Huddersfield Giants
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Huddersfield Giants are a professional rugby league
club from Huddersfield
, West Yorkshire
who play in the European Super League
competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium
which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C.
. Huddersfield is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union
in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams. With a trophy haul of 7 Championships and 6 Challenge Cups they are historically one of the most successful clubs in Rugby League.
The club, particularly amongst older supporters, is sometimes referred locally as Fartown named after the ground which they occupied up until 1992, which is located in the Fartown
district of Huddersfield.
They play in a distinctive strip of a claret shirt with thin gold hoops, claret shorts and claret and gold hooped socks and are currently sponsored by Caboodle. They have rivalries with Leeds Rhinos
, Bradford Bulls
, Warrington Wolves
and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
. Over the past few years the yorkshire club have been building a very productive partnership with Co-operative Championship side Batley Bulldogs
, This partnership has all the makings of being successful and the fans of both sides have taken to this partnership.
match being played in the Huddersfield area is in 1848, when a team of men from Hepworth
took on a team of men from Holmfirth
near Whnuil Bank in Holmfirth. Hepworth won a close fought game which "exhibited the usual amount of confusions, bloody noses, etc" and took the prize of £5 which had been jointly donated by each side.
There appears to have been no formal structure to sport in the Huddersfield
area until the opening of the Apollo Gymnasium on August 3, 1850. At this time the gymnasium was the only venue in the town where young men could take part in physical activities, it offered the opportunity to participate in fencing, swimming
, bowling
, cricket
and many other sports.
In 1864 the Apollo Gymnasium was turned into the Gymnasium Theatre. The athletes of the gymnasium responded by forming a more organised athletics association. In an advertisement headed "Huddersfield Athletic Club" they invited "gentlemen desirous of becoming members" to a public meeting at 8 o'clock on the evening of November 16, 1864 at the Queen Hotel. The meeting went ahead, a hundred names were registered and a committee was formed. Within a month a new gymnasium was in service in a basement on Back John William Street.
On January 27, 1866 twenty members of the Huddersfield Athletic Club agreed to play a football match against twenty of the Huddersfield Rifle Corps at Rifle Field in Trinity Street. Although the result was a scoreless draw, a large crowd was attracted. In light of this the Huddersfield Athletic Club agreed to start a football section which was to start at the beginning of December 1866. Initially the Huddersfield Athletic Club made no contribution to the support of the football club and each paying member was forced to pay a subscription of 2s 6d. As the football club grew, it became a useful recruiting tool for the Huddersfield Athletic Club. In 1869 six matches were played and by 1870 three of the club's players had been selected to represent Yorkshire
. By 1872 there were so many players that a second team was formed.
The growth in popularity of the club and the need for better facilities led to the Huddersfield Athletic Club approaching St John's Cricket Club with a proposal to merge the two clubs. St John's Cricket Club had been formed in 1866 at Hillhouse and had moved to Fartown ground. By 1875, when amalgamation talks began, over £800 had been spent on developing the new ground. At a meeting on November 27, 1875, at the Thornhill Arms Inn the two clubs agreed to merge to form the Huddersfield Cricket and Athletics Club. The motion was passed by 55 votes to 37.
Initially the football section stayed at Rifle Field, but alterations made in the summer of 1878 meant that rugby could begin at the start of the 1878/9 season with the visit of Manchester Rangers on November 2. The new ground would become the club's home for 114 years and would provide the club's famous "Fartown" nickname.
, (later the Rugby Football League
).
The club has seen many ups and downs in its long history, but for the first 60 years of rugby league it was one of the powerhouses of the game, with only Wigan
as rivals in terms of trophies won.
Harold Wagstaff
was only fifteen years and one hundred and seventy-five days old when he played his first match for Huddersfield, against Bramley
in November 1906. At the time, he was the youngest first-team player the game had seen, he had signed on for a £5 signing-on fee.
Huddersfield beat the touring 1908–09 Kangaroos 5–3. They were impressed enough with stand-off Albert Rosenfeld
to sign him up that evening along with Australian Dual Code International Pat Walsh one of the best forwards of the Kangaroos. Rosenfeld played his first game against Broughton Rangers
on 11 September 1909.
The club's golden period came around the time of the First World War
. The club was able to assemble a team of players from across the British Empire
who swept all before them. Known as "The Team of All Talents", they were led by Harold Wagstaff
and are still regarded as one of the finest football teams to have ever played. In the five years leading up to the First World War they won 13 trophies.
Two members of the team, centre Harold Wagstaff
and wing Albert Rosenfeld
were honoured by inclusion in the original Rugby League Hall of Fame
. They were later joined by the Cumbrian second row Douglas Clark
. Of just seventeen players to be elected to the Hall of Fame, no fewer than three were teammates in that famous Huddersfield side. In total, Huddersfield boast five representatives in the Hall of Fame, more than any other club.
The particular fame of "The Team of All Talents" sprung from their extraordinary three quarter play. In 1911–1912, Rosenfeld became the first player to score more than 50 tries in a season – a feat previously thought to be impossible. That season he scored 78. His wing partner, Stanley Moorhouse
scored 52. In 1912–1913, Rosenfeld scored 56, and then in 1913–1914 he broke his own record with 80 tries, a record which stands to this day.
On 28 February 1914, the club defeated Swinton Park by a record 119–2 (Rosenfeld contributing 7 tries) in a Challenge Cup
tie at Fartown. The record would stand until 26 November 1994 when the Huddersfield
club broke their own World Record
by defeating Blackpool Gladiators 142–4 in a Challenge Cup tie at the McAlpine Stadium
– centre Greg Austin scoring 9 tries on his way to 52 tries that season, a world record
for a centre. In the season 1914–1915 they became only the second team to win "all four cups
" when they lifted the Championship, the Challenge Cup
, the Yorkshire Cup
, and the Yorkshire League
. Huddersfield's dominance prior to the First World War was such that they went unbeaten in 38 consecutive matches before the suspension of the league in 1915.
Huddersfield did not take part in the 1918–9 season. In the 1919–20 season, the first five games were won for a 43 match unbeaten run over six years which still stands as a record today. The unbeaten run consisted of 28 league matches, 8 Yorkshire Cup-ties, 5 Challenge Cup-ties and 2 League Championship play-offs. In addition, Huddersfield were drawing 8–8 in a Yorkshire Cup-tie that was abandoned because of fog and replayed.
The Yorkshire Cup and Yorkshire League trophies were already won when Huddersfield met Wigan in the Challenge Cup final which resulted in a 21–10 victory. Widnes
were defeated in the Championship semi-final and Hull waited at Headingley as Huddersfield strove for a clean sweep of silverware. Huddersfield were missing five players who were touring Australasia with Great Britain
and Hull won 3–2.
Albert Rosenfeld's last game for the club was on 2 April 1921, a cup-tie against Leeds.
in front of what was at the time a world record crowd of 75,194. This capitalised on a season which also brought home the Yorkshire League title.
The highest attendance at Fartown to watch a Huddersfield game was 32,912 against Wigan
on 4 March 1950. More success followed in the 1950 season as Huddersfield retained the Yorkshire League title and reached another Championship final at Maine Road. However, on this occasion Wigan proved too strong, winning 20 points to 12.
On Saturday 17 November 1951, in an ordinary league game, Australian Lionel Cooper
scored a club record ten tries, as Huddersfield defeated Keighley 48–3 at Fartown.
Before by the end of the 1950s, Huddersfield had won 3 Yorkshire cup finals, in 1950/51, 1952/53 and 1957/58, and the Challenge Cup final, in 1952/53. Huddersfield beat St Helens 15 – 10 in the 1953 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley.
Wakefield Trinity
beat Huddersfield 16–10 in the 1960 Yorkshire Cup
final at Headingley Stadium, Leeds
on 29 October 1960.
In 1962, the league was split into East and West of the Pennines; Huddersfield and Hull Kingston Rovers met at Headingley, Leeds in the first final of the Eastern Division
Championship on Saturday 10 November 1962.
Reigning Champions Huddersfield were favourites to lift the Eastern Division title, especially as Rovers were missing five first choice players with injuries. The Robins, however, set the early pace and were 10–0 up after 30 minutes. Despite a rally by Huddersfield, Rovers hung on to win 13–10.
Huddersfield Rugby League Club was on the point of collapse. A new board of directors took over in 1989 when and injected some much needed financial resources into the club. The 'Barracudas' and 'Arena 84' were dropped for the 1988/9 season. Nigel Stephenson
was appointed as coach and Huddersfield were helped by several clubs, in particular Featherstone Rovers
, to put a reasonable squad together. As well as beginning to improve the playing staff, the new owners also carried out a considerable amount of work on the Fartown stadium and by the end of the 1989/90 season significant progress was being made. Average crowds topped 1,500 for the first time since the 1970s.
Shortly after the 1991/2 season had begun, Alex Murphy
took over as coach in 1991. Huddersfield were the first ever champions of the newly-formed third division in 1991/2. Promotion to the Second Division had been achieved, and there was pride once again in the famous claret and gold shirt. The expense of this achievement cost the club dearly and a new financial crisis arrived. However, along came a bright new consortium who began to shape the future of the club once again. The club left Fartown and moved to Huddersfield Town's home ground at Leeds Road in 1992.
In 1993 six teams were invited to take part in an inaugural European Clubs Championship, the six teams consisted of two from the USSR; Tiraspol and Moscow Magicians, two from France; Carcassonne and XIII Catalan
and Batley and Huddersfield. Only weeks before departure the plans collapsed as both Soviet clubs pulled out due to financial difficulties, closely followed by Batley, Carcassonne who had just five players available due to a players’ strike. This left just Huddersfield and XIII Catalan to meet in the "final" in Barcelona. The lead changed hands three times before Huddersfield held on for a 23 – 22 victory.
Huddersfield promoted as 3rd Division Champions in April 1993 but the receiver was called in May 1994. Huddersfield took a share in the new McAlpine Stadium (now known as Galpharm Stadium
) in 1994. In 1995 the first team reached the final of the Second Division premiership competition at Old Trafford
.
season and changed from a winter to a summer season. As the sport in Britain entered a new era it would be two years before Huddersfield rose again to the top level of the game.
In 1996, Ken Davy
took over as chairman of Huddersfield and "Giants" was added to the team name. Ken’s first trophy came in 1997 at Old Trafford where Huddersfield beat Hull 18–0 in the Divisional Championship.
In 1998, due to the collapse of Paris St Germain the club was promoted to Super League despite not winning the second division title. However, dark days continued, the team struggled to compete, winning only a handful of games. Garry Schofield
was removed as Huddersfield Giants coach after 12 matches in 1998 because he lacked the necessary coaching qualifications. He was replaced by Mal Reilly
, who was sacked at the end of the season.
In late 1999, the club merged with Sheffield Eagles
almost purely for financial reasons. Sheffield coach John Kear
took over as head coach of the merged side. They were officially known as the Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants, but more popularly as 'Shuddersfield'. The Association of Premiership Clubs blocked proposals for a separate Huddersfield team in the Northern Ford Premiership. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/attempted-revival-of-don-valley-club-hits-the-buffers-741474.html They played two home games in Sheffield at Bramall Lane
with the others in Huddersfield, the away strip was in the Sheffield Eagles colours. In the 2000 season Huddersfield-Sheffield won only four games, three of them against rivals Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
. This arrangement lasted only a season before the Huddersfield name was reverted to, due to rejection from both sets of fans. In the four seasons between 1998 and 2001, they lost 81 times in 99 matches, avoiding relegation for a variety of reasons.
Coach John Kear was sacked and this signaled a change in fortune for the club. Little-known Australian Tony Smith
was appointed as coach for the 2001 season after a rigorous process. This did not seem to have any effect as the club lost he first 14 matches of the season, culminating in a 78 point embarrassment by Bradford Bulls
. This low point became a pivotal day for the club, however. The club won 6 and drew one of the remaining 14 games, only finishing bottom of the table after Wakefield's appeal against a 4-point salary cap deduction was successful. Widnes Vikings
won the NFP competition that year and the club was seen to be fit to play in Super League. The Giants were finally relegated after their best season in Super League.
In 2002 Huddersfield Giants remained a full-time professional teams despite playing in the Northern Ford Premiership
. The club went unbeaten for the entire league season, drawing only one match and winning a record equalling 29 games. Along the way the team accumulated 1,156 points to equal the record for points in a league season achieved in 8 more games by Leigh
in 1986. The team won the Buddies Cup, as it was then known, and also the NFP Grand Final against Leigh in October 2002, which secured promotion back to the Super League for the 2003 season.
In 2003 under Smith, the Giants established themselves as a Super League club, finishing 10th, above Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
and Halifax Blue Sox
. After guiding the Giants back to Super League, Smith and assistant coach Brian McDermott
moved onto Headingley to take control of the Leeds Rhinos
. St Helens assistant coach and former Hull forward Jon Sharp
was appointed head coach for 2004 and the team improved again, finishing 7th in the league and making their first appearance in the Challenge Cup semi-finals since 1971.
The beginning of the 2005 Super League season saw the club make its highest-profile signing in fifty years when Australian centre Michael De Vere
signed from the Brisbane Broncos
, becoming the club's first Australian international player since Pat Devery
in the 1950s.
For the kick off of the 2006 season the club unveiled a host of new signings to strengthen the squad, including the iconic New Zealand international scrum half Robbie Paul
. After a convincing victory over Salford
in the quarter final, the Giants faced Leeds Rhinos
(ironically coached by Tony Smith) in the Challenge Cup semi-final at Odsal Stadium
, Bradford. Against all the odds, massive underdogs Huddersfield pulled out what is regarded as possibly their best performance of modern times, Stuart Donlan and Chris Nero
with 2 tries apiece and Michael De Vere
with a try and five goals steering them to a 30–12 victory. Huddersfield lost the 2006 Challenge Cup Final to eventual Super League champions St Helens 42–12, but the performance heralded the best Huddersfield achievement since 1970.
, John Skandalis
and Shane Elford
, as well as Ryan Hudson
who returned to rugby league after completing a 2-year drugs ban.
Despite much optimism, the season started horrendously for the Giants in terms of results. After 7 consecutive losses they found themselves marooned at the foot of the table, 5 points adrift, but ironically with the second best defence in the league. Large sections of the fans began to question the coach's ability and as a result crowds began to dwindle and morale was beginning to suffer. However, Jon Sharp
maintained that the Giants could turn it around, noting that all of their prior defeats were within a converted try of victory.
