SAINTS boss Justin Holbrook was happy with with the way the team bounced back with a 66-4 win over Huddersfield.

They played some dazzling football - with Jonny Lomax leading the way with a hat-trick among the 12 tries.

"I'm really happy with that," Holbrook said.

"We wanted to bounce back from last week and they did that really well.

"It was great to watch the boys play as well as they did tonight.

"When you're playing well in the first half, sometimes you don't want half-time to come, you just want to keep playing.

"But I thought we started second half well and, after slowing up a bit, I was really pleased to see them kick again and finish the game strongly."

Holbrook was delighted with debutant centre Matty Costello, who got his chance in the absence of suspended Mark Percival.

"Matty did really well and Matty Lees who has only played a couple of games was outstanding too," Holbrook added.

"I was really pleased for the young boys that they got an opportunity tonight."

Huddersfield interim coach Chris Thorman accused his players of raising the white flag during their trouncing.

"If I said what I wanted to say, I'd probably regret it tomorrow in all honesty," Thorman said. "Let's just say I need to find people that are up for a fight because that's what we're in.

"We need to find people that are willing to put their gloves up and keep them up for 80 minutes.

"We knew it was going to be tough with where we're at. There's been loads of excuses being bandied about but we're not going to go down that road.

"Regardless of the factors, you cannot give in in this sport and I thought far too many of them just gave in.

"And far too many of them showed that right now they are not up to it.

"This is the first day I've genuinely been disappointed with the effort.

"We were in a situation like this two years ago and what got us out of it were blokes who were willing to work harder than the people you play against.

"It was men against boys, wasn't it? But I can't blame the kids. We've got some serious soul-searching to do."