Giants maintain push
Shane Elford and Stephen Wild scored twice as Huddersfield beat the Dragons.
Last Updated: 05/08/07 5:25pm
Shane Elford and Stephen Wild each scored two tries for Huddersfield as they boosted their play-off prospects with a 42-22 victory over Catalans Dragons.
Elford scored twice early on to set the Giants on their way to a third straight win before Wild, who was superb throughout at loose forward, crossed either side of the break.
A five-try blitz put Huddersfield 28-6 in front at the interval and although they eased off a little in the second half they added to recent wins over Wakefield and Harlequins to put themselves firmly in the frame for a top-six finish.
Rod Jensen began the rout with an 80-metre dash for his first try in Huddersfield colours and Darrell Griffin then dived over to open his account soon after.
Elford, twice, and Wild, who held off three defenders on the line to touch down, then went over the increase the home side's lead.
Wild double
Wild added his second just two minutes after the restart before the Dragons finally got their game together with two tries in the space of three minutes.
Tries from Alex Chan and Adam Mogg were both converted by Stacey Jones, who had also successfully added the extras to Jason Croker's first half try.
Les Catalans had had Clint Greenshield sin-binned mid-way through the first half for persistent holding down in the tackle and when he was sent to the bin again on 70 minutes their hopes of continuing their fightback went with him.
Chris Thorman, who kicked seven goals and is one of Super League's top point scorers, completed the victory for Huddersfield late on with a solo try.
But Younes Khattabi had the last word for Catalans with a late touchdown.