By the end of May, the picture was totally different. The Giants had a Challenge Cup
quarter-final to look forward to and had successfully been on their longest ever winning streak since joining the Super League (9 games including two wins in the Challenge Cup. The highlight of this run was the 36–12 victory over the Bradford Bulls
in front of the Sky Television
cameras on 18 May, the Giants first victory over the Bulls since joining the top flight. In addition, Sharp was named consecutively as Coach of the Month for April and May
The Giants winning run came to an unexpected end in a shock 14–12 defeat by Salford City Reds
at the Willows. They had been overwhelming favourites with fans and bookies as Salford have been rooted to the bottom of the table for the most of the season. After the defeat Huddersfield coach Jon Sharp was quoted as saying that the Giants had contributed to their own downfall by playing a poor kick and chase. Following the 2006 Challenge Cup Final appearance, Giants continued their progress by beating Wakefield for the 9th consecutive occasion to qualify for the play-offs for the first time and a match against Hull at the KC Stadium
, which was lost 22–16.
where they lost 25–16 to League rivals Warrington Wolves
, the team responded to their Cup defeat by finishing the season in 3rd place but lost in the play-offs twice. Firstly to St Helens away from home and then at home to Catalans Dragons
.
Many Pundits tipped the Giants to have a successful 2009 season after a very busy Off-season with Club Chairman Ken Davy bringing a new head coach & a set of new players such as Brett Hodgson
who had a superb début season winning the Super League
Man of Steel award and the Giants also picking up awards for Club of the year & Coach of the year (Nathan Brown).
2.Jordan Pearson (Dewsbury Moor ARLFC)
3.George Croisdale (Dewbury Moor ARLFC)
4.Elliot Morris (Meltham All Blacks ARLFC)
5.Tom Beaumont (Meltham All Blacks ARLFC)
6.Nathan Lowther(Dewsbury Moor ARLFC)
7.Danny Hirst(Meltham All Blacks ARLFC)
8.Mikey Wood(Slathwaite Saracens ARLFC)
9.Kruise Leeming(Siddal ARLFC)
10.Tyler Dickinson(Siddal ARLFC)
11.Will Carlos(Stanley Rangers ARLFC) (C)
12.James Samme(Dewsbury Moor ARLFC)
13.Zack McComb(Siddal ARLFC)
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European cup 1993
, Rugby Football League Championship, Yorkshire Cup
, Yorkshire League
, played during Super League
, have received a Testimonial match
, or were international representatives before, or after, their time at Huddersfield.
Les 'Juicy' Adams
John "Jock" Anderson (signed from Hawick RFC
(RU)
)
Darren "Rocky" Turner Scored a try at old Wembley
David Schofield (Testimonial match
1986)
The following is a list of Huddersfield rugby league players that have been inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame
(in alphabetical order):
Rugby league
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club from Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
, West Yorkshire
West Yorkshire
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who play in the European Super League
Super League
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competition. They play their home games at the Galpharm Stadium
Galpharm Stadium
The Galpharm Stadium, formerly the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, is a multi-use sports in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Since 1994, it has been the home ground of Huddersfield Town and Super League side, Huddersfield Giants.-The Stadium:...
which is shared with Huddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town F.C.
Huddersfield Town Football Club is an English football club formed in 1908 and based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. They currently play in League One...
. Huddersfield is also one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union
Rugby Football League
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in 1895, making them one of the world's first rugby league teams. With a trophy haul of 7 Championships and 6 Challenge Cups they are historically one of the most successful clubs in Rugby League.
The club, particularly amongst older supporters, is sometimes referred locally as Fartown named after the ground which they occupied up until 1992, which is located in the Fartown
Fartown, Huddersfield
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district of Huddersfield.
They play in a distinctive strip of a claret shirt with thin gold hoops, claret shorts and claret and gold hooped socks and are currently sponsored by Caboodle. They have rivalries with Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos
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, Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls
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, Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003....
and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
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. Over the past few years the yorkshire club have been building a very productive partnership with Co-operative Championship side Batley Bulldogs
Batley Bulldogs
Batley Bulldogs are an English professional rugby league club from Batley, West Yorkshire. They currently play in the Co-operative Championship. Batley is one of the original twenty-two rugby football clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895...
, This partnership has all the makings of being successful and the fans of both sides have taken to this partnership.
Early years
The earliest record of a footballFootball
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match being played in the Huddersfield area is in 1848, when a team of men from Hepworth
Hepworth, West Yorkshire
Hepworth is a small village to the southeast of Holmfirth and southwest of Jackson Bridge in West Yorkshire, England. It is in the metropolitan borough of Kirklees and the parish of Holme Valley....
took on a team of men from Holmfirth
Holmfirth
Holmfirth is a small town located on the A6024 Woodhead Road in the Holme Valley, within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, West Yorkshire, England. Centred upon the confluence of the Holme and Ribble rivers, Holmfirth is south of Huddersfield and from Glossop. It mostly consists of...
near Whnuil Bank in Holmfirth. Hepworth won a close fought game which "exhibited the usual amount of confusions, bloody noses, etc" and took the prize of £5 which had been jointly donated by each side.
There appears to have been no formal structure to sport in the Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
area until the opening of the Apollo Gymnasium on August 3, 1850. At this time the gymnasium was the only venue in the town where young men could take part in physical activities, it offered the opportunity to participate in fencing, swimming
Swimming (sport)
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, bowling
Bowling
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, cricket
Cricket
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and many other sports.
In 1864 the Apollo Gymnasium was turned into the Gymnasium Theatre. The athletes of the gymnasium responded by forming a more organised athletics association. In an advertisement headed "Huddersfield Athletic Club" they invited "gentlemen desirous of becoming members" to a public meeting at 8 o'clock on the evening of November 16, 1864 at the Queen Hotel. The meeting went ahead, a hundred names were registered and a committee was formed. Within a month a new gymnasium was in service in a basement on Back John William Street.
On January 27, 1866 twenty members of the Huddersfield Athletic Club agreed to play a football match against twenty of the Huddersfield Rifle Corps at Rifle Field in Trinity Street. Although the result was a scoreless draw, a large crowd was attracted. In light of this the Huddersfield Athletic Club agreed to start a football section which was to start at the beginning of December 1866. Initially the Huddersfield Athletic Club made no contribution to the support of the football club and each paying member was forced to pay a subscription of 2s 6d. As the football club grew, it became a useful recruiting tool for the Huddersfield Athletic Club. In 1869 six matches were played and by 1870 three of the club's players had been selected to represent Yorkshire
Yorkshire
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. By 1872 there were so many players that a second team was formed.
The growth in popularity of the club and the need for better facilities led to the Huddersfield Athletic Club approaching St John's Cricket Club with a proposal to merge the two clubs. St John's Cricket Club had been formed in 1866 at Hillhouse and had moved to Fartown ground. By 1875, when amalgamation talks began, over £800 had been spent on developing the new ground. At a meeting on November 27, 1875, at the Thornhill Arms Inn the two clubs agreed to merge to form the Huddersfield Cricket and Athletics Club. The motion was passed by 55 votes to 37.
Initially the football section stayed at Rifle Field, but alterations made in the summer of 1878 meant that rugby could begin at the start of the 1878/9 season with the visit of Manchester Rangers on November 2. The new ground would become the club's home for 114 years and would provide the club's famous "Fartown" nickname.
Northern Union and golden years
In 1895 the club were founder members of the Northern Rugby Football UnionRugby Football League
The Rugby Football League is the governing body for professional rugby league football in England. Based at Red Hall in Leeds, it administers the England national rugby league team, the Challenge Cup, Super League and the Rugby League Championships...
, (later the Rugby Football League
Rugby Football League
The Rugby Football League is the governing body for professional rugby league football in England. Based at Red Hall in Leeds, it administers the England national rugby league team, the Challenge Cup, Super League and the Rugby League Championships...
).
The club has seen many ups and downs in its long history, but for the first 60 years of rugby league it was one of the powerhouses of the game, with only Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
as rivals in terms of trophies won.
Harold Wagstaff
Harold Wagstaff
Harold Wagstaff was an English rugby league footballer of the early 20th century. He played as a and was nicknamed the Prince of Centres...
was only fifteen years and one hundred and seventy-five days old when he played his first match for Huddersfield, against Bramley
Bramley Buffaloes
Bramley Buffaloes is a rugby league club from the Bramley area of West Leeds in West Yorkshire, England. Previously known simply as Bramley RLFC, the club is a famous name in rugby league, having existed prior to the formation of the Northern Union in 1895...
in November 1906. At the time, he was the youngest first-team player the game had seen, he had signed on for a £5 signing-on fee.
Huddersfield beat the touring 1908–09 Kangaroos 5–3. They were impressed enough with stand-off Albert Rosenfeld
Albert Rosenfeld
Albert Aaron Rosenfeld was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative whose club career was played in Sydney and in England...
to sign him up that evening along with Australian Dual Code International Pat Walsh one of the best forwards of the Kangaroos. Rosenfeld played his first game against Broughton Rangers
Broughton Rangers
Broughton Rangers was a British rugby football, and subsequently a rugby league club. It was based in Broughton, Salford.-History:Broughton Rangers was founded in 1877 as Broughton and added Rangers for its second season...
on 11 September 1909.
The club's golden period came around the time of the First World War
World War I
World War I , which was predominantly called the World War or the Great War from its occurrence until 1939, and the First World War or World War I thereafter, was a major war centred in Europe that began on 28 July 1914 and lasted until 11 November 1918...
. The club was able to assemble a team of players from across the British Empire
British Empire
The British Empire comprised the dominions, colonies, protectorates, mandates and other territories ruled or administered by the United Kingdom. It originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries. At its height, it was the...
who swept all before them. Known as "The Team of All Talents", they were led by Harold Wagstaff
Harold Wagstaff
Harold Wagstaff was an English rugby league footballer of the early 20th century. He played as a and was nicknamed the Prince of Centres...
and are still regarded as one of the finest football teams to have ever played. In the five years leading up to the First World War they won 13 trophies.
Two members of the team, centre Harold Wagstaff
Harold Wagstaff
Harold Wagstaff was an English rugby league footballer of the early 20th century. He played as a and was nicknamed the Prince of Centres...
and wing Albert Rosenfeld
Albert Rosenfeld
Albert Aaron Rosenfeld was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative whose club career was played in Sydney and in England...
were honoured by inclusion in the original Rugby League Hall of Fame
Rugby League Hall of Fame
The Rugby League Hall of Fame is an International Hall of Fame that was combined and continually has additions from the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame, British Rugby League Hall of Fame, Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII and the...
. They were later joined by the Cumbrian second row Douglas Clark
Douglas Clark (rugby league)
Douglas "Duggy" Clark MM was an English rugby league footballer, wrestler and World War I veteran. He played at , or for Huddersfield, Cumberland, England and the Great Britain national side. Clark also served in World War I on the front line in France in 1917, earning the Military Medal for his...
. Of just seventeen players to be elected to the Hall of Fame, no fewer than three were teammates in that famous Huddersfield side. In total, Huddersfield boast five representatives in the Hall of Fame, more than any other club.
The particular fame of "The Team of All Talents" sprung from their extraordinary three quarter play. In 1911–1912, Rosenfeld became the first player to score more than 50 tries in a season – a feat previously thought to be impossible. That season he scored 78. His wing partner, Stanley Moorhouse
Stanley Moorhouse
Stan Moorhouse was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s who at representative level played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Huddersfield, and Bradford Northern playing at , i.e...
scored 52. In 1912–1913, Rosenfeld scored 56, and then in 1913–1914 he broke his own record with 80 tries, a record which stands to this day.
On 28 February 1914, the club defeated Swinton Park by a record 119–2 (Rosenfeld contributing 7 tries) in a Challenge Cup
Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....
tie at Fartown. The record would stand until 26 November 1994 when the Huddersfield
Huddersfield
Huddersfield is a large market town within the Metropolitan Borough of Kirklees, in West Yorkshire, England, situated halfway between Leeds and Manchester. It lies north of London, and south of Bradford, the nearest city....
club broke their own World Record
World record
A world record is usually the best global performance ever recorded and verified in a specific skill or sport. The book Guinness World Records collates and publishes notable records of all types, from first and best to worst human achievements, to extremes in the natural world and beyond...
by defeating Blackpool Gladiators 142–4 in a Challenge Cup tie at the McAlpine Stadium
Galpharm Stadium
The Galpharm Stadium, formerly the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, is a multi-use sports in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Since 1994, it has been the home ground of Huddersfield Town and Super League side, Huddersfield Giants.-The Stadium:...
– centre Greg Austin scoring 9 tries on his way to 52 tries that season, a world record
World record
A world record is usually the best global performance ever recorded and verified in a specific skill or sport. The book Guinness World Records collates and publishes notable records of all types, from first and best to worst human achievements, to extremes in the natural world and beyond...
for a centre. In the season 1914–1915 they became only the second team to win "all four cups
All Four Cups
Between 1905 and 1970 there were four trophies available to any British rugby league side:* Challenge Cup* Rugby Football League Championship* County league * County cup...
" when they lifted the Championship, the Challenge Cup
Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....
, the Yorkshire Cup
Rugby league county cups
Historically, British rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition for several years prior to the schism of 1895...
, and the Yorkshire League
Rugby league county leagues
The Yorkshire League and the Lancashire League formed two sections of the Rugby Football League Championship for much of its history. Initially, the 22 clubs that broke away in 1895 played in one combined league, however the following season saw the addition of many clubs, and the League was split...
. Huddersfield's dominance prior to the First World War was such that they went unbeaten in 38 consecutive matches before the suspension of the league in 1915.
Huddersfield did not take part in the 1918–9 season. In the 1919–20 season, the first five games were won for a 43 match unbeaten run over six years which still stands as a record today. The unbeaten run consisted of 28 league matches, 8 Yorkshire Cup-ties, 5 Challenge Cup-ties and 2 League Championship play-offs. In addition, Huddersfield were drawing 8–8 in a Yorkshire Cup-tie that was abandoned because of fog and replayed.
The Yorkshire Cup and Yorkshire League trophies were already won when Huddersfield met Wigan in the Challenge Cup final which resulted in a 21–10 victory. Widnes
Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings RLFC are an English professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire. They currently play in the Engage Super League, the top tier of European rugby league, after being awarded a license to compete in the top-flight Super League from 2012 onward...
were defeated in the Championship semi-final and Hull waited at Headingley as Huddersfield strove for a clean sweep of silverware. Huddersfield were missing five players who were touring Australasia with Great Britain
Great Britain national rugby league team
The Great Britain national rugby league team represents the United Kingdom in rugby league football. Administered by the Rugby Football League , the team is nicknamed "The Lions" or "Great Britain Lions"....
and Hull won 3–2.
