Huddersfield revival continues with win over York

Betfred Super League

Huddersfield (18) 34

Tries: Clune, Evalds, Zenon, Gagai 2, Woolford Goals: Zenon 3, Russell 2

York (8) 14

Tries: Roberts, Nofoaluma, Williams Goals: Roberts

Huddersfield Giants beat York Knights to record back-to-back Super League victories for the first time since August 2025.

Fresh from their stunning win over Wigan Warriors last weekend, Huddersfield scored three tries in the first 14 minutes, although York reduced the deficit to 18-8 at the break, including a debut score for Will Roberts.

Jacob Gagai's two tries in the second half stretched the Giants lead, but they saw it cut again when Paul McShane creatively set up Nikau Williams to touch down.

Zac Woolford's interception saw him race away to get his first Huddersfield try to add gloss to a second win under interim head coach Liam Finn.

The first Super League meeting between these two sides looked like being a one-sided affair as the Giants opened up an 18-0 lead.

First, Woolford's half-blocked pass bounced loose and triggered York's Jesse Dee out of the line, but the ball evaded his attempt to gather and Adam Clune nipped in to score.

Niall Evalds and Tanguy Zenon then went over in a blistering spell where Huddersfield's attacking combinations threatened to overwhelm the visitors.

But York regrouped and Roberts, the former St Helens academy player, got a try on his first appearance as he raced on to Ata Hingano's grubber kick.

Roberts then turned provider, feeding David Nofoaluma, who evaded two challenges to touch down. However the youngster missed both goals in the face of a strong wind.

Any hopes York had of establishing a foothold in the match, though, were all but ended by two tries from Gagai, who showed great strength to touch down under pressure from Roberts for his first.

He then showed brilliant feet to cut in from the left and escape a couple of tackles before speeding away to score.

Between those two tries, York's Kieran Buchanan had a try ruled out by video referee Aaron Moore for obstruction, but they did reduce the deficit when McShane's super aerial pass found Williams in the corner.

But they created problems of their own making when Woolford intercepted and scampered away to seal a 20-point win.

York Knights head coach Mark Applegarth told BBC Radio York:

"I thought it was a very poor start from us. We knew Huddersfield would be well organised and with the wind in their sails after last week, but we can't give a team 18 points and expect anything other than what we got.

"At half-time, we were within a score or two and you're still pretty confident that if you get a 10-minute patch where you put it together, you can suddenly turn it all around.

"But when we conceded another soft try just after half-time, it summed up our afternoon.

"There's a lot of hard work to do, especially on the training field.

"The defence is nowhere near it at the moment, if I'm honest – we're leaking far too many points, we've got to show a bit more resolve."

Huddersfield: Evalds; Swift, Gagai, Wrench, Zenon; Lolohea, Clune; King, Woolford, Rogers, O'Donnell, Patolo, Powell.

Interchanges: Milne, Burgess, Cozza, Russell.

York: Dagger; Galeano, Field, Williams, Nofoaluma; Hingano, Roberts; Vaughan, McShane, Va'a, Dee, Griffin, Cook.

Interchanges: Balmforth, Martin, Sangare, Buchanan.

Referee: James Vella.