Huddersfield Giants add former international to staff for 2025

Huddersfield Giants have announced that former Halifax Panthers head coach Liam Finn will join the club as assistant coach.

With Dewsbury Rams, Finn achieved promotion from RFL League One in his first season as a head coach and had success with Halifax.

As a player, he played for Wakefield Trinity, Castleford Tigers and Widnes Vikings in Super League, and was an Ireland international.

His departure from the Panthers was announced today, with the club confirming that it was due to interest from a Super League club.

He will link up with Luke Robinson in the coaching staff, as Robinson has been given the full-time head coach role on a three-year deal.

Huddersfield Giants add former international to staff for 2025

Huddersfield Giants Managing Director Richard Thewlis said via a club statement: “One of Luke’s first tasks in the off season is to reshape his staff and the appointment of Liam Finn as his assistant is his first move.

“Liam of course is well known personally to Luke and having enjoyed a long playing career has already got first hand experience as a head coach in the lower leagues and his natural career progression was to move into the Super League environment.

“He will complete his duties at Halifax before moving across to assist Luke in preparing for the playing squads return to training in early November.”

Finn said: “I’m grateful and excited by the opportunity I’ve been given to be coaching in Super League and can’t wait to get to work with Luke, his staff team and the players.

“The Giants have been doing a lot of good things for a long time as an organisation when looking from the outside in. It will be nice to see how it works on be inside and I’ll be working as hard as I can to contribute and add value to the club.”