Albert Rosenfeld's last game for the club was on 2 April 1921, a cup-tie against Leeds.
Post war
Huddersfield won the League Championship in 1949, beating Warrington 13–12 in the final at Maine RoadMaine Road
Maine Road was a football stadium in Moss Side, Manchester, England that was home to Manchester City F.C. from its construction in 1923 until 2003...
in front of what was at the time a world record crowd of 75,194. This capitalised on a season which also brought home the Yorkshire League title.
The highest attendance at Fartown to watch a Huddersfield game was 32,912 against Wigan
Wigan Warriors
Wigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
on 4 March 1950. More success followed in the 1950 season as Huddersfield retained the Yorkshire League title and reached another Championship final at Maine Road. However, on this occasion Wigan proved too strong, winning 20 points to 12.
On Saturday 17 November 1951, in an ordinary league game, Australian Lionel Cooper
Lionel Cooper
Lionel Cooper was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s. A state and international representative winger, he played in Sydney for the Eastern Suburbs club and in England for Huddersfield.-Australian career:...
scored a club record ten tries, as Huddersfield defeated Keighley 48–3 at Fartown.
Before by the end of the 1950s, Huddersfield had won 3 Yorkshire cup finals, in 1950/51, 1952/53 and 1957/58, and the Challenge Cup final, in 1952/53. Huddersfield beat St Helens 15 – 10 in the 1953 Challenge Cup Final at Wembley.
Wakefield Trinity
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
beat Huddersfield 16–10 in the 1960 Yorkshire Cup
Rugby league county cups
Historically, British rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition for several years prior to the schism of 1895...
final at Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Leeds
Leeds is a city and metropolitan borough in West Yorkshire, England. In 2001 Leeds' main urban subdivision had a population of 443,247, while the entire city has a population of 798,800 , making it the 30th-most populous city in the European Union.Leeds is the cultural, financial and commercial...
on 29 October 1960.
In 1962, the league was split into East and West of the Pennines; Huddersfield and Hull Kingston Rovers met at Headingley, Leeds in the first final of the Eastern Division
Rugby league county leagues
The Yorkshire League and the Lancashire League formed two sections of the Rugby Football League Championship for much of its history. Initially, the 22 clubs that broke away in 1895 played in one combined league, however the following season saw the addition of many clubs, and the League was split...
Championship on Saturday 10 November 1962.
Reigning Champions Huddersfield were favourites to lift the Eastern Division title, especially as Rovers were missing five first choice players with injuries. The Robins, however, set the early pace and were 10–0 up after 30 minutes. Despite a rally by Huddersfield, Rovers hung on to win 13–10.
Decline and revival
By the 1970s, the club had become a shadow of its former self, the old Fartown ground had fallen into disrepair and the club frequently finished in the lower reaches of the league. Local businessman, John Bailey, took a controlling interest in the stadium, the club and the pavilion. In 1984, in an attempt to revive the club, Huddersfield adopted the moniker 'Barracudas' and Fartown was renamed Arena 84. As the crowds continued to stay away, it became clear that Bailey could not stem the decline.Huddersfield Rugby League Club was on the point of collapse. A new board of directors took over in 1989 when and injected some much needed financial resources into the club. The 'Barracudas' and 'Arena 84' were dropped for the 1988/9 season. Nigel Stephenson
Nigel Stephenson
Nigel Stephenson is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s, '70s and '80s, and coach of the 1980s and '90s who at representative level has played for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for , Dewsbury , Bradford Northern, Carlisle, Wakefield Trinity, and York,...
was appointed as coach and Huddersfield were helped by several clubs, in particular Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a semi-professional rugby league club, based in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. They currently play in the Championship. The Rovers are one of the last vestiges of "small town teams" that were once common in rugby league during the early twentieth century...
, to put a reasonable squad together. As well as beginning to improve the playing staff, the new owners also carried out a considerable amount of work on the Fartown stadium and by the end of the 1989/90 season significant progress was being made. Average crowds topped 1,500 for the first time since the 1970s.
Shortly after the 1991/2 season had begun, Alex Murphy
Alex Murphy (rugby league)
Alex J. Murphy OBE is an English former professional rugby league footballer and coach of the mid to late 20th century...
took over as coach in 1991. Huddersfield were the first ever champions of the newly-formed third division in 1991/2. Promotion to the Second Division had been achieved, and there was pride once again in the famous claret and gold shirt. The expense of this achievement cost the club dearly and a new financial crisis arrived. However, along came a bright new consortium who began to shape the future of the club once again. The club left Fartown and moved to Huddersfield Town's home ground at Leeds Road in 1992.
In 1993 six teams were invited to take part in an inaugural European Clubs Championship, the six teams consisted of two from the USSR; Tiraspol and Moscow Magicians, two from France; Carcassonne and XIII Catalan
XIII Catalan
XIII Catalan were a French rugby league team from Perpignan, in the Catalan Pyrénées-Orientales region of France. They were founded in 1935, and thus were founding members of the French rugby league championship...
and Batley and Huddersfield. Only weeks before departure the plans collapsed as both Soviet clubs pulled out due to financial difficulties, closely followed by Batley, Carcassonne who had just five players available due to a players’ strike. This left just Huddersfield and XIII Catalan to meet in the "final" in Barcelona. The lead changed hands three times before Huddersfield held on for a 23 – 22 victory.
Huddersfield promoted as 3rd Division Champions in April 1993 but the receiver was called in May 1994. Huddersfield took a share in the new McAlpine Stadium (now known as Galpharm Stadium
Galpharm Stadium
The Galpharm Stadium, formerly the Alfred McAlpine Stadium, is a multi-use sports in Huddersfield in West Yorkshire, England. Since 1994, it has been the home ground of Huddersfield Town and Super League side, Huddersfield Giants.-The Stadium:...
) in 1994. In 1995 the first team reached the final of the Second Division premiership competition at Old Trafford
Old Trafford
Old Trafford commonly refers to two sporting arenas:* Old Trafford, home of Manchester United F.C.* Old Trafford Cricket Ground, home of Lancashire County Cricket ClubOld Trafford can also refer to:...
.
Summer era
In 1996, the first tier of British rugby league clubs played the inaugural Super LeagueSuper League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
season and changed from a winter to a summer season. As the sport in Britain entered a new era it would be two years before Huddersfield rose again to the top level of the game.
In 1996, Ken Davy
Ken Davy
Ken Davy is a businessman who is also the chairman of the Super League side Huddersfield Giants and former chairman of the Football League One side Huddersfield Town.-Career:...
took over as chairman of Huddersfield and "Giants" was added to the team name. Ken’s first trophy came in 1997 at Old Trafford where Huddersfield beat Hull 18–0 in the Divisional Championship.
In 1998, due to the collapse of Paris St Germain the club was promoted to Super League despite not winning the second division title. However, dark days continued, the team struggled to compete, winning only a handful of games. Garry Schofield
Garry Schofield
Garry E. Schofield OBE is an English retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. At the time of his retirement he was the most-capped Great Britain player of all time along with Mick Sullivan, with 46 appearances. He also won three England caps, making him the highest...
was removed as Huddersfield Giants coach after 12 matches in 1998 because he lacked the necessary coaching qualifications. He was replaced by Mal Reilly
Mal Reilly
Malcolm J. Reilly is an English former rugby league footballer and coach. A Great Britain international representative , Reilly played club football for Castleford Tigers in England and Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles in Australia...
, who was sacked at the end of the season.
In late 1999, the club merged with Sheffield Eagles
Sheffield Eagles
Sheffield Eagles RLFC are an English rugby league club based in the South Yorkshire city of Sheffield. They currently play in the Co-operative Championship. Their home games are played at Bramall Lane after leaving Don Valley Stadium in late 2009....
almost purely for financial reasons. Sheffield coach John Kear
John Kear
John Kear is an English rugby league coach and former rugby league player. Kear is currently the coach of Batley Bulldogs...
took over as head coach of the merged side. They were officially known as the Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants, but more popularly as 'Shuddersfield'. The Association of Premiership Clubs blocked proposals for a separate Huddersfield team in the Northern Ford Premiership. http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/attempted-revival-of-don-valley-club-hits-the-buffers-741474.html They played two home games in Sheffield at Bramall Lane
Bramall Lane
-Cricket at the Lane:Bramall Lane opened as a cricket ground in 1855, having been leased by Michael Ellison from the Duke of Norfolk at an annual rent of £70. The site was then away from the town's industrial area, and relatively free from smoke. It was built to host the matches of local cricket...
with the others in Huddersfield, the away strip was in the Sheffield Eagles colours. In the 2000 season Huddersfield-Sheffield won only four games, three of them against rivals Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
. This arrangement lasted only a season before the Huddersfield name was reverted to, due to rejection from both sets of fans. In the four seasons between 1998 and 2001, they lost 81 times in 99 matches, avoiding relegation for a variety of reasons.
Coach John Kear was sacked and this signaled a change in fortune for the club. Little-known Australian Tony Smith
Tony Smith (Australian rugby league coach)
Tony Smith is a British-Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is currently Head of Coaching at English Super League club, Warrington Wolves...
was appointed as coach for the 2001 season after a rigorous process. This did not seem to have any effect as the club lost he first 14 matches of the season, culminating in a 78 point embarrassment by Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....
. This low point became a pivotal day for the club, however. The club won 6 and drew one of the remaining 14 games, only finishing bottom of the table after Wakefield's appeal against a 4-point salary cap deduction was successful. Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings
Widnes Vikings RLFC are an English professional rugby league club based in Widnes, Cheshire. They currently play in the Engage Super League, the top tier of European rugby league, after being awarded a license to compete in the top-flight Super League from 2012 onward...
won the NFP competition that year and the club was seen to be fit to play in Super League. The Giants were finally relegated after their best season in Super League.
In 2002 Huddersfield Giants remained a full-time professional teams despite playing in the Northern Ford Premiership
Rugby League National Leagues
The Championship, known as Co-operative Championship due to sponsorship by The Co-operative Group, is a professional rugby league competition based in the United Kingdom. It is currently contested by ten teams from England. It acts as Europe's second-tier competition below the Super League, and has...
. The club went unbeaten for the entire league season, drawing only one match and winning a record equalling 29 games. Along the way the team accumulated 1,156 points to equal the record for points in a league season achieved in 8 more games by Leigh
Leigh Centurions
Leigh Centurions is an English professional rugby league club based in Leigh, Greater Manchester who play in the Co-operative Championship.The club was founded in 1878 as Leigh Rugby Football Club and is one of the original twenty-two clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in...
in 1986. The team won the Buddies Cup, as it was then known, and also the NFP Grand Final against Leigh in October 2002, which secured promotion back to the Super League for the 2003 season.
In 2003 under Smith, the Giants established themselves as a Super League club, finishing 10th, above Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
Wakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
and Halifax Blue Sox
Halifax RLFC
Halifax RLFC is one of the most historic rugby league clubs in the game, formed over a century ago, in 1873 in the Yorkshire town of Halifax. Known as 'Fax', the official club colours are blue and white hoops, blue shorts and blue socks . They share The Shay stadium with football club FC Halifax Town...
. After guiding the Giants back to Super League, Smith and assistant coach Brian McDermott
Brian McDermott
Brian G. McDermott is an English professional rugby league football coach and former player. He started as Head Coach of Harlequins RL of Super League on 8 July 2006 and departs on 4 September 2010.-Biography:...
moved onto Headingley to take control of the Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...
. St Helens assistant coach and former Hull forward Jon Sharp
Jon Sharp
Jon Sharp is the current first team coach of Super League club Crusaders Rugby League. Between 2004 and 2008 he was head coach of Huddersfield Giants, having been appointed in 2003 when Tony Smith left the club for Leeds Rhinos. He was also part of the Great Britain coaching set-up under head coach...
was appointed head coach for 2004 and the team improved again, finishing 7th in the league and making their first appearance in the Challenge Cup semi-finals since 1971.
The beginning of the 2005 Super League season saw the club make its highest-profile signing in fifty years when Australian centre Michael De Vere
Michael De Vere
Michael De Vere is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He represented Australia in four tests and New South Wales in five State of Origin matches...
signed from the Brisbane Broncos
Brisbane Broncos
The Brisbane Broncos are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the city of Brisbane, the capital of the state of Queensland. Founded in 1988, the Broncos play in Australasia's elite competition, the National Rugby League premiership. They have won six premierships and two...
, becoming the club's first Australian international player since Pat Devery
Pat Devery
Pat Devery is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach of the 1940s and 50s. An Australian international representative half, he played in Australia for the Balmain club, winning the 1944, '46 and '47 grand finals with them...
in the 1950s.
For the kick off of the 2006 season the club unveiled a host of new signings to strengthen the squad, including the iconic New Zealand international scrum half Robbie Paul
Robbie Paul
Robert Rawiri 'Robbie' Hunter-Paul is a New Zealand rugby league player. He currently plays for Leigh Centurions in England. He played for the New Zealand national team 27 times. He is the younger brother of Leeds Carnegie player Henry Paul.-Early years:Born in Tokoroa, New Zealand, his junior...
. After a convincing victory over Salford
Salford City Reds
Salford City Reds are an English rugby league club based in Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1873, they currently play in the Super League. They have won six Rugby Football League Championships and one Challenge Cup...
in the quarter final, the Giants faced Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...
(ironically coached by Tony Smith) in the Challenge Cup semi-final at Odsal Stadium
Odsal Stadium
Odsal Stadium is a stadium situated in Odsal, Bradford in West Yorkshire, England. The venue is used for rugby league and has been the home ground of Bradford Bulls/Bradford Northern since 1934...
, Bradford. Against all the odds, massive underdogs Huddersfield pulled out what is regarded as possibly their best performance of modern times, Stuart Donlan and Chris Nero
Chris Nero
Chris Nero is an Australian/Italian professional rugby league player. He plays in the Super League for Salford City Reds. His usual position is , although he can also play in the s...
with 2 tries apiece and Michael De Vere
Michael De Vere
Michael De Vere is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He represented Australia in four tests and New South Wales in five State of Origin matches...
with a try and five goals steering them to a 30–12 victory. Huddersfield lost the 2006 Challenge Cup Final to eventual Super League champions St Helens 42–12, but the performance heralded the best Huddersfield achievement since 1970.
