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Aaron Bower at AMT Headingley

Wright shatters Leeds with last-gasp try to send St Helens into semi-final at Hull KR

St Helens’ Jonny Lomax is stopped by the Leeds defence.
St Helens’ Jonny Lomax is stopped by the Leeds defence. Photograph: Steve Mower/ProSports/Shutterstock

For a quarter of the century, few Super League moments have quite stood the test of time or been rendered quite as dramatic as Dwayne West’s incredible last-gasp try to snatch victory from the jaws of defeat for St Helens against Bradford Bulls in the 2000 playoffs.

With the Saints trailing 11-10 and the hooter having already sounded, they somehow kept the ball alive, passing from side to side before West etched his name into St Helens folklore. It was so dramatic, and so barely believable from a sporting perspective, that it felt like a moment that could surely never come close to being repeated.

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