IN the world of rugby league it was a year like no other – with the sport not immune from the dark cloud of Covid hanging over 2020. So maybe it was only fitting, then, that the season would end like no other with Jack Welsby’s after the bell touchdown securing back-to-back Super League titles for Saints. But what a tumultuous year for the sport. A four-month hiatus, players being furloughed, games being behind closed doors on neutral venues, a raft of rule changes and a table settled on percentages all contributed to a season that threw challenges at the players and coaching staff every week.