Play-offs for the first time
The start of the 2007 season saw the Giants make some exciting signings, including West Tigers trio, Jamahl LolesiJamahl Lolesi
Jamahl Lolesi is a New Zealand rugby league player for the Huddersfield Giants of Super League. A New Zealand and Samoa international representative, he has previously played for Wests Tigers, Bulldogs and Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League...
, John Skandalis
John Skandalis
John Skandalis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers of the NRL. He played previously for the Western Suburbs Magpies and Huddersfield Giants...
and Shane Elford
Shane Elford
Shane Elford , is an Australian rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers. He has previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League and his position of choice is at Centre....
, as well as Ryan Hudson
Ryan Hudson
Ryan Hudson is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Castleford Tigers of Super League. His position is hooker and he is the captain of the Tigers...
who returned to rugby league after completing a 2-year drugs ban.
Despite much optimism, the season started horrendously for the Giants in terms of results. After 7 consecutive losses they found themselves marooned at the foot of the table, 5 points adrift, but ironically with the second best defence in the league. Large sections of the fans began to question the coach's ability and as a result crowds began to dwindle and morale was beginning to suffer. However, Jon Sharp
Jon Sharp
Jon Sharp is the current first team coach of Super League club Crusaders Rugby League. Between 2004 and 2008 he was head coach of Huddersfield Giants, having been appointed in 2003 when Tony Smith left the club for Leeds Rhinos. He was also part of the Great Britain coaching set-up under head coach...
maintained that the Giants could turn it around, noting that all of their prior defeats were within a converted try of victory.
By the end of May, the picture was totally different. The Giants had a Challenge Cup
Challenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....
quarter-final to look forward to and had successfully been on their longest ever winning streak since joining the Super League (9 games including two wins in the Challenge Cup. The highlight of this run was the 36–12 victory over the Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls
Bradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....
in front of the Sky Television
Sky Digital (UK & Ireland)
Sky is the brand name for British Sky Broadcasting's digital satellite television and radio service, transmitted from SES Astra satellites located at 28.2° east and Eutelsat's Eurobird 1 satellite at 28.5°E. The service was originally launched as Sky Digital, distinguishing it from the original...
cameras on 18 May, the Giants first victory over the Bulls since joining the top flight. In addition, Sharp was named consecutively as Coach of the Month for April and May
The Giants winning run came to an unexpected end in a shock 14–12 defeat by Salford City Reds
Salford City Reds
Salford City Reds are an English rugby league club based in Salford, Greater Manchester. Formed in 1873, they currently play in the Super League. They have won six Rugby Football League Championships and one Challenge Cup...
at the Willows. They had been overwhelming favourites with fans and bookies as Salford have been rooted to the bottom of the table for the most of the season. After the defeat Huddersfield coach Jon Sharp was quoted as saying that the Giants had contributed to their own downfall by playing a poor kick and chase. Following the 2006 Challenge Cup Final appearance, Giants continued their progress by beating Wakefield for the 9th consecutive occasion to qualify for the play-offs for the first time and a match against Hull at the KC Stadium
KC Stadium
The KC Stadium, often shortened to the KC, is a multi-purpose facility in the city of Kingston upon Hull , England. Conceived as early as the late 1990s, it was completed in 2002 at a cost of approximately £44 million. It is named after the stadium's sponsors, telecommunications provider KC,...
, which was lost 22–16.
2009 Super League season
The Giants responded from their poor season in 2008 by finishing 3rd in the league and managing to reach the final of the Challenge CupChallenge Cup
The Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....
where they lost 25–16 to League rivals Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves
Warrington Wolves are a professional rugby league football club based in Warrington, England that competes in Super League. They play at the Halliwell Jones Stadium, having moved there from Wilderspool in 2003....
, the team responded to their Cup defeat by finishing the season in 3rd place but lost in the play-offs twice. Firstly to St Helens away from home and then at home to Catalans Dragons
Catalans Dragons
The Catalans Dragons are a French professional rugby league club based in Perpignan, Pyrénées-Orientales. They currently play in the Super League, and are the only team in the competition from outside of the United Kingdom...
.
Many Pundits tipped the Giants to have a successful 2009 season after a very busy Off-season with Club Chairman Ken Davy bringing a new head coach & a set of new players such as Brett Hodgson
Brett Hodgson
Brett Hodgson is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Super League...
who had a superb début season winning the Super League
Super League
Super League is the top-level professional rugby league football club competition in Europe. As a result of sponsorship from engage Mutual Assurance the competition is currently officially known as the engage Super League. The League features fourteen teams: thirteen from England and one from...
Man of Steel award and the Giants also picking up awards for Club of the year & Coach of the year (Nathan Brown).
Under 15's Scholarship Squad 2011
1.Jacob Flathers (Dewsbury Moor ARLFC)2.Jordan Pearson (Dewsbury Moor ARLFC)
3.George Croisdale (Dewbury Moor ARLFC)
4.Elliot Morris (Meltham All Blacks ARLFC)
5.Tom Beaumont (Meltham All Blacks ARLFC)
6.Nathan Lowther(Dewsbury Moor ARLFC)
7.Danny Hirst(Meltham All Blacks ARLFC)
8.Mikey Wood(Slathwaite Saracens ARLFC)
9.Kruise Leeming(Siddal ARLFC)
10.Tyler Dickinson(Siddal ARLFC)
11.Will Carlos(Stanley Rangers ARLFC) (C)
12.James Samme(Dewsbury Moor ARLFC)
13.Zack McComb(Siddal ARLFC)
2012 Squad
*Announced on 30 November 2011:2012 Transfers
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Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...
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Luke George
Luke George is an English professional rugby league player for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats of Super League.Luke George's usual position is centre and he can play on the wing.Luke is the son of former Halifax favourite Wilf George....
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Jason Chan (rugby league)
Jason Chan is a rugby league player for the Crusaders in the European Super League. At the international level, he has represented Papua New Guinea. He plays primarily as a second rower, but has filled in at centre and prop forward.-Early career:Chan played junior football for the Windsor Wolves...
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Tony Tonks
Antony Tonks is an English rugby league player who currently plays for the Featherstone Rovers. His playing position is prop. He began his career playing for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats Academy team before signing for Bradford Bulls...
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Featherstone Rovers
Featherstone Rovers are a semi-professional rugby league club, based in Featherstone, West Yorkshire, England. They currently play in the Championship. The Rovers are one of the last vestiges of "small town teams" that were once common in rugby league during the early twentieth century...
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Aaron Murphy
Aaron Murphy born 26 November 1988 in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England is a rugby league player for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the European Super League....
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Tommy Lee (rugby league)
Tommy Lee is a rugby league player for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats who play in the European Super League. He was previously playing for Crusaders Rugby League and Hull and became the first signing for the Crusaders since the rebranding. He is a half back who progressed through the club's academy...
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Graeme Horne
Graeme Horne is a professional rugby league player with Huddersfield Giants. His preferred position is loose forward....
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Greg McNally
Gregg McNally , is an English born Irish professional rugby league footballer for the Huddersfield Giants of Super League. An Ireland international representative, he previously played for Whitehaven....
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Josh Griffin
Josh Griffin born in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England is a rugby league player for the Castleford Tigers in the Super League.Griffin's position of choice is as a centre....
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Castleford Tigers
Castleford Tigers are a professional rugby league club based in Castleford in West Yorkshire, England. They participate in the professional European competition Super League. They are sometimes known as 'Cas', 'Cas Tigers', 'Classy Cas' or the 'Black & Amber'...
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Andy Raleigh
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Danny Kirmond
Danny Kirmond is an English professional rugby league player for the Huddersfield Giants, and was on loan to the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats for the majority of the 2010 season...
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Kyle Wood
Kyle Wood is a rugby league player who at currently plays for Huddersfield Giants. He has also previously played for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Doncaster & Sheffield Eagles....
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Keale Carlile
Keale Carlile is a rugby league player for Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He plays as a . Keale made his Bradford Bulls debut against St...
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Darrell Griffin
Darrell Griffin is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Leeds Rhinos of Super League. An England international representative prop forward, his former clubs include Oxford Cavaliers, London Broncos, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Huddersfield Giants.He is notable as being a top...
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Leeds Rhinos
Leeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...
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Elliott Hodgson
Elliott Hodgson is a professional rugby league footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He is a full-back by preference, and has made one solitary first-grade appearance against St Helens RLFC in an 12-10 loss, where Huddersfield fielded a weakened side due to the...
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Honours
- Championship: 1911–12, 1912–13, 1914–15, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1948–49, 1961–62 (7 times)
- Challenge CupChallenge CupThe Challenge Cup is a knockout cup competition for rugby league clubs organised by the Rugby Football League. Originally it was contested only by British teams but in recent years has been expanded to allow teams from France and Russia to take part....
: 1912–13, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1932–33, 1944–45, 1952–53 (6 times) - All Four CupsAll Four CupsBetween 1905 and 1970 there were four trophies available to any British rugby league side:* Challenge Cup* Rugby Football League Championship* County league * County cup...
: 1914–15 - Division Two Championship (including Northern Ford Premiership): 1974–75, 2002 (twice)
- Division Three Championship: 1991–92
- Divisional Premiership: 1998
- Yorkshire CupYorkshire Cup (rugby union)The Yorkshire Cup is an English Rugby Football Union competition founded in 1878. It is open to all eligible clubs in the Yorkshire area. It was initially known as the Yorkshire Challenge Cup.-History:...
(rugby unionRugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
): 1889–90 - Yorkshire CupRugby league county cupsHistorically, British rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition for several years prior to the schism of 1895...
(rugby leagueRugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
): 1909–10, 1911–12, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1918–19, 1919–20, 1926–27, 1931–32, 1938–39, 1950–51, 1952–53, 1957–58 (12 times)- record - Yorkshire LeagueRugby league county leaguesThe Yorkshire League and the Lancashire League formed two sections of the Rugby Football League Championship for much of its history. Initially, the 22 clubs that broke away in 1895 played in one combined league, however the following season saw the addition of many clubs, and the League was split...
: 1911–12, 1912–13, 1913–14, 1914–15, 1919–20, 1921–22, 1928–29, 1929–30, 1948–49, 1949–50, 1951–52 (11 times) - National League CupNational League CupThe Championship Cup, known as the Northern Rail Cup due to sponsorship by Northern Rail, is a rugby league football competition for clubs in the United Kingdom's Championship and Championship 1 leagues, formerly known as the Rugby League National Leagues...
: 2002 - Carnegie Floodlit NinesCarnegie Floodlit NinesCarnegie Floodlit Nines is a rugby league nines event held at Headingley Stadium in Leeds, West Yorkshire, England. The same stadium hosted the Headingley Sevens, rugby league sevens tournament from 1965-78...
: 2008
European cup 1993
Player records
- Most tries in a match: 10 by Lionel CooperLionel CooperLionel Cooper was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s. A state and international representative winger, he played in Sydney for the Eastern Suburbs club and in England for Huddersfield.-Australian career:...
vs KeighleyKeighley CougarsKeighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England. As of 2012 they will play in Co-operative Championship having won the Co-operative Championship 1 play off final 32-12 against Workington...
, 17 November 1951 - Most goals in a match: 19 by Major Holland vs Swinton Park, 28 February 1914
- Most points in a match: 39 by Major Holland vs Swinton Park, 28 February 1914
- Most tries in a season: 80 by Albert RosenfeldAlbert RosenfeldAlbert Aaron Rosenfeld was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative whose club career was played in Sydney and in England...
, 1913–14 - Most goals in a season: 147 by Benjamin "Ben" GronowBenjamin GronowBenjamin "Ben" Gronow was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s. At club level Gronow played under the union code for Bridgend RFC, county rugby for Glamorgan and international rugby for Wales union team...
, 1919–20 - Most points in a season: 332 by Pat DeveryPat DeveryPat Devery is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach of the 1940s and 50s. An Australian international representative half, he played in Australia for the Balmain club, winning the 1944, '46 and '47 grand finals with them...
, 1952–53
Team records
- Highest Score: 142–4 vs Blackpool Gladiators, 26 November 1994
- Highest Attendance: 32,912 vs WiganWigan WarriorsWigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
, League, at Fartown, 4 March 1950 - Highest Attendance (Neutral game): 35,136 Leeds vs Wakefield TrinityWakefield Trinity WildcatsWakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
, RL Challenge Cup Semi-Final, at Fartown, 19 April 1947 - Most amount of consecutive wins in Super League: 7 Games (2007)
All time British Rugby League Records
- Most tries by any player in a season: 80 by Albert RosenfeldAlbert RosenfeldAlbert Aaron Rosenfeld was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative whose club career was played in Sydney and in England...
, 1913–14 - Most tries by a centre in a season: 52 by Greg Austin, 1994–95
- Most tries by a centre in a game: 9 by Greg Austin, vs Blackpool Gladiators, 26 November 1994
- Highest Score: 142–4 vs Blackpool Gladiators, as above
- Highest Winning Margin: 138 vs Blackpool Gladiators, as above
- Longest Unbeaten run: 43 matches, 1914–1919
- Unbeaten in a Season: 28 games (27 wins, 1 draw), 2001–02
- Most Points scored in a Season: 1,156, 2001–2002
Players earning International Caps while at Huddersfield
- Thomas BanksThomas Banks (rugby league)Thomas Banks is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1931 Wales - William "Billy" BanksWilliam Banks (rugby league)William "Billy" Banks is a Welsh former rugby union and professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at club level has played rugby union for Maesteg RFC, playing at Scrum-half, i.e...
won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1949…1953 17-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield against France (2 matches) (World Cup 1954 Squad 0-caps) - Joseph "Joe" BerryJoseph Berry (rugby league)Joseph "Joe" Berry is a professional rugby league footballer who at representative level has played for Scotland, and at club level for Dudley Hill, Huddersfield Giants, Doncaster, Rochdale Hornets, and Batley Bulldogs, playing at , or , i.e...
won caps for Scotland while at Huddersfield Giants, Doncaster, Rochdale Hornets, and Batley Bulldogs 1998…2003 4-caps + 3-caps (sub) - James "Jim" BowdenJames BowdenJames "Jim" Bowden is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1953 France, and, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1954 Australia (2 matches), New Zealand - Leonard "Len" BowkettLeonard BowkettLeonard "Len" Charles Bowkett was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield....
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1932 Wales - Kenneth "Ken" BowmanKenneth BowmanKenneth "Ken" D. Bowman is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and at club level for Heworth, and Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1962 against France, and in 1963 against France, and Australia - xP. J. BradyP. J. BradyPatrick Joseph Brady was Irish nationalist MP. in the Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland for Dublin St Stephen’s Green constituency from 1910 to 1918, during the closing years of the Irish Parliamentary Party’s dominance of Irish politics. Later, he was a Senator of the...
