St Helens exploit Griffin’s red card for dissent to reach Challenge Cup semis
St Helens took full advantage of the dismissal of Josh Griffin to defeat Hull FC and book their place in the Challenge Cup semi-finals. An engrossing quarter-final tie appeared finely poised at the interval, with the two teams level at 12-12 and Saints losing Tommy Makinson and Mark Percival to injury. However, Griffin was initially shown a yellow card by the referee, Chris Kendall, for dissent before that was upgraded to red after a further bout of dissent towards Kendall as the teams headed for the changing rooms.