St Helens booked their spot in the quarter-finals of this year’s Challenge Cup after inflicting more misery on their great rivals, Leeds Rhinos, exposing some of their early-season weaknesses in the process.

These two sides were Super League’s dominant pairing for a prolonged period over the past two decades. But it is a sign of how far behind the competition’s chasing pack the Rhinos have fallen when you consider this was their 18th defeat in the past 19 meetings against the Saints.

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