Round 14
Huddersfield Giants 32 d. Salford City Reds 18

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Location: United Kingdom > National > First Grade Competition: English Super League

Drew's delight at Giants victory
Tue May 16, 2006
Source: www.giantsrl.com

After a good team performance in his sides 32-18 victory against Salford, Giants Man of the Match Brad Drew believed it to be a crucial win for his sides top six chances.

Double tryscorer Drew commented, "It was a good result, one which was desperately needed for our pursuit of a top six place. The win also added to the confidence of the players, a confidence which has been building week by week."

Drew also looked forward to his team's Powergen Challenge Cup clash with York City Knights on Sunday 21st May at the Galpharm Stadium (KO 3pm).

Drew said, "The Powergen Challenge Cup is a huge competition for the club this year, and all the boys are looking forward to the game. We know that with it being the Cup and a knockout competition York will put up a tough contest. We cannot underestimate them and we need to be professional in the build up to the game."

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Giants beat Salford
Mon May 15, 2006
Source: www.giantsrl.com

John Wilshere went from hero to villain in Salford's engage Super League clash at the Galpharm Stadium as Huddersfield avenged defeat at The Willows last month with an easy win.

Papua New Guinea winger Wilshere split Huddersfield's defence with a brilliant kick-through for Luke Robinson to dive over unchallenged after 15 minutes.

Wilshere, who joined Salford from Leigh Centurions in the close season, converted to tie the scores at 6-6 after Brad Drew had put the home side ahead early on with the first of an impressive double.

But Wilshere blundered on 28 minutes by dropping a pass from Stuart Littler close to his own try-line, with Huddersfield substitute Eorl Crabtree collecting the loose ball and diving over.

It stretched the Giants' lead to 18-6 after Stuart Donlan had put Huddersfield back in front with a converted score on 21 minutes, and the deficit proved too big for Salford to overcome.

Drew dived over again before the break as Huddersfield's pack constantly pressured Salford into handling errors and forward passes.

The Giants, who inflicted the first defeat on Super League leaders St Helens last week, stretched their advantage further when Martin Aspinwall dived over in the right corner from Drew's fine pass.

Salford got some respite with converted tries from Aaron Moule and substitute Stephen Myler. Myler's effort was controversial as he appeared to be standing in an offside position when he collected Karl Fitzpatrick's kick-through eight minutes from time.

But the visitors' misery was completed in the closing stages when Malcolm Alker was sin-binned for starting a mass brawl.

Huddersfield's Wayne McDonald was also yellow-carded for retaliation, while centre Michael De Vere completed a perfect goal-kicking record by belting over the resulting penalty.

Huddersfield, who had lost five straight games before beating Saints last week, reignited their play-off hopes with this win, and it comes as a timely boost ahead of their Powergen Challenge Cup tie with York next week.

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