It is an unfortunate by-product of the dominance St Helens have enjoyed in Super League in recent years that even with this, a perfectly reasonable start to the season given there has been a trip to Australia thrown in the mix to contend with, you are left wondering what more there is to come from the reigning champions in the weeks and months ahead.
Three wins from five is far from a perfect start, but it is not a disastrous one either. Here, the Saints did just about enough to edge an attritional contest against a Huddersfield side who will almost certainly be in the mix come the end of the season so to that end, this is a result which showed plenty about the character of the champions, if nothing else. They were made to work hard for it, and got the job done in that regard.
