It is rare in an all-action game like rugby league that a moment during a stoppage in play can be so decisive. But if it is St Helens who end up lifting the famous trophy at Wembley come August, how they and Hull FC will look back on Josh Griffin’s moment of madness at half-time in this Challenge Cup quarter-final as being pivotal.
The reigning Super League champions were in a real battle with the scores level at 12-12. You could even have argued the home side were marginal favourites, given how Saints had lost two backs – winger Tommy Makinson and centre Mark Percival – to injury. Which is what makes what happened next even tougher to take for those associated with Hull.
