Salford City Reds 10 Huddersfield Giants 36

Any lingering optimistic dreams of Wembley were very quickly snuffed out in this game, what had seemed like a decent draw at the time would see us take on the league's form team (still unbeaten since our win at the 'Pharm an age earlier) and another insipid display saw us crash out of the cup with barely a whimper.

A quick dash from work got me in the ground in good time on a miserably wet night (which thankfully helped us keep the scoreline semi respectable) and it was a sensible option in the conditions to take any points on offer which the Giants were first to do with Thorman goaling a penalty early doors to establish an early 2 point lead. However, out of the blue, Dorn conjured up a fine solo effort which Wilshere goaled comfortably to give us a 6-2 lead midway through the half. On typical fashion, Haggy's first contribution was a knock-on deep in our own territory & the visitors took advantage with Kevin Brown strolling over to regain the lead. Brown added a 2nd before the hooter when he intercepted Dorn's Hollywood pass and the visitors went in 14-6 in front.

The 2nd half began as the 1st ended with Hudderfield crossing through Wild with Thorman unable to add the extras before we got a lifeline from an unlikely source, There was a lengthy stoppage after a nasty looking injury to Haggy and as he was finally stretchered from the field we re-started play quickly with Robbo putting in a smart kick for Littler to score with Haggy still crossing the sideline.

That was to be the end of the resistance & a pathetic effort in the final quarter saw tries from Paul, Lolesi & Nero wrap up an easy win for the Giants. Time to get pissed & anticipate the trip to France next week.