Huddersfield Giants 28–34 Leeds Rhinos — Preliminary Semi-Final, 2011 Super League Finals Series
23 Sep 2011 · Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield · Attendance: 7,872
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Semi-Final, 2011 Super League finals series: Huddersfield Giants 28–34 Leeds Rhinos, at Galpharm Stadium, Huddersfield on 23 Sep 2011.
Sourcing caveat: Both teams' listed try/goal tallies are short of their actual score by exactly one converted try (4 points) — Dale Ferguson (Huddersfield) and Ben Jones-Bishop (Leeds) both appear on the source scoresheet without a try count and may be the missing scorers, but this isn't confirmed and no name has been added to either side's try list on that basis. Both sides' lineup numbers here match this backlog's other 2011 entries for these clubs exactly, confirming both clubs' settled numbering.
Scorers
| Huddersfield Giants | Tries: Fa'alogo (2); Grix (2) Goals: Brough (4 conversions) |
| Leeds Rhinos | Tries: Hardaker (3); Webb (2) Goals: Sinfield (5 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Huddersfield Giants | Leeds Rhinos | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Grix | Fullback | Brent Webb | 1 |
| 20 | Jermaine McGillvary | Wing | Ben Jones-Bishop | 23 |
| 29 | Joe Wardle | Centre | Brett Delaney | 3 |
| 3 | Leroy Cudjoe | Centre | Zak Hardaker | 27 |
| 2 | Michael Lawrence | Wing | Ryan Hall | 5 |
| 6 | Kevin Brown (c) | Five-Eighth | Kevin Sinfield (c) | 13 |
| 7 | Danny Brough | Halfback | Danny McGuire | 6 |
| 15 | Keith Mason | Prop | Kylie Leuluai | 8 |
| 9 | Luke Robinson | Hooker | Danny Buderus | 9 |
| 10 | Darrell Griffin | Prop | Jamie Peacock | 10 |
| 4 | Lee Gilmour | Second Row | Jamie Jones-Buchanan | 11 |
| 12 | David Fa'alogo | Second Row | Weller Hauraki | 20 |
| 19 | Graeme Horne | Lock | Chris Clarkson | 21 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 8 | Eorl Crabtree | Rob Burrow | 7 | |
| 13 | David Faiumu | Ryan Bailey | 16 | |
| 18 | Larne Patrick | Ali Lauiti'iti | 14 | |
| 37 | Dale Ferguson | Ian Kirke | 17 | |
| Nathan Brown | Coach | Brian McDermott | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Phil Bentham |
Match report
Leeds Rhinos beat Huddersfield Giants 34-28 at the Galpharm Stadium on 23 September 2011 in a Super League Preliminary Semi-Final, leading 16-6 at half-time. Zak Hardaker's hat-trick was singled out by Leeds' own club retrospective as the standout individual performance, propelling Leeds into a Qualifying Semi-Final against League Leaders Warrington.