St. Helens  56
Huddersfield Giants  8
St. Helens  56
Huddersfield Giants  8
DATE
COMPETITION
VENUEATTENDANCE(HT)
4th Aug 2006
Super League
HOME
8378
HT:4-30

3 - Jamie Lyon
AGE AT TIME OF MATCH 24

TRIES
1
GOALS
6
WINNING HONOURS
2006 PCCF 2006 SLGF

5 - Francis Meli
AGE AT TIME OF MATCH 27

TRIES
1
WINNING HONOURS
2006 PCCF 2006 SLGF 2007 WCC
2007 CCCF 2008 CCCF

7 - Vinnie Anderson
AGE AT TIME OF MATCH 27

TRIES
1

8 - Paul Anderson
AGE AT TIME OF MATCH 34

WINNING HONOURS
2006 PCCF 2006 SLGF

10 - Jason Cayless
AGE AT TIME OF MATCH 26

TRIES
1
WINNING HONOURS
2006 PCCF 2006 SLGF 2007 WCC
2007 CCCF

15 - Nick Fozzard
AGE AT TIME OF MATCH 29

WINNING HONOURS
2004 PCCF 2007 WCC 2007 CCCF

17 - Maurie Fa'asavalu
AGE AT TIME OF MATCH 26

TRIES
1
WINNING HONOURS
2006 PCCF 2006 SLGF 2007 CCCF
2008 CCCF

Age in brackets is at time of match - Total average age for this team is 0 - ** non-playing sub


COACH : Daniel Anderson


(2005-06-26 : 2008-12-31 )


MATCH REPORT


MATCH REPORT : Saints carried on from their scintillating form in last week’s semi-final to overwhelm Huddersfield Giants, their opponents in the Twickenham Final.

The Giants were culpable in handing Saints too much possession and too often in dangerous positions as the league leaders shrugged off the absence of scrum-half Sean Long as the Giants never threatened to end their 28-year losing streak at Knowsley Road.

Saints scored more than 200 points in July and carried their free-scoring form into August with a ten-try display.

Ten different tryscorers got on the scoresheet as the tries came frequently courtesy of some sparkling handling.

Nine scoreless minutes of mistake-ridden rugby by both sides was ended by a flowing 50 metre move involving Keiron Cunningham, Leon Pryce, Vinnie Anderson and Paul Wellens that ended with Jamie Lyon touching down.

James Graham’s sharp offload to Lyon created a try for Cunningham, although ex-Saint Stuart Jones was on the end of Robbie Paul’s grubber kick to score shortly afterwards.

Saints were not in the mood to let the game deginerate into an arm-wrestle, especially with the Giants in generous mood, and three further tries before half-time put the result beyond doubt.

Jim Gannon’s speculative offload ten metres from his own line gave Saints possession, Pryce’s pass out of a two-man tackle gave Jason Cayless his first tyry since the opening day.

Paul’s profligacy resulted in Jon Wilkin putting Graham into a gap to score, then Mat Gardner lost possession near his own line with Lyon on hand to throw a quick long pass to Vinnie Anderson to score Saints’ fifth.

Francis Meli bulldozed over two defenders after the ball had been moved quickly to the left wing before right winger Ade Gardner touched down for his 23rd try of the season following Wilkin and Lyon’s lightning passes.

Saints spurned two gilt-edged chances by overplaying but the rout continued when Wellens dived over. Paul Smith’s momentarily stemmed the tide, but Wilkin and Fa’asavalu added further tries for the home side.

Captain Paul Sculthorpe marked his return from a five-game absence with the final two conversions towards the end of his 80-minute stint.








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