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Fraser Watson & David Craven

St Helens hero warns doubters "never write us off" after World Club Challenge triumph

Jack Welsby helped sensational St Helens make history in Australia and fired: "You shouldn’t have written us off."

The England ace delivered a stunning player of the match performance as the Super League champions shocked NRL premiers Penrith Panthers. Ice-cool Lewis Dodd nailed an 83rd minute golden point drop goal as outstanding Saints became only the second English side ever to win the World Club Challenge Down Under. They replicated Wigan’s famous effort of beating Brisbane in 1994 and instantly entered rugby league folklore.

But steely Saints, in Paul Wellens’ first game in charge and with ex-coach Kristian Woolf sat alongside, had been given a massive 24 point start by Aussie bookies despite winning four successive Grand Finals. Full-back Welsby, who scored Saints’ opener and set up Konrad Hurrell for a 12-0 lead, said: “That's their own fault isn’t it?

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