St Helens 13–18 Warrington Wolves — Semi-Final, 2018 Super League Finals Series
4 Oct 2018 · Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens · Attendance: 12,309
Data last verified: 11 August 2026.
Semi-Final, 2018 Super League finals series: St Helens 13–18 Warrington Wolves, at Totally Wicked Stadium, St Helens on 4 Oct 2018.
Sourcing caveat: Attendance (12,309) comes from a single strong source (Rugby League Project) rather than two independently corroborating figures — no conflicting figure was found, but a second confirmation wasn't obtained. Jon Wilkin is confirmed captain (per Rugby League Project's own lineup page); James Roby, St Helens' usual hooker/captain, started this match on the bench, with Morgan Knowles filling in at hooker — reported as found rather than assumed to be an error. Warrington's Bodene Thompson has no confirmed jersey number: Rugby League Project's own match page repeats Jack Hughes' number (12) for Thompson too, an apparent clash on the source's own page (independently re-checked, same result both times) rather than a fetch error — recorded as `"UNCONFIRMED"` here.
Scoring timeline
| 41′ | St Helens — try, Douglas |
| 45′ | Warrington Wolves — try, Hughes |
| 58′ | Warrington Wolves — try, Lineham |
| 73′ | Warrington Wolves — try, Lineham |
Tries with a sourced minute, in order scored, with the conversion kicked/missed alongside each one where source data lets us match a kicker to that specific try. Tries whose exact minute isn't recorded in available sources appear in the Scorers table below but not here; goal tallies we can't attribute to one specific try are shown as descriptive text in Scorers rather than guessed into this timeline.
Scorers
| St Helens | Tries: Douglas 41' Goals: Richardson (3 conversions) Drop goals: Richardson (3 drop goals, one off the crossbar) |
| Warrington Wolves | Tries: Hughes 45'; Lineham 58'; Lineham 73' Goals: Roberts (3 conversions) |
Team sheets
| St Helens | Warrington Wolves | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 | Ben Barba | Fullback | Stefan Ratchford (c) | 1 |
| 2 | Thomas Makinson | Wing | Tom Lineham | 2 |
| 3 | Ryan Morgan | Centre | Bryson Goodwin | 3 |
| 4 | Mark Percival | Centre | Toby King | 18 |
| 19 | Regan Grace | Wing | Josh Charnley | 27 |
| 1 | Jonny Lomax | Five-Eighth | Kevin Brown | 6 |
| 18 | Danny Richardson | Halfback | Tyrone Roberts | 7 |
| 16 | Luke Thompson | Prop | Chris Hill | 8 |
| 15 | Morgan Knowles | Hooker | Daryl Clark | 9 |
| 20 | Matty Lees | Prop | Mike Cooper | 10 |
| 11 | Zeb Taia | Second Row | Jack Hughes | 12 |
| 17 | Dominique Peyroux | Second Row | Bodene Thompson | UNCONFIRMED |
| 12 | Jon Wilkin (c) | Lock | Ben Westwood | 34 |
| Substitutes | ||||
| 9 | James Roby | Ben Murdoch-Masila | 13 | |
| 13 | Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook | Dec Patton | 15 | |
| 14 | Luke Douglas | Joe Philbin | 17 | |
| 21 | Jack Ashworth | George King | 19 | |
| Justin Holbrook | Coach | Steve Price | ||
Match officials
| Referee | Robert Hicks |
Match report
Warrington Wolves beat League Leaders' Shield winners St Helens 18-13 at Totally Wicked Stadium in a match that changed hands four times. Tom Lineham, returning from a reduced suspension, scored two well-taken second-half tries either side of a Jack Hughes try to put Warrington in front, while St Helens' Danny Richardson kicked three drop goals — one bouncing off the crossbar — on top of a Luke Douglas try and three conversions. St Helens nearly forced a late comeback through a Ben Barba break and Jonny Lomax move that broke down. The result sent Warrington, under coach Steve Price, to their 4th Grand Final in seven years.