Finnigan: Consistency is the key for Giants Sat February 21, 2009 Source: www.giantsrl.com
Huddersfield Giants two try hero Simon Finnigan insists consistency is the key for the Giants following the superb Round 1 victory against Catalans Dragons in Perpignan last Saturday.
"We are confident on what we can achieve, but to get there we need to perform each week consistently well. That's how teams get into the top 4 or the top 2, because they are consistently good each week. If we can play consistently well over 27 rounds then there is no doubt we will be up there. That's our challenge, to be an elite club who play consistently well each week, not just on a weekend but at training too and so far we are doing that, so only time will tell."
The Second Row forward also sang the praises of Head Coach Nathan Brown who will take charge of his first home league game, with St Helens the visitors to the Galpharm Stadium on Sunday (3.00pm).
"Nathan has been excellent, he is very relaxed on the training field and he is good to have around. He is a very astute man and very hands on, but you can also talk to him about off-field things and he is a genuinely good bloke. I've really enjoyed working with him so far."
After an immense effort at the Stade Gilbert Brutus that saw Finnigan accumulate 39 tackles as well as his two opportunist tries, the Irish international admits he feels fitter than ever before.
"I feel pretty fit at the minute, we all do. That's one thing we took into the game against Catalans, we have had a pretty tough pre-season and when you know you are fully fit it brings that little bit of extra confidence into your game. We went through some tough times in France, I think we defended 3 or 4 sets on the bounce but we knew that we would get through it. Speaking to the boys at the weekend, everyone was saying how they feel the fittest they have done for a long time. At the back end of the year, I think that is where it will pay off for us."
With a large crowd expected and the prospect of a titanic clash looming against Mick Potters side, Finnigan insists he and his fellow troops will have to be on top of their game record a famous victory.
"It was a good start to the season last week but Saints is a benchmark for us. Since I have been playing Super League they have been up near the top of the league and it will be a good test to see where we are at this weekend. They probably didn't play at their best last weekend, but good teams find a way to win. We are going to have to play well for 80 minutes."
Rleague Interview: Ireland Lock Simon Finnigan Thu November 6, 2008 by Matthew O'Neill Ireland have run out convincing 34-16 winners against Samoa to advance through to the Qualifying Final against Fiji and one of their best performers was lock forward Simon Finnigan, who scored a try and got through a mountain of work.
Finnigan backed up a break on the inside to score Ireland's try and produced a strong all-round performance as Ireland upset Samoa to advance through to the next round where they'll take on Fiji with the winner to play Australia in the Semi Final.
Finnigan said it was a tough game and he was over the moon that Ireland got the points. A lot of people written off Ireland, but Finnigan was confident that Ireland would get up on top.
The victory by Ireland will be a massive boost for Irish Rugby League according to Finnigan and if they can overcome Fiji it would put Rugby League on the map in Ireland.
When asked about a European Cup Finnigan said it would be excellent for the game, but wondered whether England would be in favour of such a concept.
Finnigan said that the World Cup has been a roller coaster ride and that the team spirit is unbelievable. Finnigan said that no one expected Ireland to progress this far in the World Cup and will be taking each game as it comes.
Finnigan this year played for Bradford in the Super League competition and next year will be transferring to Huddersfield where he'll be coached by Nathan Brown. Finnigan said that he's excited to be coached by Brown and said that he did pretty well at the Dragons.
