SAINTS boss Justin Holbrook was delighted to sign off his two-and-a-half year stint at Saints with a Super League title after watching his side defeat Salford 23-6 in the Grand Final.

They bossed the show from the off with Morgan Knowles opening this scoring and Zeb Taia adding Saints' second.

Although they clocked off in defence for the briefest of seconds, that was punished with a Jake Bibby try.

But Mark Percival's 50th minute score, plus Lachlan Coote's five goals from as many attempts, augmented by a Tommy Makinson drop goal ensured the prize went home with the League Leaders.

Any other result would have been a travesty for a Saints side that had finished 16 points clear at the end of the regular season, and Holbrook was proud of their achievement.

He said: "I am so happy and proud that we got the job done. We all know the season we have had but until we went out and proved it, we had to deliver and we did.

"I am really happy for everyone at our club. I know the whole week we had talked about how good a job Salford had done and we had to re-iterate that.

"But I am happy for all our players, all our staff. We know how much it means because we have fallen short this past couple of years. It has probably been a two and a half years work in progress to get to this stage.

"We know how much rugby league means to this town and to bring the trophy back makes it so special.

"The current group deserve so much credit. This group of players deserve as much accolades as they can get."

Holbrook has won two League Leaders Shields at Saints but were twice beaten in Super League semi finals.

They also suffered a shock defeat at Wembley having reached the Challenge Cup Final for the first time in 11 years.

Assessing his time at Saints, Holbrook added: "I've loved it, it's been absolutely brilliant. Since the day I got here, I've loved coaching this side and I've loved the responsibility of the town.

"I thought I'd be a lot more emotional at full-time but I was just proud and privileged to be in this role for the boys to deliver the trophy."