"We've plenty of spirit but when you can't make that basic pass, especially when you' re struggling, you've got to go back to basics.

"We had 14 sets to the opposition's 23, but our discipline needs to improve.

"Two games into the season and people are tipping us to go down. On the basis of this you'd have to agree with them."

St Helens: Wellens, Gardner, Lyon, Talau, Meli, Pryce, Long, Fozzard, Cunningham, Cayless, Gilmour, Sculthorpe, Hooper.
Replacements: Roby, V Anderson, Graham, Fa'asavalu.

Castleford: Platt, Blanch, Dyer, Viane, Shenton, McGoldrick, Kain, Ward, Henderson, Nutley, Fa'aoso, Roarty, Bird.
Replacements: Sculthorpe, Fletcher, Huby, A Smith.

Referee: R Laughton (Barnsley)