Huddersfield end Accu Stadium stay with win over Castleford

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Huddersfield (24) 48

Tries: Milne 2, Powell, Wrench, Gagai 2, Woolford, Jagger Goals: Lolohea 7, Zenon

Castleford (6) 16

Tries: Hood, Asi, Lane Goals: McNamara 2

Huddersfield Giants marked their final game at the Accu Stadium with a big victory over Castleford Tigers in Super League.

Giants are moving to Dewsbury Rams' Flair Stadium from next season and will groundshare with the Championship club.

Their last campaign at Huddersfield Town's stadium has been one to forget, although the win - a sixth from their last eight matches - did take them above the Tigers for a 12th-placed finish in the table.

Tries from Taane Milne, Tristan Powell, Connor Wrench and Jacob Gagai gave the Giants a 24-6 lead at the break, although their first half was marred by a red card to Fenton Rogers for an elbow to the head.

With a man advantage in the second half, Daejarn Asi added to Liam Hood's first-half score to reduce Castleford's deficit to 12 points.

But Cas, who have endured a miserable 2026 themselves, were unable to find any momentum after Hood crossed and Zac Woolford stretched Huddersfield's lead with their fifth try.

Departing Australian Gagai finished an excellent pass from Adam Clune and Lewis Jagger dived over for Huddersfield's seventh try.

Tui Lolohea was also faultless with the boot, adding seven goals, as Giants passed 40 points in the league for only the second time this season.

Jordan Lane barged over for a Cas consolation late on before Milne notched Giants' eighth try just before the hooter.

Huddersfield Giants head coach Jim Lenihan said:

"I'm really happy with the guys, going down to 12 for 40, 50 minutes. For us to fight through that and do really well, I'm very proud of the guys, very proud of the effort.

"It was really important for us to put in a proud physical effort in the last game at home in front of our crowd."

Castleford Tigers assistant coach Luke Robinson said:

"I felt really, really sorry for Cas fans. They came out and in that first 20 minutes, they were singing and shouting, they were brilliant.

"The season they've had, the fact that they still turned up and were singing, I thought was commendable.

"I spoke to the lads and I told them they've done the fans a disservice. They just weren't good enough.

"There is a lot that needs changing. The club are aware of that but things need to change in pretty much every department."

Huddersfield: Evalds; Milne, Gagai, Wrench, Jagger; Lolohea, Clune; Rushton, Greenwood, Hewitt, Powell, Woolford, King.

Interchanges: Rogers, Rush, Billington, Zenon.

Red card: Rogers (36)

Castleford: Laulu-Togaga'e; Sarbah, Mapapalangi, Mellor, Senior; Asi, McNamara; Brown, Hood, Lawler, Lane, Greacen, Stimson.

Interchanges: Robb, Hall, Hill, Dupree.

Referee: Tara Jones.