LOUIE McCarthy-Scarsbrook is a hard man to keep quiet at the best of times, but after his two-try display yesterday the popular Londoner may even chirpier than normal.
The 36-year-old prop is playing with the level as enthusiasm that belies his age and although off contract at the end of the year, certainly looks like a player who could go around the block again.
Coach Kristian Woolf hailed the impact of both the bench middles just before half time.
He said: "Louie was great today. I thought both he and Iggy (Paasi) came off the bench at the end of that first half and just their power running, with Iggy standing in tackles, getting offloads away and us playing off the back of that.
"They are close friends and complement each other and love playing together and both make a massive impact.
"I love what Louie brought today – and those two tries today where he put himself on the ball shows he is an athlete for his age and he has still got that leg speed.
"But he has to make a real decision to get there and that is why he got that reward.
McCarthy-Scarsbrook, in his 12th season at Saints with 338 club appearances under his belt, is not playing like a 36 year old.
And Woolf joked that he does not act like one either.
"That is what we like about him – he brings a really fun side and for a bloke that has been in the game for so long," Woolf said.
"He loves his footy and enjoys his footy, enjoys being at training and being around the players – and that is infectious.
"When he is playing with the sort of energy he brought today that is infectious for the group as well."
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