Super League: Clark wins it for Warrington
Last Updated: 23/07/16 4:32pm
A 77th-minute try from Daryl Clark handed Warrington a 34-30 win over Huddersfield on Saturday.
Huddersfield wing Gene Ormsby bagged a hat-trick of tries against his old club but it wasn't enough to secure the win for the Giants while the win sent Warrington up to second behind Hull at the end of the regular Super League season.
The last-gasp defeat ensures the Giants, third last season, finish bottom of the table before the start of the Qualifier 8s in a fortnight.
Ormsby, signed a fortnight ago in a permanent deal from Warrington, bagged two first-half tries for Huddersfield before completing his treble on the hour although all three were walk-in touchdowns.
Huddersfield led 30-28 until 20-year-old Toby King sent Daryl Clark over for the match-winning try four minutes from time.
Aaron Murphy also touched down for the Giants in the first half but they trailed 14-10 at the break with Warrington's tries from Stefan Ratchford, Ben Currie and Ben Westwood.
The Wolves, who face Wakefield in the Challenge Cup semi-final at Leigh on Saturday, added other second-half tries through man-of-the-match Chris Sandow and Ryan Atkins, with Kurt Gidley finishing with five goals from six attempts.
Huddersfield never gave up with Nathan Mason and Craig Huby notching their other tries and Danny Brough kicking three goals in a gutsy performance that will encourage new boss Rick Stone.
The Giants, who were undefeated in their last five meetings against Warrington, were missing Jermaine McGillvary and Tom Symonds through injury with Kyle Wood and Mason brought into the squad.
The Wolves made a spectacular start with a sizzling 90-metre try from full-back Ratchford, who pounced on a stray Ryan Brierley pass to sprint clear and outpace the Giants chasers to score in the corner.
Warrington's adventurous play was rewarded after 14 minutes with Sandow supplying Currie who took a return pass from Atkins to dart over for his 16th try of the season with Gidley adding the conversion.
Huddersfield were clearly in no mood to throw in the towel and hit back when Ormsby collected Jamie Ellis' long pass to stroll over unopposed with Brough booting the conversion.
Warrington lost Ratchford, who had been outstanding in the first quarter, before the Giants levelled after 25 minutes with Murphy beating Rhys Evans to touch down from a Brough grubber kick.
Huddersfield went ahead four minutes before the break after a crunching tackle by Leroy Cudjoe forced Ashton Sims to lose possession and smart handling put Ormsby over for his second try to make it 14-10.
Warrington were stunned into an immediate response with substitute Westwood blasting through the Giants cover on an angled run to level the scores with Gidley's conversion edging his side ahead 16-14 at the break.
Huddersfield began the second half strongly and regained the lead with Mason taking a Brough pass to bulldoze over. Brough tagged on the conversion to make it 20-16 and Warrington certainly were not having things their own way after their early 10-0 lead.
It needed a touch of magic from Sandow to notch Warrington's fourth try when he danced his way through the Giants defence for a solo effort and Gidley's conversion gave his side a two-point advantage.
The tries kept coming with Brough's clearance kick charged down by Currie and Sandow's long pass put Atkins over with Gidley's goal extending the lead to 28-20.
Ormsby completed his treble after 64 minutes before Atkins saved a try with a tackle on Ellis as Huddersfield piled on the pressure.
Huddersfield's enthusiasm was rewarded with Huby galloping through a yawning gap to level the scores again before Brough's simple conversion made it 30-28.
However, it was agony for the Giants four minutes from time when King's clever play engineered a try for Clark with Gidley adding the goal.
