http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/ Latest thoughts on the Giants, and rugby as a whole en Copyright 2008 Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:57:45 +0000 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss ENGLAND were mighty impressive against France on Friday night and it’s difficult to point the finger at anyone who didn’t enhance their claims on a World Cup place. Peter Fox wouldn’t get a sniff if Gareth Raynor had been available and I’d have gone for Rikki Sheriffe on that wing if fit. But Fox took his chance well. Pity the likes of Joe Westerman and, you know, Richard Moore won’t get a chance at that level before the tournament. http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/06/martins_gleesome.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/06/martins_gleesome.html Sun, 29 Jun 2008 21:57:45 +0000 GIANTS must be licking their lips at the prospect of taking on form team Saints on Sunday. And Cas will be even more up for it than normal (if that’s at all possible) when they travel to Headingley on Saturday to face Rhinos. On the face of it they should be daunting trips to the homes of the best two teams in the competition. But there’s a certain farcical fixture on Friday night which levels the playing field somewhat. http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/06/french_farce.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/06/french_farce.html Wed, 25 Jun 2008 18:06:25 +0000 INTERESTING letter from a gentleman in the latest edition of Classic Rock magazine.* It says "excellent review of the new Def Leppard album. I agree that the great track Love sounds like Queen. However the Queen track it has most in common with is not We Are the Champions but Jealousy from the 1978 Jazz album”. The letter is from Andy Gregory (Dream of Icarus). Nobody in the current Wigan team will be singing We Are The Champions in the near future but if anyone is entitled to it's Andy Gregory. http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/06/andy_at_the_races.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/06/andy_at_the_races.html Tue, 03 Jun 2008 23:54:57 +0000 ]]> http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/sex_and_take_pity.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/sex_and_take_pity.html Sat, 31 May 2008 22:16:35 +0000 ]]> http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/one_rule_for_one.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/one_rule_for_one.html Tue, 20 May 2008 10:31:12 +0000 ]]> http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/taking_the_michael.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/taking_the_michael.html Tue, 20 May 2008 10:26:00 +0000 GIANTS fans must be gutted after St Helens decided to rename Knowsley Road. Saints' battered old cesspit will now be known as the GWP Recruitment Stadium. Really trips off the tongue that. And in doing so the wise old heads at Saints who raked in some cash have knocked off Huddersfield from their perch as the worst stadium name. Featherstone's Chris Moyles Stadium runs them close. Awful name, awful human being. But the Galpharm (self-harm would be more appropriate at the moment) is now officially consigned to send place. http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/no_no_no_no_no_knowsley_road.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/no_no_no_no_no_knowsley_road.html Wed, 07 May 2008 10:25:16 +0000 SOME slippery thoughts on the second Millennium Magic weekend.. First up what a try-tastic, try-errific feast of rugby. In the home of the best rah-rah side in Europe, ahem, there were 62 tries scored in six games - that's 12 more than the entire 15-game Six Nations. Wigan fool-back Richie Mathers will never want to see one of them again after being swatted off rather pathetically by Jon Wilkin in the final encounter. And there were at least two other tries scored in that game that I blame entirely on the awful playing surface. http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/slip_sliding_awales.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/slip_sliding_awales.html Wed, 07 May 2008 10:20:31 +0000 Apart from the fact there was something weird stuck to the side of his head, the big fella managed to use the phrase ‘you know’ 22 times in two sentences.]]> http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/yuknowsley_road.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/05/yuknowsley_road.html Thu, 01 May 2008 10:57:19 +0000 AT the risk of sounding a bit like Stevo here..have we just witnessed the game of the year? I’m talking about last night’s thrill-a-minute contest between Warrington and Saints. I don’t think I’ve ever seen a game where both teams looked capable of scoring every time they got their paws on the ball. http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/04/the_beautiful_game.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/04/the_beautiful_game.html Sat, 26 Apr 2008 09:49:59 +0000 ‘RUGBY League is a punta’s graveyard’. That’s what the text from my mate said a couple of weeks ago. I’m assuming punta was textspeak for punter and not some misspelling of an Italian two-door motor. I’ve just deposited a little bit more into the ever-swollen funds of the Stan James betting organisation after Harlequins’ remarkable comeback against Cas in the Challenge Cup. It’s the sixth bet on the bounce I’ve lost on the handicap and I’m not the only one scratching their heads and lobbing the form book out of the window and kicking the dog. http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/04/coffin_fit.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/04/coffin_fit.html Sat, 19 Apr 2008 20:54:27 +0000 ]]> http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/04/worst_past_the_post.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/04/worst_past_the_post.html Sun, 13 Apr 2008 22:42:27 +0000 APOLOGIES to Henry Paul. Pre-season I said he was past it. Well as Warrington and now Hull KR will testify he’s far from it. Missing Mark McLinden and Scott Hill for both games and Danny Orr for the Wire slog, Paul has been asked to step up and he’s done it. http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/04/henry_paul_an_apology.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/04/henry_paul_an_apology.html Mon, 07 Apr 2008 11:49:36 +0000 INTERESTING to see the latest Rugby Leaguer looking down its nose at the Daily Mirror. In the Upfront editorial about Dwain Chambers’ hilarious attempts to make it in RL there’s a sneering reference to a Mirror headline and ‘that particular tabloid’. Well, the Cockney cowboys on Mirror sport certainly have many faults. Many many faults. But one thing even they wouldn’t stoop to is the level of schoolboy tomfoolery the Rugby Leaguer exhibits on a caption for a Pennine League game. http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/04/keith_muff.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/04/keith_muff.html Sun, 06 Apr 2008 11:41:50 +0000 ]]> http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/03/rl_down_the_dwain_1.html http://huddersfield-giants.examiner.co.uk/2008/03/rl_down_the_dwain_1.html Mon, 31 Mar 2008 14:39:32 +0000