Australian star Ben Barba turned on the magic as St Helens kept their play-off dreams alive by brushing aside Huddersfield 40-16 in Super League.
Justin Holbrook's side had to beat the Giants if they had any chance of keeping their season going, and thanks to a vintage Barba display the Saints were a cut above.
Barba was the main tormentor as he chimed in from fullback at perfect intervals and scored one of his side's seven tries.
Jonny Lomax crossed twice while Regan Grace, Mark Percival, Ryan Morgan and Louis McCarthy-Scarsbrook also touched down.
The Saints were not at their sparkling best but they didn' need to be.
Rick Stone's Giants found themselves two tries behind after only 10 minutes as Lomax touched down after four minutes, soon followed by Grace. He had the simple task of running in after Barba had unlocked the Huddersfield defence.
St Helens led 24-6 at halftime but the tries kept rolling in after the break.
This time it was Barba scorching over on the left-hand side after he beat three Giants defenders with nippy footwork.
Dogged determination kept the Giants going, with former Melbourne Storm forward Ryan Hinchcliffe bursting on to a short ball for a try, while former Wests Tigers and Titans winger Jordan Rankin sneaking over in the corner.
But Saints had the final say as prop McCarthy-Scarsbrook hammered his way over for the final try of the night.
Elsewhere, Barba's former Sharks teammate Mitch Brown scored a hat-trick for Leigh in their 40-6 demolition of Halifax - the Centurions' third win of the Super League Super 8 qualifiers.
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