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Huddersfield Giants can “put the town on the map” if they win the Challenge Cup for the first time since 1953 this weekend. The Giants face Wigan Warriors in Saturday’s final at Tottenham, their first major final since 2009 and the first under the stewardship of Ian Watson, who has his own personal score to settle along with several members of his squad.
Watson and the likes of Tui Lolohea and the Giants’ captain, Luke Yates, were part of the most surreal final in history in 2020, when Salford narrowly fell short against Leeds Rhinos inside an empty Wembley Stadium due to the Covid-19 pandemic. With Huddersfield Town bidding for promotion to the Premier League 24 hours later, the Giants are one half of a momentous weekend of sport for the West Yorkshire town.
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