Nathan Brown will join St Helens for next season but Patrick will not be one of the Giants he comes looking for after he signed a deal to keep him with Huddersfield until the end of 2016.

The 23-year-old pacy prop, who has scored 16 tries in 68 appearances for the Giants, has been in impressive form this year and is set to make his debut for England Knights in June.

"I'm delighted to have signed a new deal with the Huddersfield Giants and I can now just purely focus on the rugby and enjoy my time here," he said.

"The club is going forward and we want to be winning things and the focus is on achieving that.

Silverware

"The focus for this year is to send Nathan Brown out with us achieving some silverware.

"Into next season, I'm looking forward to working with Paul Anderson as head coach. He's been working under Nathan Brown now for a few years but he'll have his own ideas and the players believe in him and I think he'll do a great job."

Huddersfield managing director Richard Thewlis said: "Without a doubt Larne is one of the most explosive and exciting players in the competition.

"We believe that he has every opportunity here of progressing further and becoming a full international if he continues to develop as he has since joining us.

"He joins a growing number of home-grown players who have debuted for the Giants in recent years and gone on to secure long-term stability in their careers at our club as we continue to invest in young English talent."

It was confirmed earlier this week that Brown will be moving to Saints when his contract expires at the end of the season.