Super League: Huddersfield 22-18 Wakefield Trinity - Giants come from behind to triumph

Louis Senior's diving try helped turn the game in Huddersfield's favour

Huddersfield Giants recorded their third Super League win in a row with a second-half comeback to beat Wakefield Trinity in a topsy-turvy encounter.

Trinity went 18-0 up via Reece Lyne, Ryan Hampshire and Joe Westerman but Giants reduced their deficit to eight as Louis Senior and Sam Wood scored.

Jermaine McGillvary's double continued their revival, but Will Pryce was unable to add the goal for the lead.

However, Jake Wardle crossed to cap a remarkable turnaround for Huddersfield.

Giants outscored their visitors by five tries to three but Oliver Russell and Pryce landed just one conversion between them, which kept the hosts in arrears for the majority of the game.

Pryce, Wardle and Russell were all influential, as was Wood, as Giants exposed gaps out wide for their scores.

Wakefield had earlier roared into a three-score lead with a high-tempo start, taking advantage of an early sin-bin for Russell to score through Lyne, while Hampshire finished off a Max Jowitt break and Westerman strolled in for his score.

Tom Johnstone was denied a score by the touch judge as he headed for the corner but, once the momentum swung, Chris Chester's side were unable to halt the slide.

Huddersfield remain ninth after the victory, with Wakefield 11th, above only winless bottom side Leigh Centurions.

Huddersfield coach Ian Watson on half-back Will Pryce:

"He's a special talent. We've just got to make sure we look after him. There are things he can improve on but the composure he showed at times demonstrated his maturity.

"Being the only half out there, everyone was looking at him but he didn't let the pressure get to him. Will more or less did the team talk at half-time and that shows how confident the young lads are.

"The leadership stood up to ensure the youngsters didn't panic. We have a good mix of youth and experience at this moment in time."

Wakefield coach Chris Chester:

"You should never lose a game from a position like that. There were things on a rugby field I've not seen for a long time. Some of them were not brave enough, that's the scary part. We started to creak in the first half and the second half was abysmal.

"Some of these players just aren't good enough. Some are struggling with the intensity and the pace of the game. We are embarrassed by that second-half performance.

"Maybe some of these guys looked at the teamsheet and thought they were in for an easy game. There are a lot of good young kids at Huddersfield and they brought some real energy. We weren't tough enough as a group."

Huddersfield: Ashall-Bott; McGillvary, Cudjoe, Wardle, Senior; Russell, Pryce; Wilson, Peats, Yates, McQueen, Jones, Trout

Interchanges: Wood, Hewitt, Peteru, Greenwood

Wakefield: Jowitt; Senior, Lyne, Arundel, Johnstone; Miller, Hampshire; Green, Kay, Fifita, Ashurst, Tanginoa, Westerman

Interchanges: Arona, Battye, Batchelor, Wood

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