St Helens cruise into semis
St Helens cruise into semis
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Friday, 31, Mar 2006 10:16
Rampant St Helens win a comfortable 56-6 Challenge Cup quarter final to overcome Doncaster.
Saints continued their blistering unbeaten early season form, which has seen them blast to the top of the Super League, with an easy game in the cup.
The game was all but over by the interval when the home side ran in four unanswered tries after the underdogs had begun brightly.
After several scares at the other end Saints opened the scoring on 18 minutes Keiron Cunningham was the first man to drive over the line.
The try sparked a 15 minute blitz in which Saints scored four tries. Australian centre Jamie Lyon set up Sean Long just three minutes later to extend the lead.
The third try was scored by Ade Gardner and then young substitute James Roby then created the killer fourth try for Vinnie Anderson to jog under the posts.
Saints showed no sign of letting Doncaster off the hook in the second period. They scored another try in the 41st minute when Lyon crossed.
Ten minutes later it was 44-0 after Francis Meli crossed in the corner and St Helens were really enjoying themselves.
Maurie Fa'asavalu and Paul Wellens joined in the fun with two late tries each, but Doncaster never gave up and prop Gareth Handford scored the game's last try as a consolation.