Furious Ian Watson blasted his misfiring Huddersfield stars and fired: “You need to lose your egos.”
The much-fancied Giants crashed to a third defeat in four games after being embarrassed and out-gunned 28-0 by impressive Hull KR. Hapless Huddersfield couldn’t handle the rain-lashed conditions or the red-hot Robins who raced in for five tries from veteran winger Ryan Hall (2), second-row James Batchelor (2) and Tom Opacic. With England star Jake Connor, Tonga stand-off Tui Lolohea and Newcastle Knights-bound Will Pryce in their pivotal positions, the visitors should have had enough class to compete.
But they bombed spectacularly with ex-Hull hero Connor coming up with a series of gaffes including a speculative pass that Hall intercepted to race in from 90m. Huddersfield badly missed the kicking quality of injured scrum-halves Theo Fages and Olly Russell. And Watson fumed: “We didn’t play wet weather football until 30 minutes in. We were too busy trying to throw the ball around the edge and into touch.