[View] Round 19 [25 Jun 10] D 16-16 v Hull KR (H). [SR] [View] Round 20 [04 Jul 10] L 18-44 v Castleford (A). [SR] [View] Round 22 [16 Jul 10] L 20-21 v Leeds (A). [SR] [View] Round 23 [25 Jul 10] W 40-4 v Harlequins (H). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 24 [01 Aug 10] W 58-6 v Wakefield (H). [BE] [View] Round 25 [15 Aug 10] W 18-16 v Wigan (A). [BE] [View] Round 26 [22 Aug 10] W 52-4 v Salford City (H). [BE]
[View] Round 1 [14 Feb 09] W 30-8 v Les Catalans (A). [LK] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 2 [22 Feb 09] L 6-23 v St Helens (H). [LK] [View] Round 3 [27 Feb 09] W 16-12 v Bradford (A). [LK] [View] Round 6 [22 Mar 09] W 46-6 v Harlequins (H). [LK] [View] Round 7 [27 Mar 09] W 22-8 v Wigan (A). [LK] [View] Round 8 [10 Apr 09] W 30-10 v Celtic (H). [LK] [View] Round 9 [13 Apr 09] W 30-8 v Hull KR (A). [LK] [View] Round 10 [18 Apr 09] L 6-34 v Leeds (H). [LK] [View] Round 11 [26 Apr 09] L 18-40 v Warrington (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 12 [03 May 09] W 40-16 v Celtic. [BE] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 14 [24 May 09] W 54-6 v Wakefield (A). [LK] [View] Round 17 [19 Jun 09] L 6-13 v Castleford (H). [SR] [View] Round 18 [26 Jun 09] W 34-10 v Salford City (A). [SR] [View] Round 20 [11 Jul 09] W 32-16 v Harlequins (A). [LK] [View] Round 22 [26 Jul 09] W 36-12 v Les Catalans (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 23 [31 Jul 09] W 24-0 v Hull FC (A). [SR] [View] Round 25 [21 Aug 09] L 10-12 v St Helens (A). [SR] [View] Round 26 [05 Sep 09] W 42-16 v Celtic (A). [LK] [View] Finals Week 1 [19 Sep 09] L 2-15 v St Helens (A). [F8] [View] Finals Week 2 [25 Sep 09] L 6-16 v Catalans (H). [SR]
[View] Pool C [27 Oct 08] L 20-22 v Tonga. [LK] [View] Pool C [05 Nov 08] W 34-16 v Samoa. [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Qualifying Final [10 Nov 08] L 14-30 v Fiji. [LK]
[View] Round 2 [16 Feb 08] W 38-12 v Huddersfield (H). [BE] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 3 [22 Feb 08] L 16-22 v St Helens (H). [BE] [View] Round 4 [01 Mar 08] L 14-28 v Wigan (A). [BE] [View] Round 5 [08 Mar 08] W 20-18 v Les Catalans (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 6 [16 Mar 08] W 23-10 v Warrington (H). [SR] [View] Round 7 [20 Mar 08] L 2-44 v Leeds (A). [SR] [View] Round 8 [24 Mar 08] W 32-24 v Harlequins (H). [LK] [View] Round 9 [30 Mar 08] W 50-4 v Castleford (H). [BE] [View] Round 10 [04 Apr 08] W 24-8 v Hull FC (A). [SR] [View] Round 11 [13 Apr 08] L 18-20 v Hull KR (A). [BE] [View] Round 12 [27 Apr 08] W 26-12 v Wigan (H). [BE] [View] Round 13 [03 May 08] L 26-40 v Leeds. [BE] [View] Round 14 [18 May 08] W 46-24 v Castleford (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 15 [23 May 08] L 14-30 v Leeds (H). [BE] [View] Round 16 [08 Jun 08] L 16-24 v Les Catalans (H). [BE] [View] Round 17 [13 Jun 08] L 20-58 v St Helens (A). [SR] [View] Round 18 [22 Jun 08] W 36-22 v Hull FC (H). [BE] [View] Round 19 [29 Jun 08] W 40-20 v Hull KR (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 20 [06 Jul 08] L 24-25 v Huddersfield (A). [BE] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 21 [11 Jul 08] L 28-32 v Warrington (A). [SR] [View] Round 22 [20 Jul 08] W 24-10 v Wakefield (H). [SR] [View] Round 23 [03 Aug 08] L 24-36 v Harlequins (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 24 [08 Aug 08] L 18-28 v Leeds (A). [SR] [View] Round 25 [17 Aug 08] W 42-14 v Hull FC (H). [SR] [View] Round 26 [25 Aug 08] W 42-18 v Hull KR (H). [SR] [View] Round 27 [06 Sep 08] W 18-16 v Castleford (A). [SR] [View] Finals Week 1 [12 Sep 08] L 14-30 v Wigan (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 07] L 26-30 v Leeds (H). [LK] [View] Round 2 [17 Feb 07] D 18-18 v Harlequins (A). [LK] [View] Round 3 [25 Feb 07] L 24-36 v Wakefield (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 4 [03 Mar 07] W 10-0 v Les Catalans (H). [LK] [View] Round 5 [11 Mar 07] L 18-56 v Bradford (A). [LK] [View] Round 6 [16 Mar 07] L 8-25 v Wigan (H). [LK] [View] Round 7 [25 Mar 07] W 18-16 v Huddersfield (A). [LK] [View] Round 8 [06 Apr 07] L 32-34 v Warrington (H). [LK] [View] Round 9 [09 Apr 07] L 4-48 v St Helens (A). [LK] [View] Round 10 [13 Apr 07] L 18-35 v Hull FC (H). [LK] [View] Round 11 [22 Apr 07] W 28-24 v Hull KR (A). [LK] [View] Round 12 [27 Apr 07] L 24-50 v Wigan (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 13 [06 May 07] L 18-50 v Warrington. [LK] [View] Round 