WHETHER you are travelling down to Wembley or watching it on the box, how do fancy tackling this set of Challenge Cup Final brainteasers covering every final Saints have taken part in since 1897.
1. The grandson of Saints’ first ever Challenge Cup Final captain played against which team at Wembley in 1968?
2. What colour hoops did Saints play in their 1915 Challenge Cup Final against Huddersfield?
3. Saints first Wembley defeat was against the ‘12 local lads and a South African’ of which team?
4. Who was the two-try Lance Todd winner who sunk Saints double hopes in 1953?
5. What did Saints’ Wembley winning skippers of 1956, 61 and 96/97 have in common?
6. Who swapped a 61 losers medal for a winner’s medal in 1966?
7. Which two players were on the Wembley winning sides of 1966, 1972 and 1976?
8. Which Leeds player fluffed three goals in front of the posts in Saints’ 16-13 win in 1972?
9. Which two members of Saints’ 1976 team would later win the Challenge Cup with Widnes?
10. Name the non-playing subs in Saints’ 1978 defeat by Leeds?
11. What do Peter Glynn, Paul Round, Ian Pickavance, James Roby and Paul Clough have in common?
12. Whose drop goal was the difference at Wembley 1987?
13. Which future Saints cup winner scored the opening try of the 1989 Wembley final?
14. Which player was on the losing side against Wigan in both 1990 and 91?
15. Whose try from Bobbie Goulding’s bomb sparked the comeback against Bradford Bulls in 1996?
16. Who picked up the trophy from Lord Derby in 1997?
17. How many times have Saints won the Cup at Twickenham?
18. Which player won the Challenge Cup in 2002 AND 2004?
19. Martin Offiah was a late sub for which sporting legend at the 2006 Challenge Cup Final?
20. What unusual occurrence did the 2007 final share with 1965?
21. Who scored the second try at the new Wembley?
22. How many Challenge Cup winners medals do the Cunninghams have between them?
23. What record did Paul Wellens create in 2008?
24. What was significant about the 2008 referee appointment?
25. Whose 2019 ‘try’ was controversially ruled out without checking with the video ref?
26. Which club won the Challenge Cup twice, but is now defunct?
27. At which ground did Saints lose to Huddersfield’s ‘Team of all talents’ in 1915?
28. How many Challenge Cup finals did Saints lose before they finally won one?
29. Who did Tom van Vollenhoven exchange passes with for Wembley try in 1961?
30. How many Challenge Cup Finals in total did Alex Murphy feature as a player, player-coach and coach?
The answers will appear in next week’s St Helens Star.
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