The 2021 Super League season is only two rounds in, but already St Helens and Wigan Warriors are showing some ominous signs of their old selves.
Last season’s Grand Finalists set the highest of standards during the 2020 title decider at Hull’s KCOM Stadium and are proving they will again be the teams to beat this year.
Saints have racked up fairly routine wins over Salford Red Devils and Hull Kingston Rovers during their first two outings and should get better as the year unfolds.
Full-back Lachlan Coote, one of the most influential players in Kristian Woolf’s side, has not yet featured this season due to injury.
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