Huddersfield Giants 8–22 Wigan Warriors — Qualifying Play-off, 2013 Super League Finals Series
12 Sep 2013 · John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield · Attendance: 8,000
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Play-off, 2013 Super League finals series: Huddersfield Giants 8–22 Wigan Warriors, at John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield on 12 Sep 2013.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Huddersfield's Jermaine McGillvary, Aaron Murphy and Jason Chan's numbers were corrected against two other, independently-fetched Huddersfield matches from the same fortnight (both agreeing with each other) after Rugby League Project's page for this specific match gave different numbers for all three; Michael Lawrence and Dale Ferguson's starting/bench roles were swapped for the same reason. Wigan's Andy Powell is shown sharing the number 17 with Iain Thornley on Rugby League Project's own page — Thornley's 17 is independently confirmed via Wigan's official 2013 squad-number release, so Powell's own number is recorded as `"UNCONFIRMED"` rather than guessed.
Scorers
| Huddersfield Giants | Tries: Brough Goals: Brough (2 conversions) |
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: Charnley (2); Green Goals: Richards (4 conversions) Drop goals: Smith (2) |
Team sheets
| Huddersfield Giants | Wigan Warriors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scott Grix | Fullback | Sam Tomkins (c) | 1 |
| 5 | Jermaine McGillvary | Wing | Josh Charnley | 2 |
| 3 | Leroy Cudjoe | Centre | Anthony Gelling | 22 |
| 4 | Joe Wardle | Centre | Iain Thornley | 17 |
| 18 | Aaron Murphy | Wing | Pat Richards | 5 |
| 6 | Danny Brough (c) | Five-Eighth | Blake Green | 6 |
| 7 | Luke Robinson | Halfback | Matty Smith | 7 |
| 8 | Eorl Crabtree | Prop | Andy Powell | UNCONFIRMED |
| 9 | Shaun Lunt | Hooker | Mike McIlorum | 9 |
| 10 | Craig Kopczak | Prop | Lee Mossop | 10 |
| 11 | Brett Ferres | Second Row | Harrison Hansen | 11 |
| 16 | Jason Chan | Second Row | Liam Farrell | 12 |
| 14 | Michael Lawrence | Lock | Ben Flower | 15 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 17 | Ukuma Ta'ai | Jack Hughes | 4 | |
| 21 | Dale Ferguson | Gil Dudson | 20 | |
| 15 | Larne Patrick | Scott Taylor | 21 | |
| 32 | Kyle Wood | Dominic Crosby | 26 | |
| Paul Anderson | Coach | Shaun Wane | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Phil Bentham |
Match report
Wigan Warriors beat League Leaders' Shield winners Huddersfield Giants 22-8 at the John Smith's Stadium on 12 September 2013 in a Super League Qualifying Play-off, level 8-8 at half-time before pulling away. The result — an upset of the top seed on their own ground — sent Huddersfield down the preliminary-semi-final route instead of straight to a Qualifying Semi-Final, and ultimately cost them the right to the week 3 "club call."