14 [19 May 07] L 6-66 v Les Catalans (A). [LK] [View] Round 15 [25 May 07] W 14-12 v Huddersfield (H). [LK] [View] Round 16 [01 Jun 07] L 26-27 v St Helens (A). [LK] [View] Round 17 [15 Jun 07] W 5-2 v Harlequins (H). [LK] [View] Round 18 [29 Jul 07] L 26-48 v Hull FC (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 19 [06 Jul 07] L 18-35 v Wakefield (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 20 [15 Jul 07] L 6-42 v Warrington (A). [LK] [View] Round 21 [21 Jul 07] W 14-10 v Bradford (H). [LK] [View] Round 22 [03 Aug 07] L 24-30 v Hull KR (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 23 [10 Aug 07] L 14-52 v Leeds (A). [LK] [View] Round 25 [31 Aug 07] L 16-40 v Wigan (A). [LK] [View] Round 27 [14 Sep 07] L 26-34 v Warrington (H). [SR]
[View] Round 1 [12 Feb 06] W 24-6 v Warrington (A). [LK] [View] Round 2 [17 Feb 06] W 16-0 v Catalans (H). [LK] [View] Round 3 [24 Feb 06] L 4-34 v Bradford (A). [SR] [View] Round 4 [03 Mar 06] W 28-10 v Wigan (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 5 [11 Mar 06] W 48-10 v Wildcats (H). [LK] 12 Pts; 3t [View] Round 6 [17 Mar 06] L 12-20 v Rhinos (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 7 [25 Mar 06] W 28-22 v Les Catalans (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 8 [07 Apr 06] W 36-18 v Huddersfield (H). [LK] [View] Round 9 [14 Apr 06] W 22-6 v Warrington (A). [LK] [View] Round 10 [17 Apr 06] L 18-24 v Leeds (H). [LK] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 11 [21 Apr 06] L 10-12 v St Helens (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 12 [30 Apr 06] L 26-28 v Castleford (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 13 [05 May 06] W 26-12 v Wakefield (H). [LK] [View] Round 14 [14 May 06] L 18-32 v Huddersfield (A). [LK] [View] Round 15 [29 May 06] L 28-29 v Harlequins (H). [LK] [View] Round 16 [11 Jun 06] W 36-18 v Wakefield (A). [LK] [View] Round 17 [16 Jun 06] L 18-19 v Leeds (H). [LK] [View] Round 18 [24 Jun 06] L 6-28 v St Helens (A). [LK] [View] Round 19 [30 Jun 06] W 17-16 v Bradford (H). [LK] [View] Round 24 [11 Aug 06] W 35-34 v Warrington (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 25 [20 Aug 06] L 10-11 v Hull FC (A). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 26 [03 Sep 06] L 18-24 v Huddersfield (A). [LK] [View] Round 27 [08 Sep 06] W 26-16 v Castleford (H). [LK] [View] Round 28 [16 Sep 06] L 18-40 v Harlequins (A). [LK] [View] Finals Week One [23 Sep 06] L 6-52 v Bradford (A). [SR]
[View] Round 1 [11 Feb 05] L 18-40 v St Helens (A). [BE] [View] Round 2 [20 Feb 05] W 31-22 v Bulls (H). [BE] [View] Round 3 [27 Feb 05] L 8-66 v Rhinos (A). [BE] [View] Round 4 [06 Mar 05] L 20-32 v Wigan (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 5 [11 Mar 05] L 18-34 v Huddersfield (A). [LK] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 6 [18 Mar 05] L 8-66 v London (A). [F8] [View] Round 7 [25 Mar 05] W 35-28 v Leigh (H). [LK] [View] Round 8 [29 Mar 05] L 12-44 v Warrington (A). [LK] [View] Round 9 [10 Apr 05] L 28-32 v Hull (A). [LK] 8 Pts; 2t [View] Round 10 [17 Apr 05] L 6-22 v Salford (H). [LK] [View] Round 11 [23 Apr 05] L 20-42 v Rhinos (H). [LK] [View] Round 12 [29 Apr 05] L 22-23 v Wigan (A). [LK] [View] Round 13 [15 May 05] W 47-34 v Wildcats (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 14 [21 May 05] L 22-29 v St Helens (H). [LK] [View] Round 15 [29 May 05] W 40-12 v Huddersfield (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 16 [05 Jun 05] W 34-14 v Leigh (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 19 [03 Jul 05] L 24-25 v Warrington (H). [LK] [View] Round 20 [08 Jul 05] L 16-34 v Salford (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 21 [17 Jul 05] L 18-44 v Wildcats (H). [LK] [View] Round 22 [24 Jul 05] L 20-40 v Hull (H). [LK] [View] Round 23 [07 Aug 05] L 24-74 v Bulls (A). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 24 [14 Aug 05] L 24-48 v Wigan (H). [LK] [View] Round 25 [21 Aug 05] L 16-60 v Warrington (H). [LK] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 26 [04 Sep 05] L 6-46 v Wildcats (A). [BE] [View] Round 27 [11 Sep 05] W 36-20 v Leigh (H). [SR] 4 Pts; 1t [View] Round 28 [18 Sep 05] L 10-68 v London (A). [SR]
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