Leutele try seals crucial win for Giants

Ricky Leutele's try 15 minutes from time saw Huddersfield Giants register their first victory away to Wakefield Trinity since 2015 with a 14-12 win in Thursday’s Betfred Super League match at Be Well Support Stadium.

Lewis Murphy's spectacular finish and a try and two conversions from Mason Lino had Trinity 12-4 up at the break, with Chris McQueen's unconverted score getting Huddersfield on the board.

But Luke Yates struck back for the visitors six minutes after the restart following a long spell of pressure and Leutele grabbed the game-clinching score to set the Giants up nicely for next week's Betfred Challenge Cup semi-final against Hull Kingston Rovers.

Huddersfield, without a win in their previous three games, shrugged off the absence of four players through suspension and a bout of flu in the camp which forced the late withdrawal of England winger Jermaine McGillvary to clinch a victory which enables them to climb back up to fourth place in the table.

French international Theo Fages was at the heart of the Giants' display on his return from injury, helping lay on all three of their tries, while hooker Danny Levi caused all sorts of problems for the home side with his darting runs from dummy-half.

Hosts Wakefield created the first chance six minutes in when left winger Tom Johnstone gathered full-back Max Jowitt's cut-out pass and acrobatically dived over at the corner, only for the video referee's replays to indicate a foot in touch.

Trinity had more joy on 15 minutes when a 40-20 kick from captain Jacob Miller created the position for his half-back partner Lino to jink over for the game's first try, which he converted.

Huddersfield came more into the game after that, with half-back Fages pulling the strings to