St Helens earn hard-fought victory over York
St Helens keep pace with Leeds at the top of Super League with a hard-fought victory over York where the scoreline fails to do justice to the contest.
Betfred Super League St Helens (16) 40 Tries: Leyland, Dagnall 2, Walmsley, Welsby, Davies, MacDonald Goals: Hastings 6 York (10) 16 Tries: Dee 2, Galeano Goals: Hunter 2 St Helens kept pace with Leeds at the top of Super League with a hard-fought victory over York where the scoreline failed to do justice to the contest. After an opening try from Bill Leyland, Saints quickly moved into a 16-0 lead after 19 minutes with two tries from Owen Dagnall. But York rallied impressively and got back in the game as Jesse Dee crossed twice in six minutes to leave the visitors trailing 16-10 at the break.
And that was how it stayed into the final quarter before before Alex Walmsley scored a game-breaking try and Saints then sprinted clear with further scores from Jack Welsby, Jake Davies and Nene MacDonald. York had the final say with a deserved consolation from Scott Galeano. More to follow.
St Helens: Sailor; Feldt, Robertson, MacDonald, Dagnall; Lomax, Hastings; Walmsley, Leyland, Lees, Wright, Whitley, Klemmer Interchanges: Welsby, Delaney, Stephens, Davies York: Nofoaluma; Bennison, Buchanan, Harrison, Galeano; Hingano, Hunter; Martin, McShane, Vaughan, Foster, Dee, Cook Interchanges: Balmforth, Va'a, Sangare, Littelwood Referee: Liam Rush.