Danny is one Hull of a hero

the moment as I got a bit of cramp. It’s my boyhood dream come true and this club belongs at the top, so hopefully this win can put us back where we belong.

“The 2013 final was probably the worst of all time, so for this to go down as perhaps one of the greatest of all time, and to lift the cup, means everything. To finally get my hands on the cup means I can die a happy man now.

“We’re legends forever and we’ll go down in history. That’s special.”

Houghton was pipped by team-mate Marc Sneyd to the Lance Todd Trophy as the man of the match. But Currie felt Houghton was the game’s star man, saying: “I thought Danny deserved the Lance Todd Trophy.

“Full credit to him because I was only inches away from winning it. That makes losing even harder to take.” The fervour, the passion

and the roar that emanated from the Hull end at the final hooter confirmed it was a truly historic occasion.

Hull have won the Challenge Cup three times before but never at rugby league’s spiritual home and not since beating Leeds at Cardiff in 2005.

Their success can in part be attributed to owner Adam Pearson keeping faith in Radford and backing him with big-money signings.

Matty Russell finished off a break from Chris Sandow to put Warrington 6-0 up at the break, an advantage that was extended early in the second half when Currie finished off some excellent work by Daryl Clark.

At 10-0 up, Warrington had the scent of a fourth triumph in eight years. Yet Sneyd’s playmaking skills came to the fore and he created and converted tries for Mahe Fonua and Jamie Shaul.

Hull now go in search of the treble, with the League Leaders’ Shield and Super League title within their grasp.

Skipper Gareth Ellis said: “We’re playing for everything and this will give us the confidence to do it on the big stage.”