Two tries in two for the Saints man.
"It's just a number," Hartley had growled earlier in the week, referring to Carter's more significant achievement in reaching his ton but the Saints man will start 2014 as England's first-choice hooker, ahead of Tom Youngs.
Thus, he'll have to make quick, sharp decisions after the snap, as opposed to last week, when the Saints' man coverage and sellout blitzes allowed Smith to make decisions before the snap.
3.18pm BST 16 min Hearts in mouths for Saints as Hayward's pass is intercepted by former Saints man Ashton, but the hooker recovers with a monstrous hit on Burger that drives the Namibian flanker backwards.
It is likely Myler and Cipriani will be vying for the third fly-half spot in Stuart Lancaster's England squad for the autumn internationals, and it was the Saints man who nosed ahead with a measured display all afternoon.
He drove forward and unleashed a shot from around 18 yards that Paul Hanlon did well to block, but the ball rebounded to the Saints man and he let fly again with his right boot to put his side ahead.
Being a Saints man you can't exclude the fact that five to eight of our key players have been involved in international duty for well over half the season - is it time to reconsider suspending or restricting club competition in lieu of international duty?
I have faith in Grossman, who might be able to torch the Saints man coverage in their secondary.
And among us, local sightings of Saints men would be noted.
In his homily, Benedict urged the faithful to learn from "the luminous examples of these saints," men and women who "did not put themselves at the center but chose to go against the current and live according to the Gospel".
