St Helens 14–10 Wigan Warriors — Qualifying Semi-Final, 2009 Super League Finals Series
3 Oct 2009 · Knowsley Road, St Helens · Attendance: 13,087
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Semi-Final, 2009 Super League finals series: St Helens 14–10 Wigan Warriors, at Knowsley Road, St Helens on 3 Oct 2009.
Sourcing caveat: The exact conversion-vs-penalty-goal breakdown for both kickers isn't itemized by the sources found — only the total points are confirmed (St Helens 14, Wigan 10), so goal counts are omitted here rather than an invented split being presented as fact. St Helens' lineup is identical, shirt number for shirt number, to this backlog's other 2009 St Helens entry (the Qualifying Play-off against Huddersfield), an unchanged starting XIII and bench. Wigan's lineup again carries over cleanly, with one further bench swap from the previous week — Lee Mossop (24) in for Mike McIlorum, who does not appear on the matchday 17 at all here.
Scorers
| St Helens | Tries: Meli (2) Goals: Eastmond (conversions/penalties) |
| Wigan Warriors | Tries: Carmont Goals: Richards (conversions/penalties) |
Team sheets
| St Helens | Wigan Warriors | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Wellens | Fullback | Cameron Phelps | 21 |
| 2 | Ade Gardner | Wing | Amos Roberts | 2 |
| 3 | Matthew Gidley | Centre | Martin Gleeson | 22 |
| 18 | Kyle Eastmond | Centre | George Carmont | 4 |
| 5 | Francis Meli | Wing | Pat Richards | 5 |
| 6 | Leon Pryce | Five-Eighth | Sam Tomkins | 25 |
| 7 | Sean Long | Halfback | Thomas Leuluai | 7 |
| 10 | James Graham | Prop | Andy Coley | 15 |
| 9 | Keiron Cunningham | Hooker | Mark Riddell | 9 |
| 16 | Tony Puletua | Prop | Paul Prescott | 19 |
| 13 | Chris Flannery | Second Row | Joel Tomkins | 14 |
| 12 | Jon Wilkin | Second Row | Harrison Hansen | 16 |
| 11 | Lee Gilmour | Lock | Sean O'Loughlin | 13 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 14 | James Roby | Stuart Fielden | 8 | |
| 15 | Bryn Hargreaves | Iafeta Palea'aesina | 10 | |
| 17 | Paul Clough | Mark Flanagan | 26 | |
| 23 | Maurie Fa'asavalu | Lee Mossop | 24 | |
| Mike Rush | Coach | Brian Noble | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Steve Ganson |
Match report
St Helens beat Wigan Warriors 14-10 at Knowsley Road on 3 October 2009 in a tight, low-scoring Super League Qualifying Semi-Final, leading 10-6 at half-time and holding on to reach a fourth straight Grand Final against Leeds, eliminating a Wigan side that had been the form team of the play-offs with two prior blowout wins.