St Helens 16–19 Leeds Rhinos — Qualifying Semi-Final, 2005 Super League Finals Series

Qualifying Semi-Final, 2005 Super League finals series: St Helens 16–19 Leeds Rhinos, at Knowsley Road, St Helens on 30 Sep 2005.

Sourcing caveat: St Helens' two listed Jamie Lyon tries plus two goals total 12 points, four short of their actual 16 — confirmed this is a gap in Rugby League Project's own scoresheet for this match (its own table lists only Lyon's double), not a transcription error on this site's part; a further St Helens try-scorer is required by the arithmetic but wasn't identified in any source checked; reported as an unresolved gap rather than an invented name. Both lineups fetched cleanly with real, varied squad numbers on the first attempt, with no suspicious sequential 1-13 index, so no re-fetch was needed. James Roby's number, 21, and his slot at Halfback rather than his later, far more familiar Hooker berth, stood out as unusual for a player who became one of the era's outstanding hookers — plausible for a 19-year-old squad player rotating through a utility-back role early in his career (with Keiron Cunningham established as St Helens' regular Hooker at 9), and the same number/role recurs consistently on the same source page, so it is accepted as printed. Leeds' lineup here cross-matched exactly, unchanged, across both further 2005 finals appearances involving the club (Elimination Final was not a Leeds fixture, but the Grand Final v Bradford), giving strong confidence. Coaches confirmed via web search: Daniel Anderson (St Helens — Wikipedia's biography confirms he was appointed in 2005 succeeding Ian Millward, with an ABC News report dated 18 May 2005 fixing the appointment well before this September match, and that he remained in post through the end of 2008, consistent with 13ax's already-established 2008 sourcing) and Tony Smith (Leeds — already established by 13ay as having held the role from November 2003 to October 2007, fully covering this September 2005 match).