St Helens 15–2 Huddersfield Giants — Qualifying Play-off, 2009 Super League Finals Series

19 Sep 2009 · Knowsley Road, St Helens · Attendance: 6,157

Data last verified: 11 August 2026.

Qualifying Play-off, 2009 Super League finals series: St Helens 15–2 Huddersfield Giants, at Knowsley Road, St Helens on 19 Sep 2009.

Sourcing caveat: The exact conversion tally for Eastmond and Huddersfield's single 2-point score (likely a Brett Hodgson penalty goal, though not explicitly labelled as such in the source) are inferred to fit the final score rather than explicitly itemized by the source — Huddersfield's scorer isn't listed here since it can't be confirmed by name. Huddersfield's Brett Hodgson — an established specialist fullback — is shown at five-eighth, with Leroy Cudjoe at fullback, on Rugby League Project's own page for this match; re-checked twice with an explicit instruction not to assume normal real-life positions, with the same result both times, so it's recorded as printed rather than "corrected" to the more familiar alignment. Hodgson starts at his usual fullback (with Cudjoe on the wing) in this backlog's other 2009 Huddersfield entry, so this specific match's alignment may be a genuine one-off tactical switch.

Scorers

St HelensTries: Meli; Pryce; Puletua
Goals: Eastmond (conversions)
Drop goals: Long
Huddersfield GiantsNo scorers recorded.

Team sheets

St HelensHuddersfield Giants
1Paul WellensFullbackLeroy Cudjoe21
2Ade GardnerWingMartin Aspinwall2
3Matthew GidleyCentreMichael Lawrence19
18Kyle EastmondCentreSimon Finnigan14
5Francis MeliWingDavid Hodgson5
6Leon PryceFive-EighthBrett Hodgson1
7Sean LongHalfbackLuke Robinson7
10James GrahamPropDanny Sculthorpe33
9Keiron CunninghamHookerLiam Fulton6
16Tony PuletuaPropPaul Jackson15
13Chris FlannerySecond RowStephen Wild13
12Jon WilkinSecond RowAndy Raleigh12
11Lee GilmourLockPaul Whatuira4
Substitutes
14James RobyEorl Crabtree8
15Bryn HargreavesDarrell Griffin10
17Paul CloughShaun Lunt24
23Maurie Fa'asavaluLarne Patrick30
Mike RushCoachNathan Brown

Match officials

RefereeRichard Silverwood

Match report

St Helens beat Huddersfield Giants 15-2 at Knowsley Road on 19 September 2009 in a Super League Qualifying Play-off, leading 14-2 at half-time. Saints shut Huddersfield out almost completely, scoring three first-half tries and coasting home to take third seed off the Giants for the semi-final round.

Sources

← 2009 Super League Season — ladder & full finals series