All’s well that ends Welsby for Saints

JACK WELSBY kicked a drop goal to give St Helens a dramatic golden-point 13-12 comeback victory in their top-versus-bottom Super League clash against Wakefield. Saints, who now lead second-placed Wigan by six points, trailed 12-0 after 55 minutes. Tries by wingers Regan Grace and Jon Bennison, plus two conversions from Jonny Lomax, brought the visitors level. Both sides wasted chances to snatch victory in normal time and Wakefield scrum-half Jacob Miller fluffed his lines in extra time before Welsby struck after Lomax slipped lining up his own shot. Welsby and Joey Lussick had earlier scuffed one-point attempts and Miller twice made hashes of his own efforts but Welsby’s left boot eventually sealed his side’s 17th league win of the season. Saints coach Kristian Woolf said: ‘It was a good lesson for us because we weren’t where we needed to be in the first half. We showed real character and fight in the second.’