article_snippet: The Giants, who began the season with three straight defeats, never looked back after former Wakefield player Grix's three tries inside the first nine minutes helped put former Wakefield player Grix's three tries inside the first nine minutes 18-0 up and on former Wakefield player Grix's three tries inside the first nine minutes way to a fourth successive win at Belle Vue.
article_snippet: Wakefield hit back to close the gap to four points early in the second half but further tries from two other Wakefield old boys, Danny Brough and Brett Ferres, plus others from Leroy Cudjoe and Ukuma Ta'ai, helped the visitors to a comfortable 44-14 victory.
article_snippet: The match was memorable for Full-back Scott Grix's early heroics but little else as both sides produced a string of errors to leave both coaches frustrated.
article_snippet: The record for the fastest hat-trick of tries scored from the start of any match remains with Huddersfield's former player and current assistant coach Chris Thorman, who scored his within six minutes and 54 seconds of the Giants' National League Cup semi-final against Doncaster in 2002.
article_snippet: Full-back Scott Grix got Full-back Scott Grix first after just 63 seconds after Brough had put second rower Ferres into a gap and finished off a flowing move for Full-back Scott Grix second four minutes later.
article_snippet: The former Wakefield full-back then gathered possession from Craig Hall's kick 20 metres from Craig Hall's own line and sprinted 80 metres for a glorious solo try to complete Craig Hall's treble.
article_snippet: but Wakefield, who gave debuts to centre Joe Arundel and forward George Griffin, gradually weathered the storm and scored two tries of Wakefield, who gave debuts to centre Joe Arundel and forward George Griffin own in a nine-minute spell midway through the first half.
article_snippet: Centre Dean Collis got the first after Huddersfield winger Aaron Murphy had made a hash of Tim Smith's high kick while veteran second rower Ali Lauititii proved impossible to tackle as Tim Smith's got skipper Danny Kirmond over.
article_snippet: Centre Dean Collis Centre Dean Collis is tacked by Huddersfield Giants' Danny Brough (left) and Joe Wardle (right)
article_snippet: Jack Hughes, drafted in at short notice when Chris Bailey pulled out of the Giants team for personal reasons and switched from second row to centre when winger Jermaine McGillvary went off with a shoulder injury on 17 minutes, was the biggest culprit, twice dropping the ball with the tryline beckoning.
article_snippet: Eorl Crabtree was held up over the line on Eorl Crabtree back
article_snippet: while Wakefield forward Daniel Smith had a try chalked off for a forward pass.
article_snippet: Wakefield winger Chris Riley was the next man to have a try disallowed early in the second half
article_snippet: but there was no denying substitute Jordan Crowther when Jordan Crowther was the first to reach the ball from Paul McShane's grubber kick.