Saints lack of cutting edge forces them to take a cut of the points

St Helens 22-22 Hull Fc

Attendance- 11,633

A stalemate of affairs meant both Hull Fc and Saint Helens added a point to their Super league tally after a thrilling 22-22 encounter at Langtree Park.

Both sides would have felt they'd done enough to secure their second victory of the season but neither team could clinch the final point at the final hurdle.

It was the black and whites that started the brighter after Jason Crookes went over early in the First half but only for it to be matched by Saints Anthony Laffranchi not long after.

The saints who under new coach Nathan Brown have endured a mixed start to the season soon got a grip of proceedings with veteran Francis Meli flying over the try line for his third of the season before youngster Jordan Turner shimmied his way through the Fc defence to continue to prove what all the fuss is all about of the 24 year old.

The Airlie birds finished the half as they started it as former Hull Kingston Rovers player Shannon McDonnell closed the gap with a try just before half time to send the sides 16-12 at the break.

The Saints struck again however 10 minutes into the second half through Josh Jones but an injury to Full back Paul Wellens hampered the Saints fluency. A forced reshuffle at the back meant they never recovered from the adjustments. A brace of tries from Tom Briscoe and Richard Whiting saw the game finishing all square.

There were times when it looked like the away side would pinch all two points. A strut of neat ball work from Hull ended with Tom Briscoe going through in the corner only for it to be deemed a forward pass, whilst the conversion for the black and white’s final try (below) was narrowly missed by up until that point the reliable Daniel Holdsworth. A couple of drop goal attempts by Hull FC also failed meaning by sides on equal points in the Super League this season.