If Warrington's Lee Briers scores a trademark interception try against St Helens, he will tread nervously at training.
Warrington stand-off admits Smith is not a fan of interceptions
If Warrington's Lee Briers scores a trademark interception try against St Helens on Friday, he will tread nervously at the next training session.
The 33-year-old has amassed 147 tries in 386 appearances for the Wolves since joining them from Saints in 1997 and although he has lost count of the interceptions, one of the game's famous 'poachers' - former Great Britain international Garry Schofield - has not.
"Schoey texted me this week to say I'm catching him up on interception tries," said Briers, who also revealed Warrington coach Tony Smith is not a big fan of the art because of the risk factor.
"If I score the tries, he can't argue, but if I miss them, I don't like coming into training. He'll soon pull me back into line, but I think I've done it all my life."
The match will be Briers' 350th in Super League, the first three of which came in the colours of his home-town team St Helens 15 years ago.
Mojo
Briers' old club sacked coach Royce Simmons after going five matches without a win, but they returned to winning ways in emphatic fashion with a 46-6 rout of champions Leeds under caretaker boss Mike Rush last Sunday.
"They've got their mojo back," said Briers.
While Saints impressed last time out, Briers acknowledges the Wolves have yet to hit their straps despite topping the table.
"It's early in the year," he said. "Last year we were on fire and blew everybody away early.
"Everybody said we were going to win the league but, come the play-offs we got beat. Maybe we're doing it other way around this year, although not by choice."
The game, which will mark the 300th career appearance of St Helens' England forward Jon Wilkin, is a 15,000 sell-out, a record for the Halliwell Jones Stadium and the club's highest attendance for 39 years.
