Giants vs Dragons: Match Preview

After a break last weekend due to the split round 20, the Giants enter Round 21 with a Saturday evening clash against Catalans Dragons!

The visitors are coming into this one off the back of a four game losing streak, the latest in that run being a 28-18 defeat to Wigan Warriors. The Giants however, are returning home after a win last time out against Hull FC. 

Last 5 Meetings

Catalans Dragons 32, Huddersfield 0 (SLR16, 28/6/25) 

Huddersfield 18, Catalans Dragons 38 (SLR7, 13/4/25) 

Huddersfield 22, Catalans Dragons 23 (SLR21, 9/8/24) 

Catalans Dragons 22, Huddersfield 18 (SLR15, 22/6/24) 

Catalans Dragons 6, Huddersfield 34 (CCQF, 13/4/24) 

The Squads

Huddersfield Giants: 

Jacob Gagai, Jake Bibby, Sam Halsall, Zac Woolford, Tom Burgess, Harry Rushton, Ashton Golding, Matty English, George King, Joe Greenwood, Fenton Rogers, Elliot Wallis, Leroy Cudjoe, Tristan Powell, Taane Milne, Kieran Rush, George Flanagan, Matt Frawley, Leo Ward, Archie Sykes.

Catalans Dragons:

Tommy Makinson, Arthur Romano, Reimis Smith, Luke Keary, Ben Garcia, Tariq Sims, Oliver Partington, Alrix Da Costa, Chris Satae, Romain Navarette, Bayley Sironen, Cesar Rouge, Paul Seguier, Jordan Dezaria, Theo Fages, Fouad Yaha, Matthieu Laguerre, Franck Maria, Guillermo Aspuro-Bichet, Leo Darrelatour, Denive Balmforth.

Ticket info: 

Adults and Concessions: £10

U17’s: £5

Tickets can be bought online here.

Key Match ups:

Flanagan vs Aspuro-Bichet

Flanagan has stepped up to the plate in 2025 for the Giants, and has made the Full Back spot his own. He takes the line on, finds gaps and runs through them to create opportunities. To add to that, he’s kicked 31 goals this season and will look to add to his tally this weekend.

Aspiro-Bichet, much like George, is having his version of a breakthrough season. A youngster coming through the ranks in Perpignan, and trying to make his mark. He kicked 7 goals for the Dragons in their last visit to Huddersfield.

Cudjoe vs Partington

Our skipper Leroy Cudjoe has been brilliant once again this season, now having surpassed 400 games in the Claret and Gold. He is this season’s Giants Top Tackler, with 666 to his name so far in 2025.

In the other camp, Oliver Partington is top of the tackling rankings for the league with 827. He’ll be key to any success for the Dragons, particularly from a defensive perspective with stats like that. 

Woolford vs Da Costa

The Giants number 9 has done big minutes, provided assists but most of all, loves a run from dummy half. Zac sits 7th in the table for Dummy half runs with 47 and will look to deploy that again come game time.

Da Costa has 10 fewer than Woolford when it comes to Dummy half runs, with 37. It’ll be a key battle when the game kicks off on Saturday at 5:30pm.