{"id":648791,"date":"2026-05-04T10:15:17","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:15:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648791\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T10:15:17","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T10:15:17","slug":"daniel-holdsworth-link-as-huddersfield-giants-woe-continues-total-rugby-league","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/648791\/","title":{"rendered":"Daniel Holdsworth link as Huddersfield Giants\u2019 woe continues \u2013 Total Rugby League"},"content":{"rendered":"

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LIAM FINN aims to get the maximum out of extra time on the training ground as he tries to strengthen Huddersfield Giants\u2019 defending.<\/p>\n

As the club close in on a decision on their next coach, with Australian Daniel Holdsworth the latest to be linked, the interim coach is starting preparations for the home clash with St Helens on Thursday week, May 14.<\/p>\n

Elimination from the Challenge Cup means a blank forthcoming weekend, and after the 34-4 defeat against Warrington<\/a> at the Accu Stadium on Saturday, Finn has plenty he wants to work on.<\/p>\n

It was a fifth match under his charge following the sacking of Luke Robinson, to whom he was assistant.<\/p>\n

After five Super League defeats in five preceded Robinson\u2019s departure, former Dewsbury and Halifax team chief Finn oversaw the Giants\u2019 first two wins of the season at Wigan and at home to York.<\/p>\n

But then came losses against Leeds and Leigh before the defeat by the Wolves, during which halfback Adam Clune went off with a hamstring issue.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to be more resilient when we are under pressure, and we need to stop doing the things which put us under pressure,\u201d said Finn.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re not controlling the rucks and locking the ball up often enough, so that allows too many offloads.<\/p>\n

\u201cRuck control is key \u2013 we\u2019ll have four men in the tackle, two don\u2019t get back fast enough, then we\u2019re short on defenders.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have to keep chipping away and getting better, but with week-to-week games, you don\u2019t always get loads of time to train.\u201d<\/p>\n

Finn feels Huddersfield could make more of secondrower Taane Milne\u2019s propensity for ball carrying.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe loves to do that and can really cause teams problems,\u201d he said of the Fiji international and former South Sydney Rabbitohs man. \u201cWe need to start doing more off the back of it.\u201d<\/p>\n

According to Love Rugby League, Cronulla Sharks assistant coach Holdsworth, 42, who played for both the old Salford and Hull FC, is in line for the Giants job.<\/p>\n

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