Huddersfield Giants coach Luke Robinson described full-back Tui Lolohea as “electric” after the Tongan scored a stunning try in his side’s 34-10 home win against Castleford Tigers.

Lolohea’s effort was the pick of the Giants’ six tries – second row Sam Hewitt touched down twice and Harry Rushton, Aidan McGowan and Adam Clune also went over.

The Giants ended a disappointing campaign on a high, with Olly Russell landing five conversions.

Robinson said: “Tui’s an exceptional player and in 2022 he was up there for the Man of Steel (award). He wasn’t far off.

“We know we’ve got a really good player on our hands. When he’s on form, he can be electric.

“We’ve just got to put him in positions so he can showcase that.

“The first thing he said when he came in the changing rooms afterwards was, ‘we need to do try of the season again Robbo!’ And he started giggling. It was a good try.”

Robinson was delighted with his side’s approach to a game that had no bearing on where either side finished in the table, with Giants ending up ninth and Castleford 10th.

Tui Lolohea scored a stunning try for the hosts. (Photo: John Rushworth/SWpix.com)

placeholder image — Tui Lolohea scored a stunning try for the hosts. (Photo: John Rushworth/SWpix.com)

“I thought we dominated from the first minute,” added Robinson.

“Your defensive attitude shows your mentality and our defensive effort was unbelievable. They struggled to get out of their own half.

“We put a lot of emphasis on our defensive attitude and I thought the boys were brilliant.

“We got a bit loose in the second half and I would have liked to have put them to the sword a bit.

“Even though we won, I’d have liked to have been a bit more ruthless in the way we played.”

Castleford slipped to an eighth defeat in their last nine Super League matches and coach Craig Lingard did not pull his punches.

Winger Jason Qareqare and former Huddersfield centre Alex Miller scored their two tries in the second period – Rowan Milnes added one conversion – but Lingard labelled his side’s display “flat and frustrating”.

He said: “We were soft in that first half. Contact areas, offensively or defensively, we lost pretty much every single ruck. That was disappointing.

“It looked like we approached a game that didn’t have any meaning, points-wise and position-wise. It didn’t have any meaning, but it has meaning to win a game.

“We had no desire to put our shoulders in, no desire to put our noses through the other side, no desperation or anticipation for line breaks. It was really flat and frustrating.

“We had a dig in the second half, but it’s too late. We need to better from the start.”