Smith's side have only beaten Saints once in 35 Super League meetings

Warrington coach Tony Smith has said his side need to improve their defending after losing 40-26 to St Helens on Saturday.

The reverse leaves Smith's charges 12 points adrift of the Super League leaders after 20 games.

He told BBC Radio Manchester: "Close-to the-line defending I think we should have been a little better in that area.

"Just a little bit of execution in our defending wasn't quite there. We need to go and patch that up for next week."

Smith added: "But still I thought there were some gallant efforts put in by the players.

"The boys dug in and you could tell as I thought there was some desperation and some real pride in our try-line."

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