Off the back of a break in the Super League schedule for the Challenge Cup quarter finals, Leeds Rhinos return to action this week as Rohan Smith's side take on Huddersfield Giants at Headingley in a dedicated MND Awareness game, raising money for the MND Association, kick off 8pm.

Preview our opponents below:

2023 so far...

After a busy off-season of new arrivals, Huddersfield Giants have overcome early teething problems to develop into a strong opponent.

A delayed start to the new season, due to St Helens' World Club Challenge game, saw the Giants play their first game of the season in round two where they went down 26-16 to Daryl Powell's high-flying Wolves. Huddersfield opened their account against Wakefield and Castleford in rounds three and four, but Wigan and St Helens managed to hold onto leads to both beat Ian Watson's side 14-12.

A trip to Headingley saw the Giants drop a nine-point lead in rivals round but despite claiming a win over Catalans a week later, a trio of losses against Hull FC, Hull KR and Leigh Leopards continued to keep Huddersfield at the bottom end of the league table. Heading into this week's fixture off the back of defeats to St Helens and Warrington, the Giants will be looking to avoid a tenth defeat of the year and close the gap on Leeds, who are two points ahead.

Next five fixtures

Round 17 vs Wigan Warriors (DW Stadium, 8pm)

Round 18 vs Catalans Dragons (Stade Gilbert Brutus, KO 7pm)

Round 19 vs Wakefield Trinity (John Smith's Stadium, 7.45pm)

Round 20 vs Hull FC (John Smith's Stadium, KO 7.45pm)

Round 21 vs Castleford Tigers (Mend-A-Hose Jungle, KO 8pm)

Tale of the tape 

Individual stats 

Tries: Kevin Naiqama (7 tries)

Goals: Olly Russell (20 goals)

Metres: Esan Marsters (1,737 metres)

Tackles: Luke Yates (606 tackles)

Dummy half runs: Nathan Peats (78 dummy half runs) 

Stats vs Warrington in Round 16

Tries: Five

Carries: 158

Gained metres: 1178

Linebreaks: 7

Tackles: 300

Errors: 8

*All stats supplied by OPTA

Last Super League clash

Last time out in Super League, the Giants pushed for a comeback against Warrington, but left it too late as the Wolves came away with a 30-26 result.

How to follow the game

Tickets on sale

Leeds Rhinos have announced that their big West Yorkshire derby clash with Huddersfield Giants in the Betfred Super League on Friday 23rd June, will be a dedicated MND Awareness game with Rob Burrow and his family being guests of honour at the clash.

Ticket prices start at £24 for adults, £16 for concessions and £12 for juniors, and 20% of any match tickets sold will be donated to the MND Association.

Online: tickets.therhinos.co.uk.  

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