Saints hold off Giants to go top of Super League

Huddersfield interim head coach Liam Finn told BBC Radio Leeds:

"It was a game of two halves - or actually, a game of one quarter and three quarters.

"In the first 20 minutes, we were nowhere near, miles off and [it was] unacceptable on any level, never mind at Super League level.

"We made five errors in the first 10 minutes and against any team, you get punished. We were booed off at half-time and rightly so.

"We needed a reaction at half-time and got one in the second half. We completed 15 out of the first 15 sets [in the second half] and got ourselves back in the game.

"It's not that complicated, our game - it's a tough game played by tough men. In the second half, we went after it and nearly gave ourselves a chance in the last five minutes."

St Helens prop Alex Walmsley told BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra:

"We knew it would be a tough game. We had a big game at the weekend, a short turnaround and we were missing a few boys, so it was always going to be a tough ask to come to Huddersfield and grind out a result, but we knew that's what we had to do.

"We're a tough side, we've got a bit of toughness in there to get these kind of jobs done and, thankfully, we saw it out in the end.

"At the start of the year, you're going for three cups and now it's down to two. The first one is the League Leaders' Shield, so that's our priority now.

"Winning games and getting two points, no matter where you are or who you're up against, is vital."