The Super League season is a fortnight old, but the signs already look ominous for the rest of the competition in their quest to prevent St Helens winning a fourth consecutive title. Plenty can change between now and the business end of the season but on what we have seen so far, they are going to take some stopping.
Perhaps the most encouraging aspect of St Helens’ opening two victories is that they came in vastly different conditions and required completely different performances. Last week’s impressive win against Catalans was played in near-perfect conditions, but with sleet, rain and even snow here, Saints had to go about their business in a different manner. They were industrious and gritty when it mattered, and clinical at the right moments.
