Huddersfield, who gave debuts to 4 gamers, opted to kick lengthy and put the Wolves defence beneath stress however, though these ways paid off by way of possession, the scoreboard remained clean for 25 minutes.
Wire appeared rusty, with a number of passes going astray and in addition misplaced their captain’s problem inside 10 minutes with a failed try and overturn a Giants seven-tackle set after George Williams’ kick in-goal was caught by Lolohea.
It was the Kiwi stand-off who opened the house facet’s account for the season, gathering a looped cross from Zac Woolford and bursting clear to dive over on the precise, with Danny Richardson including the extras.
Huddersfield’s captain’s problem additionally failed after they have been penalised for a steal near their very own line – however the guests didn’t take benefit, selecting to faucet and run just for the transfer to flounder with Stefan Ratchford’s knock-on.
Nonetheless, the guests hit again with the ultimate motion of the primary interval, retrieving possession after Lolohea’s cross thudded off Greenwood’s chest and Lindop held off his man to attain within the nook.
Though Ratchford’s awkward conversion try drifted fractionally huge, the strive itself was sufficient to provide Warrington a lift they usually carried that momentum by way of into the second interval.
Dufty fed Ashton to use gaps within the Huddersfield defence and put his facet in entrance for the primary time, with centre King scooting over quickly afterwards to stretch the Wolves’ benefit to 14-6.
Sandwiched between these tries, the Giants have been unable to benefit from Greenwood’s 40-metre cost following an interception – however the second row did later slender the deficit, bundling the ball over the road for a strive confirmed by video referee Aaron Moore.
Huddersfield’s hopes of a late comeback by no means materialised, although, and Dufty made the factors protected with 5 minutes remaining, following his personal close-range kick by way of to attain.