(#7) won caps for Other NationsOther Nationalities rugby league teamThe Other Nationalities rugby league team regularly played international, and also county, rugby league football teams in Europe from 1904 to 1975. The team, created in 1904 to play England in the first ever rugby league international match, was at first made up of Welsh and Scottish players...
while at Huddersfield 1904 England - Brian BriggsBrian BriggsBrian Briggs is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for York, Huddersfield, St. Helens, and Wakefield Trinity, playing at , i.e. number 11 or 12, during the...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1956 France, and, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1954 New Zealand - Frederick "Fred" BrindleFrederick BrindleFrederick "Fred" Brindle is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1933 Other Nations - Stan BrogdenStan BrogdenStanley "Stan" Brogden was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s, '30s and '40s who at representative level played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Bradford Northern, Huddersfield, Leeds, Hull, Rochdale Hornets and Salford, playing at , or /, i.e...
won caps for England while at BradfordBradford BullsBradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....
1929 Other Nations, while at Huddersfield 1932 Wales (2 matches), 1933 Other Nations, Australia, while at LeedsLeeds RhinosLeeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...
1935 France, Wales, 1936 Wales (2 matches), France, 1938 Wales, Hull 1938 Wales, 1939 France, 1941 Wales, 1943 Wales, and, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1929– 30 Australia, 1932 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (3 matches), 1933 Australia (2 matches), while at LeedsLeeds RhinosLeeds Rhinos is an English professional rugby league football club based in Leeds, West Yorkshire. The club won the 2011 Super League and became the most successful club in the Super League era, beating St Helens 32-16 on 8th October 2011. Formed in 1890, Leeds competes in Europe's Super League...
1936 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), 1937 Australia (2 matches) - John "Jack" ChilcottJack ChilcottJohn "Jack" Chilcott was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s who at club level played rugby union for Ogmore Vale RFC, and Cross Keys RFC, and at representative level played rugby league for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield,...
won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1913…1914 2-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield circa-1914 - Douglas "Doug/Dougie/Duggy" ClarkDouglas Clark (rugby league)Douglas "Duggy" Clark MM was an English rugby league footballer, wrestler and World War I veteran. He played at , or for Huddersfield, Cumberland, England and the Great Britain national side. Clark also served in World War I on the front line in France in 1917, earning the Military Medal for his...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1912 Wales, 1913 Wales, 1914 Wales, 1921 Wales, Other Nations, 1925 Wales, and, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1911–12 Australia (2 matches), 1914 Australia (3 matches), 1920 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (3 matches) - Gavin ClinchGavin ClinchGavin Clinch is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer who at representative level has played for Ireland, and at club level for Cronulla-Sutherland Sharks, Penrith Panthers, St. George Dragons, Halifax , Wigan Warriors, Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants, and Salford City Reds,...
won international caps for Ireland while at Huddersfield-Sheffield Giants, and Halifax 2000…2001 1-cap + 1-cap (sub) - Donald "Don" CloseDon CloseDonald "Don" Close is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
won a cap for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1967 against France - Lionel CooperLionel CooperLionel Cooper was an Australian professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s. A state and international representative winger, he played in Sydney for the Eastern Suburbs club and in England for Huddersfield.-Australian career:...
won caps for Other NationsOther Nationalities rugby league teamThe Other Nationalities rugby league team regularly played international, and also county, rugby league football teams in Europe from 1904 to 1975. The team, created in 1904 to play England in the first ever rugby league international match, was at first made up of Welsh and Scottish players...
while at Huddersfield circa-1951 ?-caps - Eorl CrabtreeEorl CrabtreeEorl Crabtree is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Huddersfield Giants of Super League. An England international representative prop forward, he has played his entire career to date at Huddersfield.-Biography:...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 2004 Russia (sub), France (sub), Ireland, 2005 France, New Zealand, 2006 France, Tonga (2 matches), Samoa (sub) - Richard "Dick" CracknellRichard CracknellRichard "Dick" Cracknell is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Huddersfield, and Oldham, playing at , i.e...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1951 France, 1952 Other Nations, 1953 France, Wales, while at OldhamOldham RoughyedsOldham Roughyeds is an English professional rugby league club based in Oldham, Greater Manchester. They currently play in the Championship One. Oldham is one of the original twenty-two rugby clubs that formed the Northern Rugby Football Union in 1895....
1953 France, and, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1951 New Zealand (2 matches) - Alban DaviesAlban DaviesAlban Davies is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:Alban Davies won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1943…1946 2-caps....
won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1943…1946 2-caps - James "Jim" Davies won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1909…1912 3-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1911 against Australia, and in 1912 against Australia
- William "Bill" T. DaviesWilliam Davies (rugby league born circa-1920)William "Bill" T. Davies is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:...
won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1943…1947 6-caps - Pat DeveryPat DeveryPat Devery is an Australian former rugby league footballer and coach of the 1940s and 50s. An Australian international representative half, he played in Australia for the Balmain club, winning the 1944, '46 and '47 grand finals with them...
(#4) won caps for Other NationsOther Nationalities rugby league teamThe Other Nationalities rugby league team regularly played international, and also county, rugby league football teams in Europe from 1904 to 1975. The team, created in 1904 to play England in the first ever rugby league international match, was at first made up of Welsh and Scottish players...
while at Huddersfield circa-1951 11-caps - Frank DysonFrank DysonFrank Dyson is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1959 New Zealand - John "Jack" DysonJohn Dyson (rugby)John "Jack" William Dyson was a rugby union footballer of the 1890s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing in the Three-quarters, i.e. Wing or Centre...
won caps for England (RU) while at Huddersfield in 1890 against Scotland, in 1892 against Scotland, and in 1893 against Ireland, and Scotland
- D. Evans won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1936 2-caps
- Samuel "Sam" GeeSamuel Gee (rugby league)Samuel "Sam" Gee is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level has played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing at , or , i.e. number 8 or 10, or 9.-International honours:...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1930 Other Nations - Thomas "Tommy" Grey won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1911…1912 3-caps
- William "Bill" GriffinWilliam Griffin (rugby League)William "Bill" Griffin is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:Bill Griffin won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield in 1952....
won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield in 1952 - Benjamin "Ben" GronowBenjamin GronowBenjamin "Ben" Gronow was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s. At club level Gronow played under the union code for Bridgend RFC, county rugby for Glamorgan and international rugby for Wales union team...
http://www.rl1895.com/gronow.htm for Wales RUWales national rugby union teamThe Wales national rugby union team represent Wales in international rugby union tournaments. They compete annually in the Six Nations Championship with England, France, Ireland, Italy and Scotland. Wales have won the Six Nations and its predecessors 24 times outright, second only to England with...
while at Bridgend RFC? (RURugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
) 1910 4-caps http://www.wru.co.uk/12750_14256.php?player=25989&includeref=dynamic http://www.wru.co.uk/12550_12553.php?includeref=12554&season=1909-1910, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1911…20 7-caps - Cyril HallidayCyril HallidayCyril Halliday is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1931 Wales - Neil HarmonNeil HarmonNeil Harmon is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s who at representative level has played for Ireland, and at club level for Warrington, Leeds Rhinos, Huddersfield Giants, Bradford Bulls, Salford City Reds, and Halifax....
won caps for Ireland while at Huddersfield Giants, Bradford Bulls, and Salford City Reds 1997…2001 5-caps + 1-cap (sub) - Peter Henderson New Zealand won caps for Other NationsOther Nationalities rugby league teamThe Other Nationalities rugby league team regularly played international, and also county, rugby league football teams in Europe from 1904 to 1975. The team, created in 1904 to play England in the first ever rugby league international match, was at first made up of Welsh and Scottish players...
while at Huddersfield circa-1951 ?-caps - Percy HolroydPercy HolroydPercy Holroyd was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1900s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1909 Australia - Emrys HughesEmrys Hughes (rugby)Emrys Hughes is a Welsh former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing at , or , i.e. number 8 or 10, or, 11 or 12.-International honours:...
won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield in 1938 against England, and in 1939 against France - Johnny HunterJohnny HunterJohnny Hunter is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 50s. He played in Sydney's NSWRFL Premiership for the Eastern Suburbs club...
(Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1955) (#1) http://www.rugbyleague.org/features/content.php?feat_id=273&featcat_id=32 won caps for Other NationsOther Nationalities rugby league teamThe Other Nationalities rugby league team regularly played international, and also county, rugby league football teams in Europe from 1904 to 1975. The team, created in 1904 to play England in the first ever rugby league international match, was at first made up of Welsh and Scottish players...
while at Huddersfield circa-1951 ?-caps - Henry "Harry" HuthHenry Huth (rugby)Henry "Harry" Huth was an English rugby union footballer of the 1870s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing at Fullback, i.e. number 15...
won a cap for England (RU) while at Huddersfield in 1879 against Scotland - William "Bill" JohnsonWilliam Johnson (rugby league)William "Bill" Johnson is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:...
won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield 1938 1-cap - Stuart JonesStuart Jones (rugby league)Stuart Jones is a professional rugby league player for Castleford Tigers. He has previously played for Huddersfield Giants, St Helens and Wigan Warriors. His normal position is second row, Though he can also operate at Loose Forward...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 2004 Russia (sub) - Alex Kersey-BrownAlex Kersey-BrownAlexander "Alex" Kersey-Brown is a former rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s who at club level has played rugby union for London Welsh RFC, and at representative level has played rugby league for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, and Oldham.-International...
won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1968…1969 2-caps - William KitchinWilliam Kitchin (rugby league)William F. Kitchin was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1911 Wales, Australia - Fred Longstaff won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1914 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1914 Australia, New Zealand
- Kenneth "Ken" LoxtonKen LoxtonKenneth "Ken" Loxton is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
won a cap for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1971 against New Zealand - Dennis MaddenDennis MaddenDennis Madden is a Welsh former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Acton and Willesden, Huddersfield, and Leeds, playing at , i.e. number 3 or 4.-International honours:...
won caps for Wales while at Acton & Willesden, Huddersfield, and Leeds 7-caps 1935…1939 - Lee MilnerLee MilnerLee Milner is a professional rugby league footballer who at representative level has played for Scotland, and at club level for Huddersfield Giants, and Halifax, playing at , i.e. number 11 or 12.-International honours:...
won a cap for Scotland while at Huddersfield Giants in the 26–6 victory over Ireland at Firhill Stadium, Glasgow on 7 August 1996 - Stanley "Stan" MoorhouseStanley MoorhouseStan Moorhouse was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s who at representative level played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Huddersfield, and Bradford Northern playing at , i.e...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1912 Wales, 1913 Wales, 1914 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1914 Australia, New Zealand - Glyn MorganGlyn MorganGlyn Morgan is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, and Cardiff.-International honours:...
won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield, and Cardiff 1947…1949 4-caps - Stanley "Stan" MountainStanley MountainStanley "Stan" James Mountain is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:...
won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1935 1-cap - Jonathon "Jon" NeillJonathon NeillJonathon "Jon" Neill is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and '90s who at representative level has played for Scotland, and at club level for St. Helens, and Huddersfield Giants, playing at , i.e. number 8 or 10.-International honours:...
won caps for Scotland while at Huddersfield Giants 1997…1999 2-caps - Bob NicholsonBob Nicholson (rugby league)Robert "Bob" S. Nicholson was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and 1950s who at representative level played for Great Britain, England, and Cumberland, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing at , or , i.e...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1945 Wales, 1946 France, 1947 Wales, 1948 France, 1949 Wales, France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1946 New Zealand, 1948 Australia (2 matches) - Hefin O'HareHefin O'HareHefin O'Hare is a Wales international rugby league footballer playing at , or . In 2005 he switched codes to join Scottish rugby union team Glasgow Warriors. His usual position is centre or wing. O'Hare has opted to play for Scotland rugby union Sevens hence he is now ineligible for the Wales...
won caps for Wales while at Leeds, and Huddersfield 2000…2004 7(8?)-caps + 1-cap (sub) 2-tries 8-points - Chris OrrChris Orr (rugby league)Christopher "Chris" Orr is a professional rugby league footballer who at representative level has played for Scotland, and at club level for Gold Coast Chargers, and Huddersfield Giants, playing at /, or /, i.e. number 6, or 7.-International honours:...
won caps for Scotland while at Huddersfield Giants 1998 2-caps - Ike OwensIke OwensIke A. Owens was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s who at club level played rugby union for Maesteg RFC, and at representative level played rugby league for Great Britain, and Wales, and at club level for Leeds, Castleford, and Huddersfield, playing at /, i.e...
won caps for Wales while at Leeds, Castleford and Huddersfield 1945…1949 12-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Leeds in 1946 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand
- G. Parker won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1928…1935 4-caps
- Russell PepperellRussell PepperellGeorge Russell "Russ" Pepperell was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, '40s and '50s, and coach of the 1950s and '60s who at representative level played for England, and Cumberland, and at club level for Seaton, and Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1947 France, Wales, 1948 Wales, 1949 France - Stanley "Stan" PepperellStanley PepperellStanley "Stan" V. Pepperell is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s who at representative level has played for England, and Cumberland, and at club level for Seaton, and Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1936 Wales, 1937 France, 1944 Wales - Bryn PhillipsBryn PhillipsBrinley "Bryn" Phillips was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s who at representative level played rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Taibach RFC, Aberavon RFC, and Glamorgan Police RFC, playing at Lock, i.e...
won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield 1926 1-cap - James "Jim" ReganJames ReganJames "Jim" Regan is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:Jim Regan won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield in 1939....
won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield 1939 1-cap - Paul Reilly won caps for England while at Huddersfield 2004 France (sub), Ireland
- Rob RobertsRob RobertsRob Roberts is a rugby league player for the Oldham Roughyeds in National League Two. He plays , , or /...
won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield, unattached, Leigh, and Oldham 2002…present 6(7, 8?)-caps + 2-caps (sub) 2-tries 8-points - John "Johnny" Rogers won caps for Wales while at Huddersfield 1914…1922 3-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1914 against Australia, in 1920 against Australia (3 matches), in 1921 against Australia (2 matches), and in 1922 against Australia
- Albert RosenfeldAlbert RosenfeldAlbert Aaron Rosenfeld was a pioneer Australian rugby league footballer, a national representative whose club career was played in Sydney and in England...
won caps for Australia while at Eastern SuburbsSydney RoostersThe Sydney Roosters are an Australian professional rugby league football club based in the Eastern Suburbs of Sydney. The club competes in the National Rugby League and is one of the oldest and most successful clubs in Australian rugby league history, having won twelve New South Wales Rugby League...
