2005 and end their hopes of a fourth successive triumph.

Winger Francis Meli scored a hat-trick of tries for the holders but Saints could not argue over the outcome after being snuffed out by the tough-tackling Giants.

Loose forward Stephen Wild, a final loser with both Wigan and the Giants, scored two of their five tries as the Yorkshiremen booked a Wembley showdown with Warrington on August 29.

It will be the Giants' second final in three years but their first at Wembley since 1962, and they will be favourites to lift the trophy for the first time since 1953.

Under Australian coach Nathan Brown and captain and countryman Brett Hodgson, Huddersfield have become a superbly drilled outfit whose strength lies in their bulldozing front row and hard-working defence to which Saints simply had no answer.

Mick Potter's men lacked the creative touch of Sean Long, who failed to make his anticipated comeback from a broken jaw, while James Roby, who was back from a broken hand, failed to make his traditional impact from the bench.


Brown names Huddersfield Cup Semi squad v St Helens
Sat August 8, 2009
Huddersfield Giants Head Coach Nathan Brown has named his 1- man squad for Sunday's mouth-watering Carnegie Challenge Cup semi final clash.

Supporters still wanting to get tickets for the game can do so from the Ticket Office at The Halliwell Jones Stadium on Sunday from midday. Tickets in the West Stand are priced at 17 adults /6 concessions & East Stand 20 adults/ 7 for concessions.

Coach tickets are still available from the Galpharm Stadium Ticket Office until 12 midday on Saturday priced at 12.

The Giants 19 man squad is:

1) Brett Hodgson
3) Kevin Brown
4) Paul Whatuira
5) David Hodgson
6) Liam Fulton
7) Luke Robinson
8) Eorl Crabtree
9) David Faiumu
10 Darrell Griffin
11) Jamahl Lolesi
13) Stephen Wild
14) Simon Finnigan
15) Paul Jackson
16) Keith Mason
18) Danny Kirmond
19) Michael Lawrence
20) Scott Moore
21) Leroy Cudjoe
24) Shaun Lunt

Coach: Nathan Brown

Sat August 8, 2009
• St Helens squad for Cup Semi v Huddersfield
  

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