The Saints needed a last gasp drop goal from Sean Long to break the hearts of the Warrington Wolves who had the vision of a mighty away win scalp. The sides were locked at 10-10 at half-time. Then with just 4 minutes to go Wolves were holding a 16-10 lead but Saints came back to level, then Sean Long won it with that dropped goal and took the winning streak to 18. Final score:
St Helens 17 Warrington 16
Scorers
St Helens
Tries: Cunningham, Gardner, Gilmour Goals: Long (2) Drop: Long
Warrington
Tries: King, Riley (2) Goals: Hicks (2)
Teams
St Helens: Wellens, Gardner, Gidley, Flannery, Meli, Pryce, Long, Cayless, Cunningham, Graham, Gilmour, Wilkin, Roby.
Replacements: Fozzard, Hargreaves, Clough, Eastmond.
Warrington: Hicks, Riley, Gleeson, King, Penny, Briers, Monaghan, Morley, Clarke, Rauhihi, Mitchell, Westwood, Grix.
Replacements: Parker, Bracek, Cooper, Blythe.
Referee: R Silverwood (Dewsbury)