1908 New Zealand (3 matches), while at Huddersfield 1909 Was It Against England Or Great Britain? - Peter Rowe won caps for Wales while at Wigan, Blackpool Borough, and Huddersfield 1969…1979 7-caps + 3-caps (sub), including while at Blackpool Borough in the 1975 Rugby League World Cup against Australia, England, and Australia.[1]
- Danny RussellDanny RussellDanny Russell is a former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s who at representative level has played for Scotland, playing at the 2000 Rugby League World Cup, and at club level has played for Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Carlisle, and Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
won caps for Scotland while at Carlisle, and Huddersfield 1996…2000 9-caps - Thomas "Tom"/"Tommy" ScourfieldTommy ScourfieldThomas 'Tommy' Scourfield was a Welsh dual code rugby international full back who played club rugby for Ynysybwl and Torquay as an amateur rugby union player and played professional rugby league with Huddersfield...
won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield 1935 1-cap - Kenneth "Ken" SeniorKen SeniorKenneth "Ken" Senior is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1960s and '70s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield in 1965 against New Zealand, and in 1967 against France - Darrall ShelfordDarrall ShelfordDarrel Shelford is a New Zealand former professional rugby union and rugby league footballer and coach.-Early years:Shelford attended Western Heights High School in Rotorua, New Zealand...
won caps for Scotland while at Huddersfield 1996 5-caps - Michael "Mick" SlickerMichael SlickerMichael "Mick" Slicker is a professional rugby league footballer who at representative level has played for Ireland, and at club level for Huddersfield Giants.-International honours:...
won caps for Ireland while at Huddersfield Giants 2001…2003 2-caps + 1-cap (sub) - Thomas "Tommy" SmalesThomas SmalesThomas "Tommy" Smales is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s, and coach of the 1970s who at club level played for Wigan, Barrow, and Featherstone Rovers, playing at /, i.e...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1962 France, while UnattachedFree agentIn professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
(The only player to ever win EnglandEngland national rugby league teamThe England national rugby league team represent England in international rugby league football tournaments. The team has now seen a revival, having largely formed from the Great Britain team, who also represented Wales, Scotland and Ireland. The team is run under the auspices of the Rugby Football...
cap while UnattachedFree agentIn professional sports, a free agent is a player whose contract with a team has expired and who is thus eligible to sign with another club or franchise....
) 1975 Papua New Guinea (sub), and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1962 France, 1963 France, Australia, 1964 France (2 matches), while at BradfordBradford BullsBradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....
1965 New Zealand (3 matches) - J. William "Willie" StocksWilliam StocksJ. William "Willie" Stocks is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level has played for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Huddersfield, and Dewsbury, playing at , i.e...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1930 Other Nations - Michael "Mick" SullivanMick SullivanMichael "Mick" Sullivan is an English former professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1950s and 60s. He holds the record for the most appearances for the Great Britain Lions with 46.Sullivan signed with Huddersfield in 1952 as an 18 year-old right winger...
(#5) won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1955 Other Nations, 1956 France, while at St Helens 1962 France, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1954 France (2 matches), New Zealand, Australia, 1955 New Zealand (3 matches), 1956 Australia (3 matches), 1957 France (3 matches), France, Australia, New Zealand, while at WiganWigan WarriorsWigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
France (2 matches), 1958 France, Australia (3 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), 1959 France (2 matches), Australia (3 matches), 1960 France (3 matches), France, New Zealand, Australia, while at St Helens 1961 France, New Zealand (2 matches), 1962 France (3 matches), Australia (3 matches), New Zealand, while at YorkYork City KnightsYork City Knights Rugby League Club is a British professional rugby league club hailing from York. They play at the Huntington Stadium, situated to the north of York city centre...
1963 Australia (World Cup 1954 3-caps, 1-try, 1957 3-caps, 3-tries, 1960 3-caps, 1-try)
- Frederick "Fred" TalbotFrederick TalbotFrederick "Fred" Talbot is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:Fred Talbot won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield in 1935....
won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield 1935 1-cap - W. Gwyn Thomas won caps for Wales Wigan, and Huddersfield 1914…1921 2-caps, and won caps for Great Britain while at Wigan in 1914 against Australia, while at Huddersfield in 1920 against Australia (3 matches), and New Zealand (2 matches), in 1921 against Australia (2 matches), and in 1922 against Australia
- Christopher "Chris" ThormanChris ThormanChristopher Thorman is a professional rugby league player currently playing for York City Knights in the Co-Operative Championship]and previously Hull in the Engage Super League...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 2005 France, New Zealand - Idris TowillIdris TowillIdris Towill is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:...
won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield 1932 1-cap - Dave ValentineDave ValentineDavid Donald Valentine was a Scottish representative rugby union and Rugby League World Cup winning footballer, a dual-code rugby international of the 1940s and '50s.-Rugby union:...
won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 15-caps (World Cup 1954 Captain 4-caps) won caps for ScotlandScotland national rugby union teamThe Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
(RU)Rugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
while at Hawick RFCHawick RFCHawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....
(RU)Rugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
1947 2-caps won caps for Other NationsOther Nationalities rugby league teamThe Other Nationalities rugby league team regularly played international, and also county, rugby league football teams in Europe from 1904 to 1975. The team, created in 1904 to play England in the first ever rugby league international match, was at first made up of Welsh and Scottish players...
while at Huddersfield circa-1951 16-caps (signed for Huddersfield 1947–48) - Rob ValentineRob ValentineRob Valentine is the current Lord Mayor of the City of Hobart Local Government Area, in the State of Tasmania, Australia.Valentine is the great-great-grandson of Francis Valentine, who was lord mayor in 1925-26.-References:...
won caps for Great BritainGreat Britain national rugby league teamThe Great Britain national rugby league team represents the United Kingdom in rugby league football. Administered by the Rugby Football League , the team is nicknamed "The Lions" or "Great Britain Lions"....
(RL)Rugby leagueRugby league football, usually called rugby league, is a full contact sport played by two teams of thirteen players on a rectangular grass field. One of the two codes of rugby football, it originated in England in 1895 by a split from Rugby Football Union over paying players...
while at Huddersfield 1967 Australia 1-cap won caps for ScotlandScotland national rugby union teamThe Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
(RU)Rugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
while at Hawick RFCHawick RFCHawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....
(RU)Rugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
1963 3-caps won caps for Other NationsOther Nationalities rugby league teamThe Other Nationalities rugby league team regularly played international, and also county, rugby league football teams in Europe from 1904 to 1975. The team, created in 1904 to play England in the first ever rugby league international match, was at first made up of Welsh and Scottish players...
while at KeighleyKeighley CougarsKeighley Cougars are a professional rugby league club from Keighley in West Yorkshire, England. As of 2012 they will play in Co-operative Championship having won the Co-operative Championship 1 play off final 32-12 against Workington...
1975 Lancashire (1 or 2)-caps (signed for Huddersfield 11/1963) - Harold WagstaffHarold WagstaffHarold Wagstaff was an English rugby league footballer of the early 20th century. He played as a and was nicknamed the Prince of Centres...
won caps for England while at Huddersfield 1909 Australia, 1910 Wales, 1911 Wales, Australia, 1912 Wales, 1913 Wales, 1914 Wales, 1921 Other Nations, 1923 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1911–12 Australia (2 matches), 1914 Australia (3 matches), New Zealand, 1920 Australia (2 matches), New Zealand (2 matches), 1921–22 Australia (2 matches) - Stephen WildStephen WildStephen Wild is a professional rugby league player for Huddersfield Giants.Wild signed for Wigan Warriors from local amateurs Wigan St. Patrick's. He joined Wigan's first team after progressing through the lower ranks at the club, making his debut in 2001. He made his first representative...
won caps for England while at WiganWigan WarriorsWigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
2005 New Zealand, and won caps for Great Britain while at WiganWigan WarriorsWigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
2004 Australia (sub), while at Huddersfield 2007 France - Edwin "Eddie" WilliamsEdwin Williams (rugby)Edwin "Eddie" Williams was a Welsh dual-code international rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s who at representative level played rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Neath RFC, playing at Fly-half, i.e...
won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield 1928 1-cap - Ernest "Ernie" WoodheadErnest WoodheadErnest "Ernie" Woodhead was a rugby union footballer of the 1880s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Huddersfield, playing in the Forwards, e.g. Front row, Lock, or Back row...
won a cap for England (RU) while at Huddersfield in 1880 against Ireland - Harold YoungHarold Young (rugby league)Harold D. Young is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Bradford Northern , and Huddersfield, playing at /, i.e...
won caps for England while at BradfordBradford BullsBradford Bulls is a professional rugby league club based in the city of Bradford, West Yorkshire, England. They play in the European Super League and are currently joint 10th in the league....
1928 Wales, while at Huddersfield 1929 Other Nations, 1930 Other Nations, 1931 Wales, and won caps for Great Britain while at Huddersfield 1929–30 Australia
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These players have either; won Challenge CupChallenge Cup
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, Rugby Football League Championship, Yorkshire Cup
Rugby league county cups
Historically, British rugby league clubs competed for the Lancashire Cup and the Yorkshire Cup, known collectively as the county cups. The leading rugby clubs in Yorkshire had played in a cup competition for several years prior to the schism of 1895...
, Yorkshire League
Rugby league county leagues
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, played during Super League
Super League
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, have received a Testimonial match
Testimonial match
A testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
, or were international representatives before, or after, their time at Huddersfield.
Les 'Juicy' Adams
Leslie Adams
Leslie "Les" 'Juicy' Adams was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s who at representative level played for Great Britain, England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Leeds , Huddersfield, and Castleford, playing at /, i.e...
John "Jock" Anderson (signed from Hawick RFC
Hawick RFC
Hawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....
(RU)
Rugby union
Rugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
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- Graham AppoGraham AppoGraham Appo is a Papua New Guinean former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played all throughout the back-line during his long career and was also a talented goal-kicker...
Ernest AshcroftErnest AshcroftErnest "Ernie" J. Ashcroft is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s '50s and '60s, and coach of the 1950s and '60s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, England, and British Empire XIII, and at club level for Wigan, and Huddersfield, playing at ,...
(Former England & Great Britain international while at WiganWigan WarriorsWigan Warriors is an English rugby league club based in Wigan, Greater Manchester. The club's first team squad competes in the engage Super League and the team are the current Challenge Cup holders as of the 27th August 2011....
) - Martin AspinwallMartin AspinwallMartin Aspinwall is an English rugby league player. He is 185 cm in height and weighs 94 kg ....
- Julian BaileyJulian Bailey (rugby league)Julian Bailey was a rugby league footballer of the '90s and '00s. He played for the Sydney City Roosters from 1998 to 2000 and the Newcastle Knights from 2001 to 2002. He then played for the Huddersfield Giants from 2003 to 2004-External links:...
- Ron BaileyRon BaileyRon Bailey was an Australian rugby league footballer of the 1930s and 40s. He was a New South Wales Country, New South Wales, and Australian representative whose club career was played with Waratah Mayfield, Newtown Bluebags, Huddersfield, and Canterbury-Bankstown in Sydney...
Jeffrey "Jeff" Bawden (#4) http://www.totalrl.com/features/content.php?feat_id=268&featcat_id=32 (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1953) - Wayne Bennett
- John BentleyJohn Bentley (rugby)John Bentley is an English former Rugby League and Rugby Union wing three quarter.-Career:Originally a Union player, he made his England debut against Ireland in 1988 aged 21 and played on the summer tour against Australia....
- Jamie BloemJamie BloemJamie Bloem is a rugby league referee and former dual-code rugby player who played international rugby league for South Africa and Scotland.-Rugby league:...
Harry BradshawHarry Bradshaw (rugby league)Harry Bradshaw is an English former professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1950s who at representative level has played for England, and at club level for Dewsbury, and Huddersfield, playing at , i.e...
won caps for England while at DewsburyDewsbury RamsDewsbury Rams RLFC is a professional rugby league club based in the West Yorkshire town of Dewsbury. They are arguably most famous for becoming Champions in 1972-73 after finishing the regular season in 8th place. In the playoffs they beat Featherstone away, Warrington away, and then Leeds in the...
in 1953 against Other Nations, for Great Britain while at Huddersfield (World Cup 1954 Squad 0-caps) Malcom Branch (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1979) - Chris BridgeChris BridgeChris Bridge is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for Warrington Wolves and has also represented Ireland and has also been called up the England squad.-Playing career:...
- Danny BroughDanny BroughDanny Brough is a Dewsbury born English international rugby league footballer.Danny Brough plays for the Huddersfield Giants in Super League. He has also played for the Scotland...
- Alex BrownAlex Brown (rugby league)Alexander Brown is a professional rugby league player who is currently contracted to Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He is chiefly a winger and made his first-grade début in Super League XIV in 2009 against St Helens RLFC in a 12-10 loss. He started this game on the left wing...
- Kevin Brown
- Christopher BurtonChristopher BurtonChristopher "Chris" Burton is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s, '80s and '90s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and at club level for Leeds, Huddersfield, Hull Kingston Rovers, and Featherstone Rovers, playing at , i.e...
David "Dave" BusfieldDavid BusfieldDavid "Dave" 'Bussy' Busfield is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1970s and '80s, and coach of the 1980s who at club level has played for Featherstone Rovers, Halifax, Hull, Dewsbury, Huddersfield, and Wakefield Trinity, playing in the Backs, or Forwards, and at club level has... - Ikram ButtIkram ButtIkram Butt is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s who at representative level has played for England, and at club level for Featherstone Rovers, Leeds Rhinos, Huddersfield Giants, and London Broncos, playing at , i.e. 2 or 5....
Conrad ByrneConrad ByrneConrad "Con" Augustus Byrne was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.-Early years:Originally from Nelson, Bryne was a farmer by trade...
(1907–08 "All Gold") - Matt CallandMatt CallandMatt Calland is the head coach at Halifax RLFC. He has played at Featherstone Rovers, Bradford Bulls, Rochdale Hornets and has been capped by England. Matt was named the assistant coach at Halifax in June 2006. Martin Hall moved upstairs in October to take up the post of director of football...
- Keale CarlileKeale CarlileKeale Carlile is a rugby league player for Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He plays as a . Keale made his Bradford Bulls debut against St...
