Willie Talau's try gave Saints an early lead at Craven Park

Hull KR: (0) 0

St Helens: (12) 40
Tries: Talau, Pryce, Cunningham, Gidley, Wellens, Tyrer, Graham
Goals: Tyrer 6

St Helens continued to set the pace at the top of Super League with a comfortable victory over Hull KR.

Saints were rarely troubled with early scores from Willie Talau and Leon Pryce putting them in control, although they failed to score again before the break.

But the defdning champions started the second half strongly with Keiron Cunningham, Matt Gidley, Paul Wellens and James Graham all scoring.

Youngster Steve Tyrer also went over for a try and added six goals.

606: DEBATE Whilst the defeat doesn't bother me unduly - scoring nil at home certainly does - were we really that bad? RO

"We have been hoping for the past few weeks to get some confidence and get ourselves back on track.

"I thought we showed in patches but that is no good. We have shown up OK in patches all year.

"Saints are a good side yet I don't think they were at their best going forward. They put more ball down than I expected but were strong defensively."

"I think we crunched them constantly in the tackle all the way through and it was a efficient, dominant professional performance."

Hull KR: Lennon, Cockayne, Goddard, Dyer, Hardman, Cooke, Webster, Vella, Fisher, Gannon, O'Neill, J. Netherton, Gene.
Replacements: Tangata-Toa, Tandy, Murrell, Chester.

St Helens: Wellens, Gardner, Gidley, Talau, Tyrer, Pryce, Smith, Fozzard, Roby, Cayless, Gilmour, Clough, Wilkin.
Replacements: Graham, Cunningham, Fa'asavalu, Bennett.

Referee: P Bentham (Warrington)