Left to Wright - how does crazy Saints finish rank?

Leeds Rhinos had been on course to seal a first home win against St Helens since 2017 - until Shane Wright's late intervention

Knockout rugby league never fails to produce sensational moments and Leeds Rhinos' Super League play-off eliminator against St Helens on Saturday was no exception.

To set the scene, Leeds were 14-12 up in a finely poised finale before Saints won a penalty virtually on halfway on the full-time hooter.

Jonny Lomax duly kicked to touch and Saints had just one tackle remaining to save their season and produce one of the most incredible clutch moments the sport has ever seen.

Saints put together a whopping 16 passes as they worked it 'left to Wright' for Shane Wright to score the try which sent them through to face Hull KR in Saturday's semi-final.

But where does that crazy finish rank in terms of all-time Super League finales?

BBC Sport took a look at the archives to find out.

There are several points to pick up on in St Helens' incredible late try at Leeds.

One being the incredible run Harry Robertson made, without attracting a single tackle.

His quick thinking to offload before a crowd of Leeds players could bring him to ground, in addition to the territory he gained, was the hard part.

But his efforts were matched just moments later when Tristan Sailor put in an incredible 25-metre pass from behind his back - quite impressive at the best of times, let alone in the dying moments of a play-off eliminator.

Saints wasted no time in working the ball laterally and, with Leeds having focused their efforts on Robertson, they were caught lacking on the opposite flank which ultimately led to Wright being able to run in.

Wide to West - Super League's most iconic try

Chris Joynt (left) scored the decisive try for St Helens in their Super League play-off against Bradford Bulls 25 years before Shane Wright repeated the feat at Leeds

"Never write off the Saints", so the saying goes.

Nothing epitomises this more than arguably the most iconic try in Super League history, scored almost 25 years to the day before Wright's effort at Headingley.

St Helens finished second in the regular season and welcomed Bradford Bulls for their qualifying play-off, with the visitors leading 11-10 heading into the final moments of the match.

Much like Saturday, Saints were awarded a penalty with just seconds to go, knowing their season was just moments from ending.

However, they strung together an incredible passage of play from their own half, sending the ball out to the onrushing Dwayne West and finishing with Chris Joynt scoring the decisive try to win the game 16-11 and send them through.

The finale was immortalised by Sky Sports commentary duo Eddie Hemmings and Mike Stephenson, with the former's calling of 'It's wide to West!' embedding the moment into rugby league history.

Saints went on to win the Super League Grand Final that year. Can history repeat itself in 2025?

O'Brien's million pound drop-goal

As dramatic moments go, this one is right up there.

Back in the days of the so-called 'Million Pound Game', which decided which side would drop into the Championship, Salford Red Devils were staring down relegation as they trailed 18-10 at Hull KR on 1 October 2016.

The Red Devils mounted a comeback and levelled the game at 18-18 to take it to golden point.

In stepped Gareth O'Brien to save Salford's season.

Hull KR didn't even get a touch of the ball in extra time as Salford worked it to O'Brien, who decided to attempt a drop-goal on the last tackle.

Despite being a whopping 48 metres out, he launched an incredible kick over the posts to keep Salford in Super League for another season.

Cue a pitch invasion from Salford's travelling supporters and then-owner Marwan Koukash.

Hull KR dropped out of Super League as a result, ending a 10-season stay in the top flight, but what a difference a few years make.

Nine years later and they could seal a historic treble of trophies.

Off the post - Welsby's Grand Final stunner

Another St Helens moment on this list, but this one is a good one.

In November 2020, Covid was in full force and the delayed Super League season moved its showpiece Grand Final to Hull FC's KCOM Stadium, where the game was played behind closed doors.

In the final were rivals St Helens and Wigan Warriors and as expected, it was a tight, edgy game, headed towards golden point with the score tied at 4-4.

But in one of the most dramatic climaxes in Grand Final history, right on the hooter Tommy Makinson's drop-goal cannoned off the right-hand post and bounced unfavourably for Wigan's Bevan French.

The ball bounced forwards, over the crossbar, and French was unaware that the onrushing Jack Welsby was behind him as he tried to collect it.

Welsby managed to get in front of French and ground it before it went dead, winning the game for St Helens.

That win gave Saints, England and Great Britain legend James Graham a triumphant farewell from the sport and also registered his side's second Grand Final win in a run of four titles in a row between 2019 and 2022.

Hall seals League Leaders' Shield for Leeds

Another last-minute try but this time Leeds weren't on the receiving end.

Ryan Hall, who played for the Rhinos in Saturday's defeat by St Helens, secured his side victory late on against Huddersfield 10 years previously with an incredible dramatic late try.

But not just that, his thrilling run to the corner tipped the game in Leeds' favour and won them the 2015 League Leaders' Shield.

That victory set them on their way to a historic treble, being only the third team during the Super League era to win all three northern hemisphere domestic trophies in a season.

An honourable mention goes to David Hodgson for his Magic Weekend try for Hull KR against Hull FC in 2012.

Hull FC had led 18-12 at the break courtesy of tries from Brett Seymour, Richard Horne and Willie Manu.

But KR rallied and, with seconds left to play, Hodgson crossed to give his side a memorable two points.

Finally, Catalans gave St Helens their first defeat at their current Totally Wicked Stadium home in 2012 courtesy of Daryl Millard.

Les Dracs had trailed 26-8 just after the break but mounted an incredible comeback, culminating in Fiji international Millard going in with seconds to spare to win the game.