Quote: The_Enforcer "
Or is it just that the rest of Super League is so utter terrible with such low quality personnel that players like Coote and Lomax look like RL wizards?'"
Whilst I think both Coote and Lomax are good players, you've hit the nail on the head with that last para. You only need to look around the league to see that the top players are mainly good to average NRL level players. Austin, Fifita etc never got a sniff of origin etc.
Saints made a couple of astute signings and they've also managed to retain some decent club produced players too.
Not rocket science sadly.