I think the form of Bowen is a big part of it. Fullback is an important role in our attack, one of the most important probably, and in the early parts of the season he was in poor form. Since Leeds he's been in great form and we look a lot stronger from it. Also worth remembering we had a pretty decent run with Hampshire at fullback too.

Deacon leaves and we start scoring for fun in 2 away games.

Might be a clue for you.

I put it down to confidence however, we are still very vulnerable in defence and we give soft penalties away too frequently.
Good to see but let's see how we perform at Saints in a week or so when we will see how good our attack is against a well drilled defence.

We are nowhere near as vulnerable in defence as we used to be.
Nilled Wire at their place and only conceded 3 tries v Catalans.
We now have the best defence in SL.
Our attack is looking better by the game.
Saints defence hasn't seemed all that great in some of the TV games I've seen.
They looked a shambles at home to Hudds although did appear better at Headingly against a hungover Leeds outfit.

I accept your points Ted but the defence and attack against Leeds which for me is the current yardstick were not that great.
I'm not being negative just cautious.
I am hoping that the club have got it right again and that we are hitting form at the right time off the season after a very sluggish start.

Thinking more about this the return of Lockers must be a huge factor.