Wolves back on top

Hodgson: opened the scoring for Warrington

Warrington returned to the top of the Super League table after resisting a second-half fightback from Huddersfield.

The Wolves raced into a 22-0 lead and looked set for an easy victory against the third-placed Giants.

But Huddersfield battled back to 22-16 and Warrington needed a late Louis Anderson try to secure the points and end a three-game losing streak against the Giants.

The tone of the opening quarter was set inside a minute as Michael Lawrence gifted Warrington a penalty by holding down in the tackle.

That was one of five penalties Huddersfield conceded in the opening 10 minutes, which along with two knock-ons gave Warrington plenty of attacking opportunities.

After three minutes Luke O'Donnell lost possession from a Giants scrum inside their own 20-metre line and Brett Hodgson scooted over for the opening score.

He converted from the touchline and two minutes later slid in a grubber kick which Joel Monaghan did wonderfully well to touch down. Hodgson made no mistake from the touchline and Warrington led 12-0.

Dominant

The hosts were completely dominant and after Richie Myler made the break and exchanged passes with Louis Anderson to touch down, Hodgson kicked his third goal.

After 22 minutes Matty Blythe slipped in Monaghan for the Aussie winger's second try and although Hodgson missed the kick, Warrington looked set for an easy night.

They should have had more tries - both Anderson and Matt King knocked on when they looked set to score - but Huddersfield offered no threat at all.

After seeming content simply not to concede for almost half an hour, the Giants transformed the contest with two tries in three minutes.

First Lawrence's kick was touched down by Jermaine McGillvary, then after the kick-off went out on the full, David Fa'alogo powered over from close range.

Both sides struggled to keep hold of the ball in driving rain but the Giants got within a converted try with 10 minutes left when Kevin Brown touched down Luke Robinson's perfectly-weighted kick under the posts.

Suddenly Huddersfield sniffed something and when Scott Grix fired in a 40-20, they had their chance.

But Leroy Cudjoe knocked on and Warrington escaped, before Myler's quick pass allowed Anderson to settle it with three minutes left.