Lolohea relishing Cup final full-back clash with Field

Tui Lolohea has been enjoying his new role at full-back for Huddersfield Giants in 2022, but on Saturday he and his team-mates will face a conundrum which has flummoxed opponents across the Betfred Super League: How do you stop Jai Field?

After an injury-ruined 2021, Field has roared back in style with Wigan Warriors this year and currently tops the Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel leaderboard with 19 points - five clear of the second-placed player.

That man just happens to be Lolohea though, and this weekend will see he and the Giants plotting the downfall of Field and the Warriors as the teams go head-to-head for the first silverware of the season in the Betfred Challenge Cup final.

"I'm enjoying it, it's so far so good and I'm going up against probably the best full-back in the comp at the minute," Lolohea told Sky Sports.

"He's been the stand-out, he's leading Man of Steel at the minute, so it's a good challenge for me and that's where I want to be, playing against the best and testing to see where I am.

"I think we just can't give him any time. When he has time and has it his way, that's when he can pull your pants down.

"If we can limit that and be physical and put him in places he probably doesn't want to be, that's probably our way of controlling him."

Although he has played in the No 1 role earlier in his career, Lolohea had expected to be joining the Giants to play in the halves alongside Theo Fages, filling the same position he did previously under Huddersfield head coach Ian Watson at Salford Red Devils.

Indeed, the Tonga international had spent much of pre-season preparing to take on that role as well, only for Watson to decide he fitted better at full-back and it is a move which has worked out perfectly -