Summary

  • Leeds beat Salford to win Challenge Cup for 14th time

  • Late Luke Gale drop-goal earns Leeds victory

  • Handley's second try tied game at 16-16 after Pauli and Greenwood scores saw Salford lead

  • Tries from Briscoe and Handley put Rhinos in front at break; Williams with stunning Salford reply

Live Reporting

Phil Cartwright

  1. Leeds 17-16 Salford

    Salford get to within a few metres and then Krisnan Inu loses it! Is that it?

  2. Leeds 17-16 Salford

    Leeds give a penalty away inside their own half, Pauli Pauli's legs going through the perpendicular in the tackle.

    Decisions, decisions. Go for the one-pointer or try to win it now?

  3. Leeds 17-16 Salford

    John Kear
    Wales & Bradford Bulls coach on BBC One

    That's smart play from Leeds as a team to set that up. Luke Gale connected with it sweetly and there was no doubt where that was going.

    Leeds have to make 12 tackles to win the cup.

  4. Leeds 17-16 Salford

    Leeds run the clock down with a set of six and a kick out of play.

    Three to go.

  5. DROP-GOAL: Leeds 17-16 Salford

    Luke Gale

    Luke Gale has scored some big, big drop-goals in his time but this one might have won the Challenge Cup for Leeds Rhinos.

    Four minutes left for Salford to reply.

    Gale edges Leeds in front with late drop goal

  6. Leeds 16-16 Salford

    Wowzers. Pauli Pauli is penalised for an incorrect play-the-ball and Leeds get in back on halfway.

    Maybe this is their chance.

  7. Leeds 16-16 Salford

    Jonathan Davies
    Former GB international on BBC One

    It's a matter of where you want to play the game now. With less than 10 minutes left if you get good field position and you have the opportunity for a field goal you take it.

  8. Leeds 16-16 Salford

    Kallum Watkins glides through a gap and tries to pass out wide to Rhys Williams, but Leeds defend it well and Williams can't pouch it.

  9. Leeds 16-16 Salford

    There we go... Leeds captain Luke Gale tries once from about 30 metres but sends it wide.

    Expect a few more attempts like that if either side get within range.

  10. Leeds 16-16 Salford

    Who fancies a last-gasp drop-goal to win it?

    Still plenty of time before then, but it wouldn't surprise me to see a Krisnan Inu or a Luke Gale landing a match-winning one-pointer in the next few minutes...

  11. try

    TRY: Leeds 16-16 Salford

    Ash Handley

    Ash Handley scores his second tryRex Features

    It's a cracking cup final, this. Still up in the air with 15 minutes to go.

    Richie Myler passes to Ash Handley, who finishes from close range in the left corner for his second of the game.

    Rhyse Martin sends his kick wide. All square. My word.

    Handley gets his second try to draw Leeds level

  12. Leeds 12-16 Salford

    Robbie Hunter-Paul
    Former New Zealand international on BBC One

    This is a big challenge for Leeds now. One of the crazy things about the Challenge Cup is time.

    The Leeds players will be looking up at the clock and it's whether they can hold their nerve, keep their composure, keep their focus and put some points on the board.

    Twenty minutes can disappear very quickly.

  13. Leeds 12-16 Salford

    What have Leeds got in response? Their latest set ends with a high kick that lands safely in the hands of Salford full-back Niall Evalds.

  14. Leeds 12-16 Salford

    Four years ago, Salford were a couple of minutes away from dropping out of Super League.

    Now they're 20 minutes away from winning the Challenge Cup for the first time in 82 years.

  15. try

    TRY: Leeds 12-16 Salford

    James Greenwood, Krisnan Inu goal

    James Greenwood scores for SalfordRex Features

    What a turnaround!

    Leeds cough up the ball at one end, Salford kick it high at the other and for once Richie Myler can't deal with it, Kevin Brown chasing him down and putting him under immense pressure.

    The ball drops loose to four onrushing red shirts and James Greenwood is the man who touches down to put Salford in front for the first time.

    Greenwood punishes Myler mistake as Salford take lead for first time

  16. Leeds 12-10 Salford

    John Kear
    Wales & Bradford Bulls coach on BBC One

    Poor Luke Gale had to tackle a fridge and he couldn't manage it.

  17. try

    TRY: Leeds 12-10 Salford

    Pauli Pauli

    Pauli Pauli scoresRex Features

    And it's a chance they've taken!

    Pauli Pauli gets it five metres out, easily escapes the tackle of the much smaller and lighter Luke Gale, and powers over for Salford's second try.

    Krisnan Inu misses the kick though - Leeds still two ahead.

    Pauli powers over for Salford

  18. Leeds 12-6 Salford

    Great work from Kris Welham to pressure Tom Briscoe under the high ball, forcing Briscoe to knock on in the opinion of the video referee.

    That gives Salford a set of six starting about 10 metres from the Leeds try line.

    Big chance.

  19. Leeds 12-6 Salford

    Leeds' line speed is cranked up a notch on Salford's latest set.

    The Red Devils struggle to reach their own 20-metre line by the last tackle and have to launch it with the boot towards halfway.

  20. Leeds 12-6 Salford

    Leeds get a penalty close to the try line but can't get over it from the resulting set, and their lead remains at six.

    Leeds v SalfordGetty Images