| Hull FC (6) 6 |
| Tries: Walker, Goals: Gale |
| St Helens (26) 60 |
| Tries: Hopoate, Makinson 2, McCarthy-Scarsbrook 2, Hurrell 2, Davies 2, Mata’utia, Lussick Goals: Makinson 8 |
Leaders St Helens booked their Super League play-off semi-final spot with a 14th straight win over Hull.
Jack Walker gave Hull an early lead before Will Hopoate levelled things up.
Four tries in eight minutes put Saints 26-6 up at half-time as Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook (two) and Konrad Hurrell crossed, and Tommy Makinson claimed his 150th Super League try.
Ben Davies (two), Hurrell, Makinson, Sione Mata’utia and Joey Lussick then completed an 11-try demolition.
An 11th win in 13 league outings moves Kristian Woolf’s side six points clear at the top of the table with four games left of the regular season, following Wigan’s defeat at lowly Wakefield.
In contrast, an eighth defeat in 10 matches was another blow to Hull’s hopes of reaching the play-offs and they remain in eighth, three points outside the top six.
It had all started so well for the hosts when the ball was worked down the right for Jake Connor to send Jack Walker over in the corner.
Hurrell teed up Hopate’s leveller on the half-hour mark, before Hull began to buckle under increasing Saints pressure.
McCarthy-Scarsbrook cashed in with his first tries of the season, with Hurrell and Makinson then taking the game away from Hull.
With the game well won, any home hopes that Saints might ease up in the sweltering heat evaporated as the relentless visitors added six second-half tries.
Davies, Hurrell and Makinson all completed doubles, Lussick went over and Mata’uita crossed on his return from a three-match ban as Hull shipped 60 points for a third time in seven matches.
Hull FC: Walker, McIntosh, Connor, Vulikijapani, Wynne, Smith, Gale, Taylor, Houghton, Evans, Lane, Longstaff, Fash.
Interchanges: Johnstone, Laidlaw, Lovodua, Satae.
St Helens: Hopoate, Makinson, Hurrell, Mata’uita, Bennison, Davies, Lomax, Walmsley, Roby, Lees, Bell, Batchelor, Knowles.
Interchanges: Lussick, McCarthy-Scarsbrook, Paasi, Wingfield.
Referee: Ben Thaler.
