Shane Wright went over with no time left on the clock to dramatically ship St Helens by to the semi-finals of Tremendous League with a 16-14 win over Leeds Rhinos.
It was simply Wright’s second sport for the membership after being signed from Salford Pink Devils, sending his new membership over to Craven Park in a match-up with Hull KR for a spot within the Grand Closing, with that semi-final reside on Sky Sports activities on October 4 from 5pm (KO 5.30pm).
Leeds Rhinos had a 12-6 half-time lead because of transformed efforts from Chris Hankinson and James McDonnell, St Helens hitting again by Jonny Lomax to get the guests on the scoreboard.
St Helens’ Matty Lees then needed to go away the stadium to go to the hospital as his spouse went into labour, leaving Paul Wellens’ aspect an interchange brief.
Within the second half, Jake Connor had despatched over a penalty to place Leeds 14-6 forward however a late transformed attempt from Jon Bennison put the guests inside two factors and with a glimmer of hope.
Then, with actually no time remaining within the sport, St Helens majestically stored the ball alive, sending it from one aspect of the sector to the opposite and channelling their well-known ‘Large to West’ second from 25 years in the past and their age-old catch phrase of ‘By no means Write Off The Saints’.
That despatched the visiting followers into pandemonium, St Helens head coach Wellens celebrating ecstatically on the sector in entrance of the travelling help.
St Helens have been final within the semi-finals in 2023 once they misplaced to Catalans, Sam Tomkins’ late heroics sending the Dragons by within the dying moments earlier than they have been finally beat by Wigan Warriors.
The opposite semi-final between Wigan Warriors and Leigh Leopards takes place on October 3, reside on Sky Sports activities, from 7.30pm (KO 8pm).
St Helens give you certainly one of Tremendous League’s most dramatic moments to get into semis
St Helens have been gifted early alternatives as Leeds kicked out on the complete, bumped into contact and dropped a excessive kick. Nonetheless, the identical attacking points which have stifled all of them season have been obvious once more as they did not carve out a significant alternative.
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