- Ryan ClaytonRyan ClaytonRyan Clayton is a professional rugby league player for Halifax in the Co-operative Championship.He has previously played for Salford City Reds, Huddersfield Giants, Halifax and is in his second spell at Castleford. Ryan only played in 11 super league games for Castleford in 2008 due to injury...
- Paul CookPaul Cook (rugby league)Paul Cook is a former rugby league footballer of the 1990s, and coach, who at representative level has played for England, and at club level for Leeds, Bradford Bulls, and Huddersfield Giants, playing at , or , i.e...
Brandon CostinBrandon CostinBrandon Costin is a retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and first decade of the 21st century. He initially played under the name Brandon Pearson. He played for the Huddersfield Giants, Canberra Raiders, South Sydney Rabbitohs, Bradford Bulls and the United States national...
Peter Cramp (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1986) - Leroy CudjoeLeroy CudjoeLeroy Cudjoe is an English professional rugby league footballer with the Huddersfield Giants of Super League.Leroy attended Newsome High School and Sports College. Leroy's previous club is the Newsome Panthers...
John "Jack" Daly - David DaviesDavid Davies (rugby league born circa-1905)David "Dai" Morgan Davies is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s and '30s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Broughton Rangers, Warrington, Huddersfield, and Keighley, playing at , i.e. number 7...
Howell John DaviesHowell Davies (rugby)Howell John Davies was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s who at representative level played rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Pontypool RFC, playing in the Hooker, i.e... - Brad DavisBrad Davis (rugby)Brad Davis is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer, and current rugby union coach. At club level he played for Nottingham City, Huddersfield, York Wasps, Castleford Tigers , Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and Villeneuve Leopards, usually at /, /, or , i.e. number 6, 7, or 9...
Thomas "Tom" Davies (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1985) Michael De VereMichael De VereMichael De Vere is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He represented Australia in four tests and New South Wales in five State of Origin matches... - Paul Dixon
- Stuart DonlanStuart DonlanStuart Donlan is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. A Lancashire representative backline player, he previously played for English Super League sides, Huddersfield Giants and Castleford Tigers...
Brad DrewBrad DrewBrad Drew is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for English club Huddersfield Giants of Europe's super League. His usual position is hooker... - Shelton DubeShelton DubeShelton Dube is an English rugby league player with Halifax. He attended Wortley High School and currently lives in Leeds. Shelton began his career on Halifax's scholarship programme but turned professional with Huddersfield Giants...
- Shane ElfordShane ElfordShane Elford , is an Australian rugby league player for the Penrith Panthers. He has previously played for the Wests Tigers in the National Rugby League and his position of choice is at Centre....
- James Evans
- David Fa'alogoDavid Fa'alogoDavid Fa'alogo is a professional rugby league footballer with the Huddersfield Giants of Super League, formerly contracted with the South Sydney Rabbitohs of the National Rugby League...
- Bolu FagborunBolu FagborunBolu Fagborun is a rugby league player for the Sheffield Eagles in National League One. He plays on the wing. He has previously played for the Huddersfield Giants in the European Super League, along with a spell at Batley Bulldogs, and Rochdale Hornets....
- David FaiumuDavid FaiumuDavid Faiumu is a professional rugby league footballer for the Huddersfield Giants of Super League...
- Anthony FarrellAnthony FarrellAnthony Farrell was an English/Welsh rugby league player. He played for England, Wales, Huddersfield Giants, Sheffield Eagles, Leeds Rhinos, Widnes Vikings and Halifax, playing at , or ....
Alex Fiddes (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1946) (signed from Hawick RFCHawick RFCHawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....
(RU)Rugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
) - Jamie FieldJamie FieldJamie Field is a former professional rugby league footballer who at club level played for Leeds Rhinos, Huddersfield Giants, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, and Featherstone Rovers, playing at , , or , i.e. number 11 or 12, 8 or 10, 13...
- Jamie FieldenJamie FieldenJamie Fielden is an Englaish professional rugby league player for Keighley Cougars in National League Two.Jamie Fielden's position of choice is as a ....
- Simon FinniganSimon FinniganSimon Finnigan is a second row for the Widnes Vikings rugby league team.He grew up in Australia, playing for the Penrith Panthers before joining Widnes in 2003...
- Darren FlearyDarren FlearyDarren Fleary is a professional Rugby League player.-Career:He has played for Leeds Rhinos, Keighley Cougars, Leigh Centurions and his home town club Huddersfield Giants. He played Prop forward...
Neil FoxNeil Fox (rugby league)Neil Fox MBE is an English former rugby league footballer and player-coach of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. A goal-kicking , he is one of the most prominent figures in the history of the sport because he holds the all-time points record, scoring 6,220 points during his career... - Des FoyDes FoyDes Foy was born in Oldham, Lancashire, England and played rugby league in the early Eighties and Nineties for various teams in England and Australia....
- Nick FozzardNick FozzardNicholas Fozzard is an English rugby league footballer who is currently playing for Castleford Tigers of Super League.A , his previous clubs are St. Helens, Warrington, Huddersfield, Leeds and Hull KR, and has signed a 1-year deal with Castleford Tigers for the 2011 season.During his spell with St...
- Andrew FrewAndrew FrewAndrew Frew is an Australian former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. At club level he played for the Parramatta Eels, Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Northern Eagles, Huddersfield Giants, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Halifax, and St. George Illawarra Dragons...
- Jim GannonJim Gannon (rugby league)Jim Gannon is an Australian professional rugby league player. He primarily plays at prop.Gannon's first grade career began at Balmain Tigers where he made 22 appearances as a substitute in 1998 and 1999....
- Mat GardnerMat GardnerMat Gardner is a rugby league player, who currently plays for Leigh Centurions. He is the younger brother of St Helens winger Ade Gardner...
- George GatisGeorge GatisGeorge Gatis is a professional rugby league player who has played in the National Rugby League and Super League competitions. His position of choice is at hooker.-North Queensland:...
Stanley GeneStanley GeneStanley Gene is a former Papua New Guinean rugby league player who currently coaches the Villeneuve Leopards in the Elite One Championship in France. He recently played for Halifax in the Co-operative Championship. He has also previously played for Hull KR, Huddersfield Giants and Bradford Bulls... - Marcus GeorgeMarcus GeorgeMarcus George is an English rugby league footballer for Halifax. He is the son of former Halifax player Wilf George. Marcus began his career on Halifax's scholarship programme but turned professional with Huddersfield Giants...
- Simon GeorgeSimon GeorgeSimon George is an English professional rugby league player with the Huddersfield Giants. Simon's previous club was the Newsome Panthers....
- Wilf GeorgeWilf GeorgeWilf George is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s who at club level has played for Huddersfield, Halifax, and Batley, playing at , i.e. number 2 or 5.-Challenge Cup final appearances:...
- Lee GilmourLee GilmourLee Gilmour is an English professional rugby league footballer who plays for Huddersfield Giants of Super League.Gilmour's usual position is , but he has played on the and in the s when a back-line player suffered an injury....
- Alex GivvonsAlex GivvonsAlex Givvons was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s and '40s, and rugby league referee of the 1950s, '60s and '70s, who at club level played rugby union for Cross Keys RFC, playing at Scrum-half, i.e...
- Martin GleesonMartin GleesonMartin Gleeson is an English professional rugby league footballer, who plays for Hull in the Super League. A Great Britain and England international representative , and /, he previously played for Wigan Warriors, Huddersfield Giants, St. Helens and Warrington...
- Bobbie GouldingBobbie GouldingBobbie Goulding is an English rugby league football coach and former player. He is currently the French national team's head coach....
Gordon GrayGordon Gray (rugby)Gordon Leitch "Dod" Gray was a Scottish rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1930s, who played at Hooker, i.e. number 2.-Rugby union:He was capped four times for in 1935-37...
, for ScotlandScotland national rugby union teamThe Scotland national rugby union team represent Scotland in international rugby union. Rugby union in Scotland is administered by the Scottish Rugby Union. The Scotland rugby union team is currently ranked eighth in the IRB World Rankings as of 19 September 2011...
(RU)Rugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
while at Gala RFCGala RFCGala Rugby Football Club are a rugby union team based in Galashiels in the Scottish Borders, founded in 1875, they play their home games at Netherdale....
(RU)Rugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
1935–37 4-caps (signed for Huddersfield 1937–38) - Jon GrayshonJon GrayshonJon Grayshon is an English rugby league player. Grayshon plays for Featherstone Rovers where he was signed from Harlequins RL in the European Super League. Grayshon has formerly played for Huddersfield Giants, and Batley Bulldogs. In 2009 he spent most of the year on loan at the Widnes Vikings.Jon...
- Lee GreenwoodLee Greenwood (rugby league)Lee Greenwood born 28 September 1980 is a rugby league player for Halifax in National League One. He plays on the wing.-External links:***...
- Darrell GriffinDarrell GriffinDarrell Griffin is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Leeds Rhinos of Super League. An England international representative prop forward, his former clubs include Oxford Cavaliers, London Broncos, Wakefield Trinity Wildcats and Huddersfield Giants.He is notable as being a top...
- William GriffinWilliam Griffin (rugby League)William "Bill" Griffin is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield.-International honours:Bill Griffin won a cap for Wales while at Huddersfield in 1952....
- Scott GrixScott GrixScott Grix is an Irish professional rugby league footballer for the Huddersfield Giants of Super League. The Ireland national team captain, he played throughout the backline previously with Halifax , Doncaster, Limoux, Warrington Wolves, Leigh Centurions, Widnes and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats...
- Bob Hagan
- Graeme HallasGraeme HallasGraeme Hallas is a former professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s, '90s and 2000s, and coach, who at representative level has played for Great Britain in non-Tests, and at club level for Dudley Hill, Hull Kingston Rovers, Halifax, Hull, Huddersfield Giants, York City Knights, and...
xRaymond "Ray" Haywood (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1969) - Tom HemingwayTom HemingwayTom Hemingway is an English professional rugby league player with Blackpool Panthers.He started out with Super League side Huddersfield Giants before going on loan to the Batley Bulldogs....
- Brett HodgsonBrett HodgsonBrett Hodgson is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Warrington Wolves of Super League...
- David Hodgson
- Elliot HodgsonElliot HodgsonElliot Hodgson , is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Huddersfield Giants of Super League. He plays as a fullback. He made his debut first-grade appearance against St Helens RLFC in an 12-10 loss, where Huddersfield fielded a weakened side due to the upcoming 2009 Challenge...
- Elliott HodgsonElliott HodgsonElliott Hodgson is a professional rugby league footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He is a full-back by preference, and has made one solitary first-grade appearance against St Helens RLFC in an 12-10 loss, where Huddersfield fielded a weakened side due to the...
Martin HodgsonMartin HodgsonMartin Hodgson was an English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 30s. He was, without doubt, one of the game's greatest ever second row forwards and represented both Cumberland and Great Britain on many occasions, and also toured Australasia in 1932 and 1936 with the Great Britain tourists.A...
David "Dave" Hooson (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1977) - Graeme HorneGraeme HorneGraeme Horne is a professional rugby league player with Huddersfield Giants. His preferred position is loose forward....
- Ryan HudsonRyan HudsonRyan Hudson is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Castleford Tigers of Super League. His position is hooker and he is the captain of the Tigers...
- Paul Jackson
- David JeanesDavid JeanesHorace David Jeanes is an English former rugby union and professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer who at club level has played rugby union for Wakefield RFC, and at representative level has played rugby league for Great Britain, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield...
- Rod JensenRod JensenRod Frederick Jensen is a professional rugby league footballer for the Northern Pride in the QLD CupHe has previously played for Huddersfield Giants in Super League in the United Kingdom....
- Philip JosephPhilip Joseph (rugby league)Philip "Phil" Joseph is a professional rugby league footballer who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Huddersfield, Hull Kingston Rovers, Halifax and Swinton, playing at , or /, i.e...
- Brimah KebbieBrimah Kebbie-Biography:He was born on September 21, 1965 in London. During his professional career Brimah Kebbie played for Widnes, St. Helens, Huddersfield and Bradford Northern. While playing for Bradford, his team finished in a runners-up spot in the Rugby League Premiership...
Austin Kilroy (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1966) - Danny KirmondDanny KirmondDanny Kirmond is an English professional rugby league player for the Huddersfield Giants, and was on loan to the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats for the majority of the 2010 season...
- Michael KorkidasMichael KorkidasMichael Korkidas is an Australian-Greek rugby league player who currently plays for the Keighley Cougars. He primarily plays at .-Playing career:...
- Chris LangleyChris LangleyChris Langley is an English rugby league player for the Dewsbury Rams in National League One. He plays as a centre. He has previously played for the Huddersfield Giants in the European Super League and also had spells with Bradford, Featherstone Rovers, York and Doncaster.-External links:**...
Trevor Leathely (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1984) - Dale LaughtonDale LaughtonDale Laughton is a Scottish former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s who at representative level has played for Great Britain, and Scotland, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Sheffield Eagles, Huddersfield Giants, and Warrington Wolves, playing at , i.e...
- Michael LawrenceMichael Lawrence (rugby league)Michael Lawrence is a professional rugby league player with the Huddersfield Giants. It was announced in July 2007 that Michael will become a member of the Giants' Super League squad for the 2008 season...
- Jamahl LolesiJamahl LolesiJamahl Lolesi is a New Zealand rugby league player for the Huddersfield Giants of Super League. A New Zealand and Samoa international representative, he has previously played for Wests Tigers, Bulldogs and Canberra Raiders in the National Rugby League...
- David LomaxDavid LomaxDavid Walter Lomax is a New Zealand rugby league coach and former player who represented his country. He is the brother of another international, John Lomax.-Early years:...
- Richard LopagRichard LopagRichard Lopag born 13 September 1989 in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire, England is a rugby league player for Swinton in the Co-operative Championship 1.Richard Lopag's position of choice is on the wing....
- Shaun LuntShaun LuntShaun Lunt is an English professional rugby league footballer for the Huddersfield Giants of Super League. A hooker, he has played his entire top-level career to date with Huddersfield....
- Wayne McDonaldWayne McDonaldWayne McDonald is a former rugby league footballer, recently he played for the Campbelltown City Kangaroos in Australia. McDonald played over 175 games in the Super League in the 1990s and 2000s. He played club football for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Hull Sharks, St Helens, Leeds Rhinos, Wigan...
- Jermaine McGillvaryJermaine McGillvaryJermaine McGillvary is a professional rugby league footballer, currently playing at Huddersfield Giants in the Super League. He is by preference a , but can also play at . McGillvary was sent out on loan to Batley Bulldogs for the 2009 Co-operative Championship, a season which saw him progress as a...
