Giants seal last-gasp win over bottom club Toulouse

Australian Jack Cogger returned from a three-match ban to play a key role in the

Huddersfield Giants' last-gasp win over Super League bottom club Toulouse.

A week out from the Challenge Cup final, the Giants trailed for most of the game and were 16-6 down when Matty Russell scored Toulouse's third try five minutes into the second half.

However, two tries from winger Innes Senior helped spare Huddersfield's blushes and break the hearts of the visiting French side.

"It was a big one for Jack," Giants head coach Ian Watson said. "He likes to practice them in training and they don't always go over.

"The main thing was getting a result but we were really sloppy in the first half. We were a different team in the second half but, if we want to be a top team, we can't drop off the week before a cup final. We will learn a lot of lessons from this.

"Maybe we had our minds on next week. That's always the worry when you've not been to a cup final before. They all want to get through this game.

"But I don't want to take anything away from Toulouse. I thought they were really good, especially in the first half.

"Corey Norman has added to them and he will be a massive plus for them going forward."

It was a less than impressive performance from Watson's team and they were handed an injury scare ahead of next Saturday's showdown with Wigan at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium when half-back Oliver Russell was forced out of the action after 21 minutes.

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Huddersfield were lacking only scrum-half Theo Fages and second rower Chris McQueen from their likely cup final team, although Cogger, who was back from a three-match suspension, could get his chance next week if Russell is