Paul Wellens asks St Helens to re-group after defeat

Wellens is joint captain at St Helens along with James Graham

St Helens joint-captain Paul Wellens has urged his team to respond in a positive manner after Friday's 25-18 defeat by Warrington.

It was Royce Simmons' first defeat as Saints coach and the club's first loss to the Wolves in 10 years.

"It's about how you respond," Wellens told BBC Radio Merseyside. "We need to regroup now and look at the video and see where we can improve.

"After you've been beaten, you just want to get out and put things right."

He added: "That's got to be the mindset with the rest of the squad.

"We've got to take stock of the situation, heal any bumps and bruises which we've picked up, come out raring to go and put in a good performance next week."

Warrington were clinical with their finishing in the first half of Friday's match, racing into an 18-0 lead at half time.

After the scoreline was extended to 24-0, St Helens managed to get onto the scoresheet, but Wellens admits the Saints failed to capitalise of their possession over the 80 minutes.

"If you take into account territory and possession, I think we had a share of the game," Wellens continued.

"But what they did with the ball compared to us probably asked a few more questions of our defence than we did of theirs. We came up with far too many errors and you can't do that against a side like Warrington.

"We probably lacked a little bit of composure when we were attacking their try line. That inevitably will cost you against a team like Warrington."