- Gregg McNally
- Steve McNamaraSteve McNamaraSteve McNamara is an English professional rugby league football coach and former player. He is currently coach of the England national team.-International honours:...
- Paul MarchPaul MarchPaul March is a professional rugby league player and coach of Hunslet Hawks. He plays at scrum half, stand off or often at hooker. Paul is also the coach of Thornhill Trojans ARLFC...
- Ray Markham
- James MartinJames Martin (rugby league)James Luke Martin is an English rugby league player formerly with the Huddersfield Giants. It was announced in July 2007 that James will become a full-time member of the Giants' Super League squad for the 2008 season. Alongside his rugby career, James studies at Leeds University...
- Keith MasonKeith Mason (rugby league)Keith Mason is an English born professional rugby league footballer who at representative level has played for Wales, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, Melbourne Storm, St. Helens, Castleford Tigers, and Huddersfield Giants, playing at , i.e...
- Joe MbuJoe MbuJoe Mbu is a rugby league coach and former professional player. Mbu played for Harlequins Rugby League in the Super League. He is the current coach of the London Skolars.-Playing career:Joe Mbu's usual position was...
- Danny MillsDanny Mills (rugby league)Danny Mills is a professional rugby league player for the Widnes Vikings. His position is . He formerly played for Huddersfield Giants, Doncaster and Sheffield Eagles.-References:...
Ernest "Ernie" Mills 1927–35 - Martin MoanaMartin MoanaMartin Moana is a former professional rugby league footballer who was an international representative and played club football in England and New Zealand.-Early years:...
- Iain MorrisonIain MorrisonIain Morrison is a rugby league player for the Featherstone Rovers after signing in October 2009. He was signed for Hull Kingston Rovers from Huddersfield Giants after he had initially come through London Broncos academy....
Dean Mountain (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1991) - Chris NeroChris NeroChris Nero is an Australian/Italian professional rugby league player. He plays in the Super League for Salford City Reds. His usual position is , although he can also play in the s...
- Gene NgamuGene NgamuGene Robert Ngamu is a New Zealand former rugby league player. He played mainly at Halfback or Five Eighth and is probably best known for his combination with Stacey Jones in the Auckland Warriors and New Zealand Kiwis.-Early years:...
Kenneth "Ken" Noble - Jarrod O'DohertyJarrod O'DohertyJarrod O'Doherty was a rugby league footballer of the '90s and '00s. He played for the Newcastle Knights from 1997 to 1998 and 2001 to 2002 and finally the Huddersfield Giants in 2003.-External links:...
Will OsborneWill OsborneWilliam Osborne was a Welsh international rugby forward who played rugby union for Mountain Ash and Glamorgan Police. Osborne played in six international matches, becoming a Triple Crown winner when he played for Wales in all three matches of the 1902 Home Nations Championship... - Larne PatrickLarne PatrickLarne Patrick is a professional rugby league footballer currently playing for Huddersfield Giants in the European Super League. He is primarily a second rower but he can comfortably deputise at prop. Patrick joined the Giants from Manly based reserve-grade side Narrabeen Sharks in Australia after...
Robbie PaulRobbie PaulRobert Rawiri 'Robbie' Hunter-Paul is a New Zealand rugby league player. He currently plays for Leigh Centurions in England. He played for the New Zealand national team 27 times. He is the younger brother of Leeds Carnegie player Henry Paul.-Early years:Born in Tokoroa, New Zealand, his junior... - Sean PenkywiczSean PenkywiczSean Penkywicz is a rugby league player for Halifax in National League One. He plays as a hooker or scrum-half.He has been named in the Wales squad to face England at the Keepmoat Stadium prior to England's departure for the 2008 Rugby League World Cup.-External links:**...
- Albert PepperellAlbert PepperellAlbert J. Pepperell is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at representative level played for Great Britain, Cumberland, and British Empire XIII, and at club level for Seaton, Huddersfield, and Workington Town, playing at /, i.e...
- Andy RaleighAndy RaleighAndy Raleigh is an English rugby league player from Huddersfield. He currently plays in Super League for Huddersfield Giants. He plays as a or as a ....
Peter RamsdenPeter RamsdenPeter Ramsden was a professional rugby league footballer of the 1950s and '60s who at club level played for Huddersfield, and York, playing at , i.e. number 6.-Challenge Cup final appearances:...
http://www.britishpathe.com/record.php?id=41757 John Ravitale represented Commonwealth XIII while at Huddersfield in 1965 against New Zealand at Crystal Palace National Recreation CentreCrystal Palace National Sports CentreThe National Sports Centre at Crystal Palace in south London, England is a large sports centre and athletics stadium. It was opened in 1964 in Crystal Palace Park, close to the site of the former Crystal Palace, in the former parkland and also usurping part of the former grand prix circuit.It was...
, LondonLondonLondon is the capital city of :England and the :United Kingdom, the largest metropolitan area in the United Kingdom, and the largest urban zone in the European Union by most measures. Located on the River Thames, London has been a major settlement for two millennia, its history going back to its...
on Wednesday 18 August 1965, Patrick "Paddy" ReidPaddy ReidPatrick "Paddy" Joseph Reid was an Irish dual-code rugby centre. Reid played club rugby under the rugby union code for Garryowen and played international rugby for Ireland, and was part of the Grand Slam winning team of 1948... - Gwyn RichardsGwyn RichardsErnest Gwyn Richards was a Welsh rugby union and professional rugby league footballer of the 1920s who at representative level played rugby union for Wales, and at club level for Cardiff RFC, playing at Fly-half, i.e...
- Leroy RivettLeroy RivettLeroy Rivett is an English rugby league player who currently plays for the English National League Two side, Rochdale Hornets as a winger....
- Ben RoartyBen RoartyBen Roarty is an Australian former professional rugby league player. He played for the Melbourne Storm, Penrith Panthers, Huddersfield Giants and the Castleford Tigers as a second-row, loose-forward and as a prop....
- Luke Robinson Robert "Bob" Robson (signed from Hawick RFCHawick RFCHawick Rugby Football Club is a semi-professional rugby union side, currently playing in the Premiership Division One and Border League. The team are based at Mansfield Park at Hawick in the Scottish Borders....
(RU)Rugby unionRugby union, often simply referred to as rugby, is a full contact team sport which originated in England in the early 19th century. One of the two codes of rugby football, it is based on running with the ball in hand...
) Derek Roe (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1984) - Paul RowleyPaul RowleyPaul Rowley born 12 March 1975 in Leigh, Greater Manchester, England is a coach and former rugby league player for Leigh Centurions in National League One.Paul Rowley's position of choice was as a hooker....
James "Jimmy" Russell Ronald "Ron" RylanceRonald RylanceRonald "Ron" Rylance is a former professional Rugby League World Cup winning footballer of the 1940s and '50s who at representative level has played for England, and Yorkshire, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, Dewsbury, and Huddersfield, playing at , or , i.e...
, for England while at WakefieldWakefield Trinity WildcatsWakefield Trinity Wildcats are a professional rugby league club that plays in the European Super League and is based in Wakefield. They achieved promotion in 1999 and have remained in the League since. They are known to their fans as Wakey, Trinity, Wildcats, or historically The Dreadnoughts...
1947 Wales, for Great Britain while at Huddersfield (World Cup 1954 Squad 0-caps)
Darren "Rocky" Turner Scored a try at old Wembley
David Schofield (Testimonial match
Testimonial match
A testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1986)
- Garry SchofieldGarry SchofieldGarry E. Schofield OBE is an English retired professional rugby league footballer of the 1980s and 1990s. At the time of his retirement he was the most-capped Great Britain player of all time along with Mick Sullivan, with 46 appearances. He also won three England caps, making him the highest...
Michael "Mick" Shepherd (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1982) - Rikki SheriffeRikki SheriffeRikki Sheriffe is an English rugby union player for Newcastle Falcons in the Aviva Premiership. He previously played in rugby league....
- John SkandalisJohn SkandalisJohn Skandalis is an Australian professional rugby league footballer for the Wests Tigers of the NRL. He played previously for the Western Suburbs Magpies and Huddersfield Giants...
- Troy SlatteryTroy SlatteryTroy Slattery is a professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s who at club level has played for South Sydney Rabbitohs, Huddersfield Giants, and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats, playing at , i.e. number 11 or 12.-External links:*...
Edward "Ted" SlevinTed SlevinEdward "Ted" Slevin was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1940s, 1950s and '60s who at representative level played for Great Britain, and England, and at club level for Wigan, and Huddersfield, playing at , or , i.e... - Steve SnitchSteve SnitchSteve Snitch is an English rugby league footballer, who at club level has played for Wakefield Trinity Wildcats , Huddersfield Giants and Castleford Tigers.-References:...
- Waisale SovatabuaWaisale SovatabuaWaisale Sovatabua is a former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for Sheffield Eagles, Huddersfield Giants and Wakefield Trinity Wildcats in the Super League...
- Marcus St HilaireMarcus St HilaireMarcus St Hilaire is an English rugby league player who has represented Ireland and currently plays for Oldham. His usual position is full back or wing.-Leeds Rhinos:...
- Troy StoneTroy StoneTroy Stone is a Australian rugby league player who played professionally in England and Australia.-Playing career:...
- Matthew SturmMatthew SturmMatthew Sturm is a former professional rugby league footballer who played in New Zealand and in the English Super League. In 2010 and 2011 he was part of the Mount Albert Lions.-Early years:Sturm was a Glenora Bears junior...
- Andrew Tangata-ToaAndrew Tangata-ToaAndrew Tangata-Toa is a former rugby league player. Tangata-Toa was a Tonga international and played at the 1995 Rugby League World Cup. He also played in the Super League for Huddersfield Giants.In the NRL He played for the Newcastle Knights in 1993 and 1995-96, also he played for the St. George...
Ian Thomas (Testimonial matchTestimonial matchA testimonial match or testimonial game, often referred to simply as a testimonial, is a practice in some sports, notably football and especially in the United Kingdom, where a club puts on a match in honour of a player for service to the club....
1993) - Albert TorrensAlbert TorrensAlbert Torrens is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s. He played for the Manly-Warringah Sea Eagles, Northern Eagles and St...
William TrevarthenWilliam TrevarthenWilliam "Bill" MacVay Trevarthen was a New Zealand rugby footballer who was part of the professional 1907-1908 New Zealand rugby tour of Great Britain.- Rugby Football :...
(1907–08 "All Gold") - Greg VeiversGreg VeiversGreg Veivers is an Australian former rugby league footballer who captained the Kangaroos in a World Cup match in 1977. He represented Australia in seven World Cup matches from 1975 and 1977. He was a front-rower and a regular Queensland state representative from 1970 to 1978.-Early life and...
- Phil VeiversPhil VeiversPhil Veivers is an Australian former rugby league footballer. He played for the Southern Suburbs, St Helens and Huddersfield as a full-back....
- Adam WalkerAdam Walker (rugby league)Adam Walker is an English rugby league player for the Huddersfield Giants in the European Super League. He plays as a prop.-External links:*...
Sydney "Syd" WalmsleySyd WalmsleySydney Oglesby Walmsley was an English professional rugby league footballer of the 1910s and '20s who at representative level played for England, and at club level for Millom RLFC, Leeds, and Huddersfield, playing at , i.e... - Joe WalshJoe Walsh (rugby league)Joe Walsh is a professional rugby league player.He was born in Saddleworth, Oldham, Greater Manchester, and is a former Rishworth school pupil....
Pat WalshPat Walsh (rugby)Patrick Bernard "Nimmo" Walsh was a pioneer Australian representative rugby union and rugby league player, a dual-code international, who saw active duty with the Australian Imperial Force in the first World War... - Paul WhatuiraPaul WhatuiraPaul Whatuira is a professional rugby league footballer who currently plays for the Parramatta Eels in the NRL...
- Paul WhitePaul White (rugby league)Paul White is a Jamaican rugby league footballer who current plays for Halifax RLFC. He has previously played for the Wakefield Trinity Wildcats.Paul White's usual position is wing, but he can also play as fullback or hooker....
- Oliver WilkesOliver WilkesOliver Wilkes, is an English born Scottish professional rugby league footballer for the Harlequins club of Super League...
- Nigel WrightNigel Wright (rugby league)Nigel Wright is an English former professional rugby league footballer of the 1990s and 2000s, and coach of the 2010s, who at representative level has played for England, and at club level for Wakefield Trinity, Wigan, and Huddersfield Giants, playing at , or , i.e...
Edgar WrigleyEdgar WrigleyEdgar Wrigley was a New Zealand rugby footballer who represented his country in both rugby union and rugby league.-Rugby Football:Wrigley played rugby union for the Red Star club in Masterton and between 1903 and 1907 he played 18 games for Wairarapa...
(1907–08 "All Gold")
The following is a list of Huddersfield rugby league players that have been inducted into the Rugby League Hall of Fame
Rugby League Hall of Fame
The Rugby League Hall of Fame is an International Hall of Fame that was combined and continually has additions from the Australian Rugby League Hall of Fame, British Rugby League Hall of Fame, Fédération Française de Rugby à XIII and the...
(in alphabetical order):
- Douglas "Doug/Dougie/Duggy" ClarkDouglas Clark (rugby league)Douglas "Duggy" Clark MM was an English rugby league footballer, wrestler and World War I veteran. He played at , or for Huddersfield, Cumberland, England and the Great Britain national side. Clark also served in World War I on the front line in France in 1917, earning the Military Medal for his...
- Neil FoxNeil Fox (rugby league)Neil Fox MBE is an English former rugby league footballer and player-coach of the 1950s, 60s and 70s. A goal-kicking , he is one of the most prominent figures in the history of the sport because he holds the all-time points record, scoring 6,220 points during his career...
- Martin HodgsonMartin HodgsonMartin Hodgson was an English rugby league footballer of the 1920s and 30s. He was, without doubt, one of the game's greatest ever second row forwards and represented both Cumberland and Great Britain on many occasions, and also toured Australasia in 1932 and 1936 with the Great Britain tourists.A...
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- arold Wagstaff
External links
- GiantsRL.com – Official Website
- RLFans.com – Unofficial Fan Site
- GiantsRLFans.com – Unofficial Fan Site
- Giants.co.nr – Unofficial Fan Site
- GiantsRLTalentbuilder.co.uk Charitable site
- Huddersfield Giants History
- http://www.examiner.co.uk/huddersfield-giants/huddersfield-giants-news/2008/11/20/bright-future-from-tough-past-for-giants-86081-22301338/