St Helens climbed to fourth in Tremendous League by extending Hull FC’s horror run at dwelling with a 13-6 win on Saturday.
It’s 12 video games and not using a win on the MKM Stadium for Hull, a run stretching again to July 20 final yr, with Saints prevailing 13-6 because of Kyle Feldt’s brace of tries and Jonny Lomax kicking 5 factors.
The guests, who moved above Leeds within the desk, took benefit of a number of errors from their opponents to open up a 12-0 lead shortly after half-time, though Davy Litten’s attempt revived Hull’s hopes.
All eight of Hull’s victories this yr have been on the highway and the wind was taken out of their sails following Lomax’s drop-goal two minutes from time, securing Saints’ twentieth win of their final 21 conferences in opposition to the Black and Whites.
They went forward courtesy of Lomax’s 25-metre penalty after Matty Lees was taken out earlier than he had acquired the ball off Morgan Knowles, earlier than Saints elevated their lead on the quarter-hour mark.
Curtis Sironen initially broke away when he pierced a spot in Hull’s defence however whereas Owen Dagnell and Alex Walmsley acquired near the road, Feldt went over on the proper flank after spinning previous Aiden Sezer.
After Lomax cut up the posts with a tough touchline conversion, Saints continued to pile ahead however Hull held agency regardless of undermining their very own efforts with a number of knock-ons in fast succession.
They finally began to determine themselves as the primary half drew to a detailed, with Lewis Martin solely denied in his sprint for the nook by a mix of Harry Robertson and Tristan Sailor.
Hull held a quick half-time huddle earlier than heading for the dressing room, though they fell additional behind after 45 minutes, with Feldt rising above Martin to seize Moses Mbye’s excessive kick then turning and touching down previous Litten.
After Lomax failed so as to add the extras, Sezer burst ahead from his personal half and teed up Litten to get Hull on the board, with Zak Hardaker splitting the posts to deliver the hosts to inside a transformed rating.
Feldt got here inside a whisker of a hat-trick after amassing one other Mbye up-and-under and twisting on the road, however his left arm went into contact earlier than his proper grounded the ball, whereas Lomax noticed a drop-goal charged down within the ultimate 10 minutes.
Nevertheless, there was no denying Lomax when he was offered with a second try in entrance of the posts, with the Saints captain booting over from 20 metres to offer the guests a hard-fought two factors.
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