Huddersfield Giants returned to winning ways in Super League by easing past Catalans Dragons 38-14 at the John Smith's Stadium.

The home side, who had lost their last three games heading into this one, got off to a positive start when Aaron Murphy crossed over in the corner and Danny Brough kicked over the extras.

Scott Dureau touched down in a similar manner soon after, and then successfully converted to level things up, before splitting the sticks with a penalty which edged the Dragons ahead.

Huddersfield enjoyed a solid end to the opening 40 minutes, swinging the game back in their direction thanks to tries from Ukuma Ta'ai and Murphy, the former taking advantage of a dropped ball to cross over.

Brough was spot on with both the follow-up attempts to maintain his perfect kicking record for the afternoon, although he struck the post with his fourth effort after Leroy Cudjoe found the chalk to put the Giants well in command prior to the interval.

Julian Bousquet scored under the posts to drag the visiting side back into the contest five minutes after the restart, but Jermaine McGillvary beat his man and added try number five for the Claret and Golds to open up the gap once again.

A yellow card issued to Willie Tonga proved costly for Laurent Frayssinous's charges in their attempt to rescue something from the game, as Ta'ai and Scott Grix made the most of the man advantage to put the shine on an impressive Giants victory.

The win takes Paul Anderson's men up to fifth place in the Super League table, while Catalans are down in 10th.