Huddersfield Giants 6–16 Catalans Dragons — Preliminary Semi-Final, 2009 Super League Finals Series
25 Sep 2009 · Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield · Attendance: 4,263
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Semi-Final, 2009 Super League finals series: Huddersfield Giants 6–16 Catalans Dragons, at Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield on 25 Sep 2009.
Sourcing caveat: Huddersfield's kicker (Brett Hodgson) is credited with goals in the source found, but the exact successful tally is ambiguous — a single successful goal would reconcile with the 6-point score (1 try + 1 goal = 6), which is used here, but this isn't explicitly confirmed by the source and is reported as the mathematically consistent reading rather than a certainty. Brett Hodgson starts at his usual fullback here (with Leroy Cudjoe on the wing) — the normal alignment, confirming this backlog's other 2009 Huddersfield entry (the Qualifying Play-off against St Helens, where the pair appeared swapped) was a genuine one-off tactical switch rather than a data error. Catalans' lineup, sourced independently for this match, is identical in every shirt number to their other two 2009 finals-series entries in this file, reinforcing that they fielded an unchanged 17-man squad throughout the finals series.
Scorers
| Huddersfield Giants | Tries: Robinson Goals: Hodgson (1/1 conversions) |
| Catalans Dragons | Tries: Elima; Greenshields; Pelo Goals: Bosc (2/3 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Huddersfield Giants | Catalans Dragons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brett Hodgson | Fullback | Clint Greenshields | 1 |
| 21 | Leroy Cudjoe | Wing | Vincent Duport | 18 |
| 11 | Jamaal Lolesi | Centre | Sébastien Raguin | 11 |
| 19 | Michael Lawrence | Centre | Jean-Philippe Baile | 15 |
| 5 | David Hodgson | Wing | Dimitri Pelo | 5 |
| 4 | Paul Whatuira | Five-Eighth | Adam Mogg | 4 |
| 7 | Luke Robinson | Halfback | Thomas Bosc | 6 |
| 16 | Keith Mason | Prop | Jason Ryles | 23 |
| 20 | Scott Moore | Hooker | Casey McGuire | 9 |
| 33 | Danny Sculthorpe | Prop | Jérôme Guisset | 10 |
| 14 | Simon Finnigan | Second Row | Olivier Elima | 16 |
| 6 | Liam Fulton | Second Row | Cyrille Gossard | 17 |
| 13 | Stephen Wild | Lock | Greg Bird | 26 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 12 | Andy Raleigh | David Ferriol | 8 | |
| 10 | Darrell Griffin | Dane Carlaw | 14 | |
| 8 | Eorl Crabtree | Julien Touxagas | 19 | |
| 9 | David Faiumu | Rémi Casty | 24 | |
| Nathan Brown | Coach | Kevin Walters | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Ganson |
Match report
Catalans Dragons beat Huddersfield Giants 16-6 at the Galpharm Stadium on 25 September 2009 in a Super League Preliminary Semi-Final, leading 6-4 at half-time before pulling clear, eliminating the higher-seeded Giants (3rd in the regular season) to advance to a Week 3 Qualifying Semi-Final against Leeds — the team Leeds club-called into facing.