Taane Milne on his Huddersfield Giants switch, Tom Burgess influence and Luke Robinson reassurance

Huddersfield Giants have announced the signing of Fiji international Taane Milne ahead of the 2025 season. The outside back joins on a two-year deal, ensuring he will be with the Giants until the end of the 2026 Super League season.

Milne joins Huddersfield after being released by South Sydney Rabbitohs at the end of the 2024 season. He spent four seasons with Souths, scoring 24 tries in 69 appearances, while he has also had stints with St George Illawarra Dragons and New Zealand Warriors.

His most recent outing came in the colours of Fiji, with the 29-year-old boasting 14 international caps. Milne will wear the number 23 jersey for Luke Robinson’s side and he becomes the club’s sixth off-season signing, following the additions of Tom Burgess, Zac Woolford, Liam Sutcliffe, Jacob Gagai and George King.

“I’m really excited to make the move over there, my partner will come eventually,” Milne told the Huddersfield Giants website. “It’s been a long process but I’m glad it’s done now and I can’t wait to get in to training and meet the boys. I was speaking to Tom Burgess, and he was talking good things about the club.

“He asked if I’d be interested in a move if an opportunity came about and coming off contract, I said I would think about it. Robbo gave me a call two weeks in and told me he was interested. I’m having a baby in January and he rang me to tell me about how it is a family orientated club and reassured me. I really respected that.”

Chairman Ken Davy added: “Being able to secure the signing of an international NRL centre who was Fiji’s man of the match and a Golden Boot nominee is a great capture for the Giants and it shows our commitment to providing Luke Robinson with a quality squad to compete in the Betfred Super League.

“I’m extremely confident that Taane will be an excellent addition to our squad and we are excited to have him join our club, he performed extremely well in the recent internationals and we’re hoping he can continue that form in the claret and gold.

“We need all of our supporters to get behind Luke and the squad in 2025 as we hope for a successful season and in particular I appeal to those un-renewed season card holders to join us on the exciting journey that the “Robbolution” will bring.”