St Helens 12–8 Hull FC — Qualifying Semi-Final, 2006 Super League Finals Series
29 Sep 2006 · Knowsley Road, St Helens · Attendance: 14,038
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Semi-Final, 2006 Super League finals series: St Helens 12–8 Hull FC, at Knowsley Road, St Helens on 29 Sep 2006.
Sourcing caveat: Individual try minutes were not confirmed across sources and are omitted rather than guessed at. Both lineups fetched cleanly with real, varied squad numbers rather than a position-order index — St Helens' Paul Anderson at 17 (Prop) and Jason Hooper at 16 (Lock) in particular rule out a sequential renumbering artifact — and both cross-matched exactly, unchanged, with this club's Grand Final appearance later in this round, including Anderson's 17. Hull FC's numbering here (Briscoe 1, Tony 14, Washbrook 24 at lock) likewise cross-matched exactly, unchanged, with this club's Grand Final appearance. Coaches confirmed via web search: Daniel Anderson (St Helens, reused from 13ax's already-established sourcing) and Peter Sharp (Hull FC, reused from 13ay's already-established sourcing, his April 2006 - 2008 tenure spanning this September 2006 match).
Scorers
| St Helens | Tries: Gardner; Meli Goals: Lyon (2/3 conversions) |
| Hull FC | Tries: Yeaman Goals: Cooke (2/2 conversions/penalties) |
Team sheets
| St Helens | Hull FC | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Wellens | Fullback | Shaun Briscoe | 1 |
| 2 | Ade Gardner | Wing | Motu Tony | 14 |
| 3 | Jamie Lyon | Centre | Sid Domic | 4 |
| 4 | Willie Talau | Centre | Kirk Yeaman | 3 |
| 5 | Francis Meli | Wing | Gareth Raynor | 5 |
| 6 | Leon Pryce | Five-Eighth | Paul Cooke | 13 |
| 7 | Sean Long | Halfback | Richard Horne | 7 |
| 17 | Paul Anderson | Prop | Ewan Dowes | 8 |
| 9 | Keiron Cunningham | Hooker | Richard Swain | 9 |
| 10 | Jason Cayless | Prop | Garreth Carvell | 10 |
| 11 | Lee Gilmour | Second Row | Lee Radford | 11 |
| 12 | Jon Wilkin | Second Row | Shayne McMenemy | 12 |
| 16 | Jason Hooper | Lock | Danny Washbrook | 24 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | James Roby | Richard Whiting | 6 | |
| 15 | Mike Bennett | Graeme Horne | 19 | |
| 19 | James Graham | Paul King | 15 | |
| 23 | Maurie Fa'asavalu | Scott Wheeldon | 26 | |
| Daniel Anderson | Coach | Peter Sharp | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ashley Klein |
Match report
St Helens beat Hull FC 12-8 at Knowsley Road on 29 September 2006 in a tense, low-scoring Super League Qualifying Semi-Final between the top two seeds, level 6-6 at half-time. Saints held on to secure a direct route to Old Trafford, while Hull dropped into the Elimination Final and had to win two more knockout matches to reach the decider.