Huddersfield Giants 16–18 Catalans Dragons — Preliminary Semi-Final, 2014 Super League Finals Series
26 Sep 2014 · John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield · Attendance: 6,900
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Preliminary Semi-Final, 2014 Super League finals series: Huddersfield Giants 16–18 Catalans Dragons, at John Smith's Stadium, Huddersfield on 26 Sep 2014.
Sourcing caveat: One AI-summarized source pass gave the date as "20 September," which conflicts with the day-of-week-verified 26 September given by Rugby League Project's dated table — 26 September is used here. Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Huddersfield fielded a different lineup from their Qualifying Play-off loss the week before — Scott Grix, Danny Brough and Chris Bailey replaced Aaron Murphy (who moved from wing to fullback), Jake Connor and Michael Lawrence respectively — confirmed directly from Rugby League Project's own page rather than assumed to be an unchanged squad. Catalans Dragons' lineup here is identical to their Elimination Play-off win over Leeds the week before, also confirmed directly.
Scorers
| Huddersfield Giants | Tries: Broughton; Murphy; Robinson Goals: Brough (2 conversions) |
| Catalans Dragons | Tries: Millard; Oldfield; Pomeroy Goals: Bosc (3 conversions) |
Team sheets
| Huddersfield Giants | Catalans Dragons | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Aaron Murphy | Fullback | Morgan Escaré | 2 |
| 2 | Jermaine McGillvary | Wing | Michael Oldfield | 5 |
| 3 | Leroy Cudjoe | Centre | Ben Pomeroy | 4 |
| 4 | Joe Wardle | Centre | Vincent Duport | 25 |
| 19 | Jodie Broughton | Wing | Daryl Millard | 18 |
| 6 | Danny Brough | Five-Eighth | Thomas Bosc | 6 |
| 7 | Luke Robinson | Halfback | Sam Williams | 7 |
| 20 | Antonio Kaufusi | Prop | Olivier Elima | 8 |
| 9 | Shaun Lunt | Hooker | Ian Henderson | 9 |
| 10 | Craig Kopczak | Prop | Louis Anderson | 12 |
| 11 | Brett Ferres | Second Row | Zeb Taia | 11 |
| 17 | Ukuma Ta'ai | Second Row | Elliott Whitehead | 17 |
| 13 | Chris Bailey | Lock | Grégory Mounis | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 8 | Eorl Crabtree | Jeff Lima | 10 | |
| 15 | Larne Patrick | Éloi Pélissier | 16 | |
| 16 | David Faiumu | Julian Bousquet | 21 | |
| 21 | Anthony Mullally | Benjamin Garcia | 29 | |
| Paul Anderson | Coach | Laurent Frayssinous | ||
Match officials
| Referee | James Child |
Match report
Catalans Dragons beat Huddersfield Giants 18-16 at the John Smith's Stadium on 26 September 2014 in a Super League Preliminary Semi-Final. Level 10-10 at half-time, Luke Robinson's try put Huddersfield ahead before Ben Pomeroy's late try and a Thomas Bosc conversion won it for Catalans, sending them on to face St Helens. A power cut roughly 75 minutes before kickoff nearly forced a postponement; the RFL allowed the match to proceed using two working floodlight banks.