A close fought game full of incident, errors and occasionally spilling over into over-zealous physicality was decided on the last kick of the game when Huddersfield's Johnson took a penalty into the wind from 45 yards out and saw his effort hit the crossbar and drop just the wrong side of the posts for Hull to claim a narrow and hard fought win.
Hull had troubles from before the kick-off as new recruit Dan White was injured during the warm-up and was replaced at scrum-half by his brother Matt and the side was reshuffled to take account of this change.
Huddersfield played with the wind at their backs in the first-half and it took only 6 minutes for them to register the first score as a missed tackle saw a gap open up and winger Ryder raced in at the corner. Johnson made amends for two earlier penalty misses with a fine touchline conversion. Hull then mounted a series of concerted attacks but it took until the 23rd minute for their off-half and Captain, Cameron, to land a penalty which Huddersfield's Johnson matched as half time approached, giving the visitors a half time lead of 10-3.
The second half was just over ten minutes old when Huddersfield struck again through Johnson's boot as he added another three points but moments later poor handling by Huddersfield when only 20 yards out gave Hull's Cameron the chance to scoop up the loose ball and scamper over under the posts and then add the conversion.
Huddersfield's excellent tackling then held firm until the last five minutes at which point Hull's well rehearsed catch and drive from a lineout ten yards out saw hooker Josh Lamping claim the try well wide of the posts. Cameron could not convert but with Hull now ahead for the first time in the game all that was left was the dramatic finale leaving Hull victors 15-13.
Match Report by Richard Gore