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It was cold, it was wet, it was grey and it was lacklustre.

But poking out through the dark clouds were periodic rays of sunshine. Moments of light and warmth that even the hardest of supporter could reflect on and use as encouraging stepping stones in the pathway forward.

What were they? And who provided them?

Join HI’s Andrew Weiss, Darren Levin and Danny Prins as we go through each player one-by-one and rate their games against the Giants out of 10.

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