Injury hit Giants suffer Saints defeat

A ruthless performance from St Helens dispatched an injury hit Giants to secure a 54-6 victory at Headingley Stadium.

Five tries in 16 second-half minutes was enough to see off Simon Woolford’s men.

With just sixteen men available for selection, you could argue Giants were due a bit of luck however, just four minutes in, that theory was blown out the water.

A kick on the fifth-tackle deflected off the shins of Matty English and fell perfectly for Lachlan Coote who scored the opening try of the game.

Saints doubled their lead after thirteen minutes, this time Aaron Smith was the beneficiary.

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>span class="s2">Giants were able to weather an early Saints storm and were on the scoreboard themselves soon after through Trout.

A superbly timed ball-steal from Trout allowed the debutant to run unopposed under the posts to score his first try in Claret and Gold.

Whatever glimmer of hope Giants gained from this try was soon eradicated by a try from Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook who atoned for his error that led to Trout’s try as Saints restored their 20 point cushion.

Grace then doubled his tally with a fantastic run and try to nudge his side over the thirty-point mark.

If Grace’s second was a great solo effort, then Matty Costello’s try was a fantastic team move involving five players, an offload and a great pass from Jack Welsby and Saints, supported by perfect kicking from Coote, took a 38-6 lead. 

Clearly not content with his kicking game, Coote added his second of the game and Saints closed in on fifty points.

Dominique Peyroux soon opened his account for the night as Saints continued to punish a tiring defence.

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>span class="s2">Saints were allowed to attack and score far too easily and regularly and Giants will be hoping their injury ravaged squad is back to some sort of normality by the time they face up against Leeds Rhinos next week.