York Knights beat St Helens 34-32 for their first victory over Saints since 1946, ending an 80-year wait in a dramatic Super League match. The result deepens St Helens’ difficult season, leaving the 10-time champions seventh and at serious risk of missing the play-offs.

The sides were level at 16-16 at half-time before York scored through Paul Vaughan and Nikau Williams despite Ata Hingano’s sin-binning, then Oli Field added his second try eight minutes from time. St Helens rallied with late tries from Harry Robertson and Jacob Douglas, but a missed conversion left them short of forcing golden-point extra time; they have now lost eight of their past 12 matches under interim coach Eamon O’Carroll.