{"id":465019,"date":"2026-03-09T00:06:10","date_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:06:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/465019\/"},"modified":"2026-03-09T00:06:10","modified_gmt":"2026-03-09T00:06:10","slug":"huddersfield-giants-lose-star-man-in-double-injury-blow-as-head-coach-gives-verdict","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/465019\/","title":{"rendered":"Huddersfield Giants lose star man in double injury blow as head coach gives verdict"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Huddersfield Giants lost a fourth straight game in Super League but perhaps more important and devastating was another two injury blows.<\/p>\n

Hull KR returned from Las Vegas with Willie Peters naming the same seventeen<\/a>, who managed to earned their first win of the Super League season as they defeated the Giants 32-6 in relatively comfortable fashion.<\/p>\n

A key reason for that would be just how many players the Giants are missing through injury but those injury issues have worsened even more with the club\u2019s player of the season so far, George Flanagan Jr, limping off after suffering an injury in the act of scoring the Giants\u2019 only try of the day.<\/p>\n

The young full-back jumped highest to claim the ball but was caught by Tyrone May, who was also challenging for the ball, and that perhaps led to Flanagan Jr landing awkwardly. He immediately gestured to his ankle and lower leg area before leaving the field after being assessed by the physios.<\/p>\n

Just ten minutes later and forward Matty English was helped off the field after also suffering a lower leg injury, for which Hull KR\u2019s Karl Lawton was sin-binned.<\/p>\n

What Huddersfield Giants boss said after injury concerns grow<\/p>\n

Speaking post-match on Sky Sports, Huddersfield Giants head coach Luke Robinson addressed the injury to Flanagan Jr, stating:\u201dI didn\u2019t know at the time if it would have been an eight-point try as he probably got taken in the air, but I don\u2019t know, I\u2019ll have to watch it back a little bit more, but, look, he\u2019s a phenomenal player.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just very unfortunate but as I walked down that stairs then, I saw him in a boot, and he looks pretty bad with his ankle.\u201d<\/p>\n

On other injuries, he said: \u201cI saw Matty English after the cannonball hit, he\u2019s in a knee brace. We finished the game with 12 men at the end then as we didn\u2019t have any more subs left.<\/p>\n

\u201cOllie Russell came off with his groin, Kieran Rush came off with something, so yeah, it\u2019s not looking good at this moment in time, in that front.\u201d<\/p>\n

Injuries weren\u2019t an excuse for Robinson who called the Giants \u2018the master of their own downfall\u2019, slamming their completion percentage and sloppy play.<\/p>\n

He said: \u201cThe problem for us is that we\u2019re just the masters of our own downfall. We complete at 60-odd percent in that that first half, which, when you continually give the ball awayy, over and over and over again, eventually it just comes back to bite you, and you just, it\u2019s an energy battle.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we\u2019ve said it too many times that we just cough the ball way too easy, and it just robs us of energy.\u201d<\/p>\n

Hull KR\u2019s nightmare, Leeds Rhinos\u2019 dominance and possible Hull FC signings \u2013 Click here to watch the latest episode of the Serious About Rugby League Show<\/a><\/p>\n

A first #SuperLeague<\/a> win of the season for the champions \ud83d\udc4f pic.twitter.com\/hPh5uyoDyA<\/a><\/p>\n

\u2014 Betfred Super League (@SuperLeague) March 8, 2026<\/a><\/p>\n

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