Huddersfield sack boss Robinson after awful start
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Huddersfield Giants have sacked head coach Luke Robinson after a poor start to the 2026 Super League season.
Giants have lost all of their opening five matches, leaving them without a point and bottom of the table.
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Former England international Robinson, 41, made 228 Huddersfield appearances as a player, and was in his second spell in charge of the club.
"We have been re-setting the club - we've set about that prior to Christmas, driving the club forward off the field, but critically we need some on-field success as well," Ralph Rimmer, Huddersfield's director of change told the club website.
"A fantastic man, Luke Robinson - a legend of this club and will remain so, but nevertheless this set of circumstances has brought about this change."
Robinson became Giants boss for a second time in September 2024, replacing Ian Watson, and went on to lose his first nine matches in charge before finally tasting success with a narrow victory against Hull FC at Magic Weekend last May.
Hampered by financial limitations, Robinson eventually guided the club to 10th in the final Super League standings last year.
This season, he has had to deal with a number of injuries to key players, including star full-back George Flanagan Jr, one of 16 first-team members who were unavailable during an injury crisis labelled "unprecedented" by the club earlier this month.
Robinson was left looking a forlorn figure following his side's defeat by Bradford Bulls on Friday night, which ended up being his final match in charge.
He previously, but briefly, acted as interim head coach of Giants during the end of the Covid-affected 2020 season after Simon Woolford resigned, taking charge of the final eight matches of the campaign.
Director of rugby Andy Kelly will lead the first team until Robinson's successor is appointed.
Huddersfield continue their Super League campaign with a trip to league leaders Wigan on Saturday [15:00 GMT].