The Kiwi wing Manu Vatuvei gave the crowd something to smile about with a last-minute consolation try.New Zealand: Webb; Tupou, Soliola, Matai, Vatuvei; Vagana, Jones; Wiki, Halatau, Asotasi, Kidwell, Puletua, Mannering. Substitutes: Ropati, N Cayless, Blair, Pritchard.Australia: Hunt; King, Gasnier, Hodges, Inglis; Lockyer, Thurston; Mason, Smith, Civoniceva, O’Donnell, Hindmarsh, Maitua Substitutes: O’Meley, Berrigan, Ryan, Kite.. St Helens, the masters of Old Trafford, won their fourth Super League Grand Final, and their first for four years, despite a mighty first-half effort from unlucky Hull. Three tries in 13 unlucky minutes on either side of half-time put paid to the challenge of the team which has chased Saints the strongest all season. Just like Huddersfield in the Challenge Cup final, Hull played well enough for long enough to embarrass most teams.

In the end, though, the suspicion that has been growing all season was confirmed; in 2006 Saints were simply in a class of their own.
With all but a handful of Old Trafford’s 73,000-ticket capacity sold out in advance the Grand Final was already setting a new record. So, in their first appearance, were Hull as the longestpriced outsiders since the event was inaugurated. That was not out of disrespect to their achievements this season, but in deference to a St Helens side that finished eight points clear of them at the top of the table and looked the best equipped team in the competition all year.Hull warmed up in tracksuit tops bearing the name and number of their former team-mate Steve Prescott, who is waging a battle against cancer. There was another layer of emotion on what already felt like a highly charged night for a club that has come so far in recent years.A promising first Hull attack was spoiled by Shayne McMenemy’s knock-on as both sides struggled to communicate in the deafening noise. Hull were the more relaxed and enterprising of the two and they came desperately close to taking the lead after seven minutes. Paul Cooke’s long pass sent Gareth Raynor racing for the corner, only for the winger to be carried into touch by Paul Wellens and Jamie Lyon and have the try disallowed by the video referee.Mistakes from Jon Wilkin and Francis Meli continued to give Hull opportunities to attack and Saints were hanging on in defence and hopelessly disjointed when got the ball. Typically, however, they scored with their first real assault, Sean Long finding room to measure a shrewd little kick to the corner and Meli winning the race to touch down.

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