Remembering Hull FC's last victory over St Helens at Langtree Park and their unwanted record since

This Thursday evening is exactly five years to the day since Hull’s last win over St Helens; a narrow 8-6 victory at Langtree Park including a try and two goals from Marc Sneyd. Since then, the Saints have won the last thirteen meetings between the two sides and have gone on to win a Challenge Cup trophy and three Super League titles.

They are the most successful side in the summer era and the best team in the competition. Hull have it all to do to beat them come Sunday afternoon.

In those thirteen defeats since that night on Friday August 11th, Saints have scored 30 points or more on nine different occasions, with only the Challenge Cup loss of 2018 seeing the Black and Whites get within touching distance. The brutal reality is that St Helens have blown Hull away when they've met over the last five years. They've been too hot to handle, too strong, and far too quick.

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The challenge for Hull this Sunday afternoon is huge, and they'll have to put in a season best performance to beat the Saints, who have shown in recent weeks that they're not untouchable at least. Hull will be hoping that's the case this week, with their recent record against the threepeat champions certainly not one to shout about.

Anyway, back to that August night. The rain hammered down all game and Langtree Park was monsoon-like, with Sneyd dancing his way through the soaked turf after Mark Percival's opener in an error-strewn game.

Understandably so, both stands found handling conditions tough and it was a poor watch for the majority of the match, with Sneyd's booming fifty or so metre penalty goal 16 minutes from fulltime the difference between the two