Sione Mata'utia and Joel Thompson in training. Picture: Bernard Platt NEW Saints recruit Sione Mata’utia gave his early thoughts on leaving Newcastle, the lure of St Helens, his new teammates, seeing snow and the prospect of coming up against his older brother Peter at Castleford when the Star’s Mike Critchley caught up with him earlier this week. MC: You've Been here a few weeks now, what have been your early impressions of St Helens? SM: When we landed the cold hit us pretty quickly, but I don’t mind that and have been pretty positive with the move.