St Helens 18–36 Warrington Wolves — Qualifying Semi-Final, 2012 Super League Finals Series
29 Sep 2012 · Langtree Park, St Helens · Attendance: 12,715
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Qualifying Semi-Final, 2012 Super League finals series: St Helens 18–36 Warrington Wolves, at Langtree Park, St Helens on 29 Sep 2012.
Sourcing caveat: St Helens' listed try-scorers don't fully reconcile to their 18-point total — confirmed this is a gap in Rugby League Project's own scoresheet for this match (its own table lists only Francis Meli's double and Thomas Makinson's 1/4 goal-kicking, with no other scorer credited), not a transcription error on this site's part; reported as found rather than guessed at. Chris Flannery started at centre in place of Gary Wheeler, who had partnered Josh Jones there in St Helens' earlier Qualifying Play-off — a genuine rotation between two different named players, not a jersey-number swap. Warrington's numbers here match this club's other 2012 finals appearances exactly.
Scorers
| St Helens | Tries: Meli (2) Goals: Makinson (1/4 conversions) |
| Warrington Wolves | Tries: Riley (2); Waterhouse (2); Grix; Monaghan Goals: Hodgson (6/7 conversions) |
Team sheets
| St Helens | Warrington Wolves | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Paul Wellens (c) | Fullback | Brett Hodgson | 1 |
| 21 | Thomas Makinson | Wing | Joel Monaghan | 5 |
| 13 | Chris Flannery | Centre | Stefan Ratchford | 19 |
| 26 | Josh Jones | Centre | Ryan Atkins | 4 |
| 5 | Francis Meli | Wing | Chris Riley | 2 |
| 6 | Lance Hohaia | Five-Eighth | Lee Briers | 6 |
| 7 | Jonny Lomax | Halfback | Richard Myler | 7 |
| 8 | Josh Perry | Prop | Chris Hill | 20 |
| 9 | James Roby | Hooker | Mick Higham | 14 |
| 14 | Anthony Laffranchi | Prop | Ben Harrison | 13 |
| 11 | Tony Puletua | Second Row | Ben Westwood | 12 |
| 15 | Mark Flanagan | Second Row | Trent Waterhouse | 11 |
| 12 | Jon Wilkin | Lock | Simon Grix | 15 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 4 | Iosia Soliola | Adrian Morley (c) | 8 | |
| 10 | Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook | Michael Monaghan | 9 | |
| 16 | Paul Clough | Paul Wood | 16 | |
| 19 | Andrew Dixon | Mike Cooper | 17 | |
| Mike Rush | Coach | Tony Smith | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Ben Thaler |
Match report
Warrington Wolves came from behind to beat St Helens 36-18 at Langtree Park on 29 September 2012 in a Super League Qualifying Semi-Final. Saints led 14-12 at half-time, but Warrington overturned the deficit with a dominant second-half performance to book their place in the Grand Final against Leeds — completing a path of revenge after their Week 1 home defeat to Saints.