Huddersfield Giants’ Theo Fages fully expects to get roughed up by his former St Helens teammates but believes his new employers can be potential champions.
The France scrum-half faces his old team on Easter Monday for the first time since switching clubs at the end of last season. Fages, 27, won three Super League titles and the Challenge Cup during his stellar time with the reigning champions.
But his playmaking craft has helped Ian Watson’s fourth-placed Huddersfield start impressively - and hint at being title challengers themselves. Fages told the Daily Mirror: " Watto is a great coach and he’s got a good group together here.