SAINTS coach Paul Wellens explained why he switched his spine around midway through the first half of last night's tight win over Huddersfield.

Daryl Clark came off the bench on 28 minutes, with Moses Mbye then partnering Jonny Lomax in the halves.

That also meant Jack Welsby reverting to full back with Jon Bennison subbed.

Wellens explained: "To be to honest, I really feel for Jon Bennison because we all know him as a kid and he competes hard and he never lets anybody down.

"But we needed points and when we were attacking their line, whenever Jonny and Jack were on the same side of the field, Huddersfield were almost putting the whole team on them and saying go the other way.

"That is obviously smart from them because they are two of our most potent players and what I felt I needed to do at the time was actually split Jack and Jonny up a little bit.

"The only way I could do that was putting Moses into that 7 role and getting Jonny and Jack sometimes working together, but sometimes working on other sides of the field.

"It's something for us to think about moving forward, how we can be better there.

"I just apologised to Jon in there – it was never an issue around him not doing something that we wanted him to do.

"And the reason that the change came so early is that I couldn't take Moses off for Daryl and then put Moses back out as it would have burned a sub.

"It was unfortunate for Jon but obviously I have to do what is best for the team."

Mbye impressed last night, with his booming kick downfield contributing tp the way Saints dominated field position in the second half.

He also asked questions with some of his last tackle kicks that put pressure on the Giants defence.

"Moses is just a really talented rugby player. He's got a cool head on his shoulders and he's really settled in to the environment in the group," Wellens said.

"He has got a dominant personality so he suits that role. He's been effective whenever he's done that job.

"And I thought he was effective tonight in a game which wasn't really one for attacking play.

"The rucks throughout the course of the game for both teams were really slow, both teams were allowed to get away with a lot there."