Finnigan earns McNamara praise

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The former Widnes and Salford back-row forward scored with his first touch after being introduced as a substitute with 17 minutes gone then took Terry Newton's pass to score a second try before half-time and give his side an unassailable 24-6 lead.

"He got left out of the squad last week but he responded very well," said McNamara. "He took his opportunity with both hands. He is a fantastic support player and complements some of the things we are good at."

McNamara brought in Finnigan as part of a reshuffle following the Bulls' surprise opening defeat at Wakefield and he was delighted with their improvement.

"We under-performed last week but I thought there was enough to suggest we would be a reasonable side by the time the season finishes and we backed that up," he said.

"We made lots of errors and gave away too many penalties last week and here we didn't. That was the difference."

Huddersfield hit back in the second half to briefly make a game of it but remain pointless after the opening two rounds, rekindling memories of their awful start to last season when they lost their first seven matches before going on to reach the play-offs for the first time.

The Giants have conceded 68 points in their first two games but coach Jon Sharp detected a significant improvement on their 30-10 defeat by Leeds.

"I'm obviously disappointed with the scoreline in the end," he said. "It was certainly a closer contest than the scoreline suggests.

"We really improved on last week's performance. We showed a bit more patience and were in an arm wrestle with a very good team for large parts of the game. It's a matter of doing it for 80 minutes."