St Helens score after final hooter to win 16-14 at Leeds
Saints will travel to League Leaders' Shield winners Hull KR in semi-finals next Saturday
First-half tries from Hankinson and McDonnell give Rhinos edge; Lomax replies for Saints
Connor kicks penalty for Leeds but Bennison try sets up nervy finale
Wright scores with final play of game after hooter to win it for Saints
Leeds finished fourth in regular season table, two points above fifth-placed Saints
Saints have now won four of the five meetings between the sides this season
FT: Leeds 14-16 St Helens
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Never, and I mean NEVER, write off the Saints.
Adam, St Helens
Oh my giddy aunt! Am dumbstruck
Neil, St Helens
Unbelievable finish and all credit to St Helens but the Rhinos just didn’t put them away when they had the chance to finish them off. Gutted as a Rhinos fan.
Andrew, East Yorkshire
Best sporting game in the world. Saints On last tackle of the game have 16 passes and get the try to win it. They've always been good keeping ball alive. And I a Wigan fan.
Antony, Wigan
FT: Leeds 14-16 St Helens
Friday, 3 October: Wigan Warriors v Leigh Leopards
Saturday, 4 October: Hull KR v St Helens
Leeds 14-16 St Helens
Robbie Hunter-Paul
Former New Zealand international on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
I'm gutted for the Leeds Rhinos, I really feel for them.
But at the same time I'm elated for St Helens because they didn't let Leeds get away from them, they stuck with them and then they came up with the big plays at the right time.
FT: Leeds 14-16 St Helens
Image source, SWPix.comThis was the winning moment as Shane Wright touched down for St Helens to send them through to the semi-final.
..and break some Leeds Rhinos hearts in the process.
Not pictured? The incredible behind-his-back basketball-style pass from Tristan Sailor in the build-up.
FT: Leeds 14-16 St Helens
Robbie Hunter-Paul
Former New Zealand international on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
This is what makes rugby league so brilliant.
Leeds just needed to shut the game down, it was the last play Saints needed a Hail Mary and Hail Marys never come off.
I tell you what, it just came off.
FT: Leeds 14-16 St Helens
So much happened tonight that I've just remembered St Helens were effectively a man down after Matty Lees left at half-time to be with his pregnant wife who'd just gone into labour.
FT: Leeds 14-16 St Helens
Barry Eaton
Ex-Leeds assistant coach on BBC Radio Leeds
We're absolutely shell-shocked. The hooter had gone before Jonny Lomax even kicked for touch and the ball must have been in play a minute or so there.
Leeds attempted to make a tackle six or seven times in that passage of play.
They needed to stay connected defensively and they had players coming out of the line to cut the play off and that allowed Saints to keep the ball alive.
Leeds ended up with too many players out of position and Saints scored right at the death.
FT: Leeds 14-16 St Helens
"There's probably going to be a lot of silence in the changing room," Leeds scrum-half Jake Connor tells Sky Sports in his post-match interview.
FT: Leeds 14-16 St Helens
I've managed to see a replay of how St Helens managed to score that try having finally looked up from my keyboard.
I'm not sure how that was possible. The pace they showed to race forward after a bruising 80 minutes is impressive enough.
Let alone the rest.
FT: Leeds 14-16 St Helens
I mean that's a 'wide to West' moment for the ages, that.
Out of absolutely nowhere, St Helens have won this eliminator and set up a semi-final against Hull KR next week.
Leeds were SECONDS away from a first home win over St Helens since 2017, as well!
FT: Leeds 14-16 St Helens
How on EARTH have Leeds lost that?
Leeds 14-16 St Helens
James Deighton
BBC Radio Leeds
I cannot believe what I've seen. The Western Terrace has gone wild and the Rhinos fans are open-mouthed.
Shane Wright has scored the try and Leeds Rhinos' Grand Final hopes are dashed after the hooter.
Shane Wright
Oh my word.
I'm not sure what I've just seen.
Leeds concede a penalty for offside on halfway. Jonny Lomax kicks it right on the hooter and St Helens regain a set of six which they keep alive using...what I can only describe as some sort of magic.
They work it right and Harry Robertson can't quite get to the line so they work it left and Shane Wright touches down.
Jon Bennison misses the extras and Saints, somehow, have won!
Leeds 14-12 St Helens
Leeds' fans are celebrating now.
They're camped in St Helens' half and time's running out.
Leeds 14-12 St Helens
Harry Robertson knocks on and a roar goes up around Headingley.
St Helens might be within two, but errors like that are even more costly when there's just over three minutes left.
Leeds 14-12 St Helens
Barry Eaton
Ex-Leeds assistant coach on BBC Radio Leeds
This is what it all boils down to - five minutes of the season left to get you through to a semi-final.
Jon Bennison, goal Jon Bennison
My word. Game on!
Jon Bennison channels his inner Stretch Armstrong and twists and turns with his arms outstretched to successfully ground the ball right on the line.
But can his convert his own try? Yes he can! Despite the best efforts of some raucous booing, Bennison adds the extras and Saints are within two!
What a finale we're in for after a pretty flat second half.
Leeds 14-6 St Helens
St Helens have got the ball down on the line through Jon Bennison.
It's no try on the field but we're going upstairs to see if there's a double movement.
Leeds 14-6 St Helens
Robbie Hunter-Paul
Former New Zealand international on BBC Radio 5 Sports Extra
We're going into that part of the game where it's desperation stages for St Helens.
They've eight points to try to climb back and they need to start taking any opportunity that they can.
