WIDNES coach Denis Betts branded his team "disgraceful" after their 40-0 defeat by Huddersfield.

The Vikings were formally condemned to the Qualifiers after conceding seven tries without reply to a Giants side who took a major step towards Super League safety.

Betts said: "It was disgraceful, to be honest. I was embarrassed by the team's effort and skill.

"We had chances in the first couple of sets and dropped the ball and bombed 18 points. We then ran out of energy on the back of our lack of completion. We gave them about 28 extra tackles."

England winger Jermaine McGillvary scored two of Huddersfield's seven tries as they easily completed their first double of the season.

They still need one more win from their last two matches to guarantee a top-eight finish and although he was not totally happy with the performance, Giants coach Rick Stone was delighted with the scoreline.

"If you'd given me 40-0 before the game, I would have snatched your hand off," he said.

"It was not a pretty game. There were a lot of errors from both teams, and there are some things we need to look at, but I'm happy to come away with a nil scoreline.

"We weren't perfect defensively but we managed to do enough to repel them on our line.

"In the second half I thought we got a bit ahead of ourselves and, moving forward, we have got to got realise we need to play for 80 minutes."