2009 Huddersfield Giants season

2009 is the Huddersfield Giants' 146th year in rugby league, entering their eleventh Super League season and the 2009 Challenge Cup.

Transfers

Transfers for 2009 (In)

Nat	Name	Transferred from	Date released
	Brett Hodgson	Wests Tigers	August 2008
	Scott Moore	Castleford Tigers	August 2008
	Simon Finnigan	Bradford Bulls	September 2008
	Josh Griffin	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	October 2008
	Michael Korkidas	Castleford Tigers	November 2008
	Greg McNally	Whitehaven RLFC	November 2008
	Larne Patrick	Free agent	December 2008
	Shaun Lunt	Workington Town	December 2008
	Joe Walsh	Harlequins RL	November 2008
	Keale Carlile	Bradford Bulls	December 2008
	Liam Fulton	Wests Tigers	March 2009

Transfers for 2009 (Out)

Nat	Name	Transferred to	Date released
	Rod Jensen	Retired	August 2008
	Ryan Hudson	Castleford Tigers	September 2008
	Stuart Jones	Castleford Tigers	September 2008
	Chris Thorman	Hull FC	August 2008
	Steve Snitch	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	August 2008
	Shane Elford	Penrith Panthers	October 2008
	John Skandalis	Retired	October 2008
	Gregg McNally	Whitehaven RLFC	December 2008

Full squad

Nat	Player	Position	Previous Club
	1. Brett Hodgson	FB	West Tigers
	2. Martin Aspinwall	W	Wigan Warriors
	3. Kevin Brown	C	Wigan Warriors
	4. Paul Whatuira	C	Wests Tigers
	5. David Hodgson	W	Salford City Reds
	6. Liam Fulton	SO	Wests Tigers
	7. Luke Robinson	SH	Salford City Reds
	8. Eorl Crabtree	P	Huddersfield Giants
	9. David Faiumu	HK	North Queensland Cowboys
	10. Darrell Griffin	P	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
	11. Jamahl Lolesi	SR	Wests Tigers
	12. Andy Raleigh	SR	Hull KR
	13. Stephen Wild	LF	Wigan Warriors
	14. Simon Finnigan	SR	Bradford Bulls
	15. Paul Jackson	P	Castleford Tigers
	16. Keith Mason	P	St Helens
	17. Michael Korkidas	P	Castleford Tigers
	18. Danny Kirmond	SR	Featherstone Rovers
	19. Michael Lawrence	W	Huddersfield Giants
	20. Scott Moore	HK	St Helens
	21. Leroy Cudjoe	FB	Huddersfield Giants
	22. Jermaine McGilvary	W	Huddersfield Giants
	23. Joe Walsh	SR	Harlequins
	24. Shaun Lunt	HK	Workington Town
	25. Chris Lawson	P	Huddersfield Giants
	26. Tom Hemingway	SH	Huddersfield Giants
	27. Richard Lopag	W	Huddersfield Giants
	28. Josh Griffin	C	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats
	29. Keale Carlile	HK	Bradford Bulls
	30. Larne Patrick	SR	Bradford Bulls

Fixtures and results

Competition	Round	Opponent	Result	Score	Home/Away	Venue	Attendance	Date
Friendly	K.A.	Halifax RLFC	Loss	32-18	Away	Shay Stadium	2,352	04/01/2009
Friendly	K.A.	Wigan Warriors	Loss	24-28	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	3,452	25/01/2009
Friendly	K.A.	Batley Bulldogs	Win	6-40	Away	Mount Pleasant	—	01/02/2009
Super League XIV	1	Catalans Dragons	Win	8-30	Away	Stade Gilbert Brutus	7,520	14/02/2009
Super League XIV	2	St Helens RLFC	Loss	6-23	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	11,338	22/02/2009
Super League XIV	3	Bradford Bulls	Win	12-16	Away	Grattan Stadium	10,186	27/02/2009
Super League XIV	4	Hull FC	Loss	20-24	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	10,459	06/03/2009
Super League XIV	5	Castleford Tigers	Win	24-26	Away	The Jungle	6,572	14/03/2009
Super League XIV	6	Harlequins RL	Win	46-6	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	6,356	22/03/2009
Super League XIV	7	Wigan Warriors	Win	8-22	Away	JJB Stadium	11,670	27/03/2009
Challenge Cup 2009	4	Harlequins RL	Win	16-42	Away	The Twickenham Stoop	2,500	04/04/2009
Super League XIV	8	Celtic Crusaders	Win	30-10	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	6,407	10/04/2009
Super League XIV	9	Hull Kingston Rovers	Win	8-30	Away	Craven Park	8,731	13/04/2009
Super League XIV	10	Leeds Rhinos	Loss	6-34	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	11,593	18/04/2009
Super League XIV	11	Warrington Wolves	Loss	40-18	Away	Halliwell Jones Stadium	8,007	26/04/2009
Super League XIV	12	Celtic Crusaders	Win	40-16	Neutral	Murrayfield Stadium	30,122	03/05/2009
Challenge Cup 2009	5	Rochdale Hornets	Win	38-12	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	2,859	10/05/2009
Super League XIV	13	Salford City Reds	Loss	4-24	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	6,903	17/05/2009
Super League XIV	14	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Win	6-54	Away	Belle Vue	5,034	24/05/2009
Challenge Cup 2009	QF	Castleford Tigers	Win	16-14	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	6,359	31/05/2009
Super League XIV	15	Hull Kingston Rovers	Win	22-6	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	6,346	05/06/2009
Super League XIV	16	Leeds Rhinos	Loss	20-12	Away	Headingley Stadium	14,934	14/06/2009
Super League XIV	17	Castleford Tigers	Loss	6-13	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	6,010	19/06/2009
Super League XIV	18	Salford City Reds	Win	10-34	Away	The Willows	3,721	26/06/2009
Super League XIV	19	Wakefield Trinity Wildcats	Win	30-14	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	7,486	05/07/2009
Super League XIV	20	Harlequins RL	Win	16-32	Away	The Twickenham Stoop	3,916	11/07/2009
Super League XIV	21	Warrington Wolves	Win	28-10	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	7,107	19/07/2009
Super League XIV	22	Catalans Dragons	Win	36-12	Startseite	Galpharm Stadium	5,823	26/07/2009
Super League XIV	23	Hull FC	Win	0-24	Away	KC Stadium	11,191	31/07/2009
Challenge Cup 2009	SF	St Helens RLFC			Neutral	Halliwell Jones Stadium		09/08/2009
Super League XIV	24	Bradford Bulls			Startseite	Galpharm Stadium		16/08/2009
Super League XIV	25	St Helens RLFC			Away	GPW Recruitment Stadium		21/08/2009
Super League XIV	26	Celtic Crusaders			Away	Brewery Field		05/09/2009
Super League XIV	27	Wigan Warriors			Startseite	Galpharm Stadium		13/09/2009

External links

• Huddersfield Giants' official website