Luke Robinson praises Huddersfield Giants staff after Covid-19 scare

Four players had to stand-down hours before the 32-22 win over Hull KR and others were awaiting results with kick-off delayed by 90 minutes.

But Robinson said: “It’s modern day life and the world we live in; very unpredictable.

“Normally you pick your side three days before and have a settled team. We’re very fortunate that lads involved in the Covid situation were lads in the non-squad; the 17 I put out was the 17 I picked.

“But we didn’t have an 18th or 19th man so if anyone went down in the warm-up we’d have been playing with 16!

“Everyone here, from Andy Kelly to our Covid officer, have all been great and been ultra cautious. It’s only right.”

Robinson’s side were 18-0 up at half-time but were pegged back to 26-18 at one point and he said: “We have to find a better way of starting second halves; a lot of it is mind-set.”

Rovers coach Tony Smith said: “I didn’t think Giants were dominant in the first half. They just executed better. But we regrouped and showed what we are about in the second period.”

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