Summary

  • FT: Leigh 12-10 St Helens

  • Leigh beat St Helens to reach first Challenge Cup final since 1971

  • Lussick try gives St Helens 6-0 lead at the break

  • Leigh hit back to lead with tries from Holmes & Hardaker

  • Lomax scores late try to give Saints hope but Makinson misses conversion

Live Reporting

Jay Freeman

  1. Leigh 12-6 St Helens

    Agnatius Paasi puts his body on the line as he tries to break through on the last tackle for St Helens but he's in some pain in the aftermath.

    Leigh are defending so well right now but can they hold on?

  2. Leigh 12-6 St Helens

    St Helens are back up to full strength as Sione Mata'utia returns from the sin bin.

    Jonny Lomax looks to atone for his earlier error as he's sent through right in front of the sticks but he's held up and Leigh eventually win the ball back on the turnover.

  3. Leigh 12-6 St Helens

    Tommy Makinson tries to twist and turn his way over the line but Leigh hold him up again in the corner.

    St Helens don't have long left to turn this bright spell into points, but Jonny Lomax drops the ball as another attack starts.

  4. Defensive class

    Leigh 12-6 St Helens

    John Kear
    Wales coach on BBC One

    A great defensive effort by Leigh. Josh Charnley and Lachlan Lam were both in there. That's the desperation that the Challenge Cup brings out in you.

  5. Leigh 12-6 St Helens

    St Helens are hammering Leigh now, with Josh Charnley rushing to punt the ball in to touch to concede a goal-line drop-out.

    Saints have amassed this momentum with 12 players, too.

    They've got less than two minutes now until Sione Mata'utia is back from the sin bin.

  6. NO TRY

    Leigh 12-6 St Helens

    It's not given.

    None of the available replays showed Konrad Hurrell grounding the ball.

    Make of that what you will.

  7. TRY REVIEW

    Leigh 12-6 St Helens

    Konrad Hurrell is over for St Helens.

    It's given as no try on the field as a crowd of Leigh bodies race to deny him.

    It's sent upstairs.

  8. Saints there for the taking

    Leigh 12-6 St Helens

    Kevin Brown
    Former England international half-back on BBC One

    Leigh will know St Helens are there for the taking. They are not as dominant as they have been in previous years.

    Sione Mata'utia just got it wrong there. He was too high and too late. It was an easy decision for the referee to make.

    You can't put a value on the resilience Leigh have shown when they were under the cosh. And now they have an extra man.

  9. Leigh 12-6 St Helens

    It's going from worse to even worse for St Helens.

    Alex Walmsley is limping around the field after struggling from a tackle just past halfway.

  10. PENALTY: Leigh 12-6 St Helens

    Ben Reynolds

    Following that Sione Mata'utia late tackle, Leigh also win a penalty for their troubles.

    Ben Reynolds, who's cleared to play on after the tackle, just about kicks the extra two.

    Leigh are a converted try ahead of St Helens with less than 20 minutes remaining.

  11. SIN-BIN

    Leigh 10-6 St Helens

    There's a pretty late tackle from Sione Mata'utia as the St Helens man closes down Ben Reynolds.

    Replays show it's pretty late indeed and he's sent to the bin.

    It's getting worse for Saints.

  12. Leigh 10-6 St Helens

    St Helens try a swift counter attack but run out of tackles leading Sione Mata'utia to kick to goal.

    No one quite has the pace to run onto it and Leigh start on zero tackle as the game restarts.

    It's not quite falling into place for St Helens right now.

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    Tracy Pick: Wow! What a try! Leigh have woken up.

    Reece Duddle: Saints to score again, kick the goal and win it and break Leigh hearts.

  14. A masterclass set

    Leigh 10-6 St Helens

    John Kear
    Wales coach on BBC One

    That was a masterclass of a set of six for Leigh.

    Lachlan Lam brought the opposition defence up and weighted a perfect kick. It was absolute quality because he was under pressure.

    The character and determination is really shining through for Leigh Leopards.

  15. Leigh 10-6 St Helens

    If you're St Helens, do you panic? How have they let this tie slip from their grasp?

    We've got a thumping 25 minutes left in this Challenge Cup semi-final, I bet.

  16. try

    TRY: Leigh 10-6 St Helens

    Zak Hardaker

    Could this be the moment that tips this Challenge Cup semi-final in Leigh's favour and gives them the momentum to see out this tie?

    There's a frantic last-ditch kick on the turnover in to the corner and Tee Ritson races in to try and kick the ball dead before Leigh can get onto it.

    But an unopposed Zak Hardaker races in and touches down after Ritson slides into touch.

    Ben Reynolds misses the kick. Four points in it.

  17. Leigh have found their energy

    Leigh 6-6 St Helens

    Kevin Brown
    Former England international half-back on BBC One

    Adrian Lam has got this Leigh team doing what they are good at, offloading and really hammering this left side.

    They are playing with energy - they have found their energy.

  18. Leigh 6-6 St Helens

    The game, whether temporarily or otherwise, has calmed down just a little bit after a frantic few minutes after the restart.

    St Helens work a few set of passes and look for a counter attack but Tommy Makinson slips from Jack Welsby's offload before he can run in at the corner just before the turnover.

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    St Helens' Agnatius Paasi is tackledPA Media

    Stuart: Brilliant game of rugby league.

  20. Leigh 6-6 St Helens

    Leigh are throwing everything at St Helens right now and it's Saints who are scrambling to deny them.

    It's the polar opposite to the first half right now. Edwin Ipape gets to within about an inch of the line but he's held up.

    Saints are on the ropes.