It keeps getting worse for Huddersfield Giants.
Luke Robinson has suffered more injury blows to his Huddersfield Giants squad ahead of facing Hull KR.
Huddersfield Giants have now reached double figures for injured first-team players just four weeks into the season, after losing two more stars ahead of their clash with Hull KR.
Impressive outside-back Sam Halsall is the latest to suffer a long-term setback and is expected to miss more than a month with a hamstring injury. He is joined on the sidelines by starting hooker Zac Woolford, who will sit out after a series of head knocks.
“Sam Halsall, who I think has been our best player this year and he’s been really strong on that edge, has sustained a hamstring injury so he’s probably going to be on the sidelines for at least six weeks,” head coach Luke Robinson revealed.
“It’s devastating for us, and for him.
“Zac Woolford took a head knock and didn’t return. He had one two weeks before at Catalans as well, but passed it.
“But at this moment in time, he’s had a couple in the first few weeks. We’re a club that always does the right thing by the players, so we’re going to be cautious with him and see how he settles more than anything else. We’ve got good medical staff that will look after him, but he took a bad one in the very last tackle of the game.
“It’s not good news for them or for us.”
Huddersfield were already without the likes of Niall Evalds, Adam Swift, Adam Clune, Harry Rushton, Joe Greenwood, Liam Sutcliffe and Matty English – with their total number of injuries now into double figures. Rising youngster Lewis Jagger is also sidelined with an injury.
Both Huddersfield and Hull KR are still searching for their first Super League points of the season, holding the bottom two places on the table – though the Robins have a game in hand following their World Club Challenge win.
The two clubs will also meet in the Challenge Cup fourth round on Saturday, March 14, at the Accu Stadium.
“I think after round three, that takes us into double figures of players injured,” Robinson added.
“There’s been a fair few in the league this year, it’s not uncommon, but it’s very common for us unfortunately. We’ve got a lot of players out – one, two, five, seven, nine, 13 and 15. There are a lot of lads in those top-13 spots who would be playing.”