Brough and Brown Brush Aside Bulls

Huddersfield Giants 50-16 Bradford Bulls Tom Biltcliffe

Huddersfield Giants strolled to the top of the Super League with a convincing 50-16 victory over West Yorkshire rivals Bradford Bulls.

Nathan Brown’s men recorded an impressive nine tries to reach the summit, with the loss to Castleford in round 2, the only blot on their copybook so far this term.

“I was pleased with our intensity from the off” said Brown, “We’ve worked on our discipline and when you have players such as [Danny] Brough and [Kevin] Brown down the other end, we know we’re always capable of scoring.”

England prospects Jermaine McGillvary and Leroy Cudjoe got the Giants on the board with tries in the first five minutes before David Fa’aologo was the beneficiary of a fortuitous kick that he took in his stride to open up a 12 point lead inside the first quarter of an hour.

Despite missing his first three attempts at goal, Brough didn’t have to wait long to get in on the act, converting full back Scott Grix’s touch down at the base of the post.

Bulls boss Mick Potter lamented his sides’ poor defending, “By the time it’s 18-0, we had only seen the ball once in nine sets and struggled to find a rhythm. We have a lot of work to do on our defending.”

Huddersfield were as good as the visitors were poor. The Bulls have conceded the second highest number of points in the league and although winger Shaun Ainscough scampered over for a score, Potter knew it was an uphill task with his side trailing 30-6 at half time. Larne Patrick had registered before Graeme Horne got the first of his brace just before the interval.

The day belonged to Huddersfield’s half backs though and, after McGillvary had grabbed his second before Dale Ferguson joined the party, Horne’s second try was created by the flourishing partnership of Brough and Brown with the latter taking credit as the architect of a fluent move.

Captain Kevin Brown said, “We were ruthless with the ball in hand, when the big ball carriers make so many yards it’s easy for us to capitalise.”

With the Champions, Wigan Warriors, due in town on Friday night at the Galpharm, Brown called for the same intensity, “We know that they’re a step up in class, but we’ll prepare the right way as always and it’s nice to be at the top right now.”

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