Saints secure final showdown

Long plays pivotal role in victory over former club Veteran Sean Long is poised for an engage Super League Grand Final farewell with St Helens after scoring a try in the 14-10 victory over his former club Wigan on Saturday night. The veteran scrum-half, who joins Hull next season, crossed just before half-time while Francis Meli scored twice to send Saints to Old Trafford next week and a third successive meeting with Leeds. Defeat for Wigan leaves them still without a win at Knowsley Road in six years and signalled the end of Brian Noble's reign as head coach after he stepped down after the match. Saints made a dream start when Kyle Eastmond shrugged off an attempted tackle by Sam Tomkins to get Meli over for the first try in only the second minute. Try ruled out Warriors winger Pat Richards looked to have levelled the scores... [read full story]                    

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