How Saints got the job done against Castleford Tigers

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The rampant hosts ran in five first-half tries - the last of those being Robertson's lung-busting run from his own 10m line after intercepting Chris Atkins' kick - to leave the struggling Tigers reeling.

Saints added two more in a lacklustre second half, with Dagnall's special effort over 60 metres that was completed with a thrilling kick and chase being a moment to savour.

As a result of the fifth win in six matches, Saints went above Leeds into fourth spot on points difference.

The minute's applause for former St Helens player Ray French, known as the voice of rugby league, who died last week aged 85, was still echoing around the stadium when Saints scored their opening try.

They made a conscious decision to target Cas debutant Andy Djeukessi and his fumbling of his first test under Moses Mbye's high kick saw the hosts recover the ball and from the last play of their set, Mark Percival charged through onto Mbye's superb pass.

Another Cas fumble right on their try line, under pressure from Tristan Sailor as he chased his own kick, saw Owen Dagnall capitalise and dive on the loose ball.

Saints' total domination meant it took Cas 17 minutes to have ball in hand in their opponents' half and another 10 minutes before their first sustained attack in sight of the posts.

By then the hosts were 16-0 up as Sailor held off a couple of tackles before offloading a back-hand pass for Kyle Feldt to cross unopposed from short distance.

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Castleford failed to pick up returning Saints hooker Daryl Clark running through from the base of the scrum 30 metres out and even when they thought they had reduced the arrears through a twisting Josh Simm dive over in the corner the video referee ruled his foot had fractionally been dragged into touch by Percival's last-ditch tackle.

Robertson's long dash then saw him evade Andy Djeukessi's and Fletcher Rooney's flailing attempt to catch him as he began to tire in the final 30m two minutes before half-time but the interval provided only brief respite for Tigers.

George Delaney and Curtis Sironen were both held up just short of the line as Castleford put up a more resilient defence but it had come far too late.

They were fortunate Saints' intensity dropped off until Dagnall chased down his own kick, brushing aside Simm to get the first touch thanks to a better dive than Rooney and with the resistance broken Sailor benefited from an Agnatius Paasi break for the seventh and final try, with Kyle Feldt landing six out of seven conversions.