Huddersfield's Craig Huby to miss first month of Super League season

Huddersfield Giants will be without prop Craig Huby for at least the first month of the Super League season.

Huby has undergone surgery on a wrist injury that is expected to keep him out for the best part of three months.

The former Castleford player was injured before Christmas in pre-season training and it will end his ever present spell with the Giants, after he played in every game in his first year with the club.

Coach Paul Anderson said: "Craig damaged his wrist in training a couple of weeks ago before Christmas and there was some substantial damage that required surgery so it is going to be a 12-week injury and he will miss the first month to six weeks of the season.

"Craig is a very good player so it is disappointing to lose him at any point, especially for a substantial period like this, but one man's misfortune is another man's opportunity.

"We have got some talented forwards in the squad and so we have got to adapt and be able to get on with it."

The news of Huby's injury comes only a matter of days after second rower Brett Ferres left the club, signing for rivals Leeds Rhinos for an undisclosed fee,