Wolves coach to work on defence

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."