5 Talking Points

A different kind of win   The razzle-dazzle of the opening weekend rout of Castleford was replaced by a different sort of performance as Saints continued their winning start to 2018. Ben Barba’s break ...

Saints and Barba live up to the hype   It seemed that everyone was tipping Saints for great things going into the opening weekend of the 2018 season. The perceived wisdom was that with a largely unch...

It’s Just Like Watching Saints   Watching England toil away in this 29-10 victory over Lebanon would have felt uncomfortably familiar to us Saints fans. And not in a good way.  In the way that your sev...

Same Old Story... Conventional wisdom before this one was that England would be very unlikely to beat the Australians twice during this World Cup, and that if that was going to be the case we would all rather ...

A Spectacular Death   If Saints season was going to eventually die it was always going to be in spectacular fashion. Every game Justin Holbrook’s side has played has felt like a must-win since some t...

One-Hundred Percent Attendance   Some things are just inevitable. Things like…..having someone in your office who will from today start telling you each and every day how many days there are to Chris...

Holbrook Gets It Right On Barba   Having dished out some criticism of his team selection for last week’s win at Wakefield it is only fair to point out this week that Saints coach Justin Holbrook got it sp...

Never Write Off The Saints   The season that just won’t die took another desperate gasp for air as Saints produced another late, late show to squeak past Wakefield and keep their top four hopes alive...