Approaching his 36th birthday, it’s no surprise Huddersfield Giants’ Chris Hill is thrilled to see the traditional exhausting Easter schedule ditched.
Ordinarily, the veteran England prop would be doing everything possible on Sunday to recover for tomorrow, preparing for a second game in just four days. But Betfred Super League’s notorious Good Friday and Easter Monday double-header has finally been dumped in the name of player welfare. Clubs now just have one outing over the holiday period and it’s Huddersfield’s turn to feature this evening, completing ‘Rivals Round’ at Leeds Rhinos.
Asked if he’s pleased about that, Hill admitted: “Just a little bit. At my age, especially! Some of the young lads might not be as they might have got a game. And sometimes it is about your squad. Maybe this year we wouldn’t have minded playing two games with the squad we have at Huddersfield. But as a whole, as a game, it is smart. We want quality don’t we? We don’t just want to bang games in.
