BEN Currie is good enough and young enough not to be destroyed by the incident that cost Warrington the Challenge Cup – but what an addition it provided to the game’s folklore.

The speedy back rower had done the hard bit, bundling off a couple of tacklers before bustling to the line.

That he did not score was down to another fantastic effort from Danny Houghton, whose 52nd tackle of the match dislodged the ball from Currie’s grasp just as the smile was about to break out across the Wire second row’s face.

Does it ring any bells?

Of course if you are a fan of a certain vintage you will have immediately thought we were being revisited by the ghosts of Mark Elia’s 1987 mishap against Halifax.

In that game Elia had one late one chalked off for a forward pass, but it was the other one that stuck with him.

The graceful Kiwi centre, who had already scored a majestic long-range effort, was heading for glory with the ball tucked casually under his arm ready for the dive when the crafty Fax loose forward John Pendlebury tapped the ball from his grasp.

The image of ref John Holdsworth waving it off haunted fans for another decade, before Bobbie’s bombs helped lay that ghost to rest.

As for the final itself, for the neutral it was good to see a team other than one of the usual suspects from the traditional big-four take out the prize.

(Maybe it also time to consign big-four to the scrap heap, even if Leeds will no doubt be hammering on the door next year, demanding to be let back in.) Although the first hour was very gritty and tactical, Warrington were possibly a score away from making it another Challenge Cup final to forget.

That Hull held their shape and that their big men showed such stamina in the heat and created a platform for Marc Sneyd to launch his game-changing kicks essentially made it the best, most gripping showpiece since 2005.

There were positives – BBC’s coverage was spot on from start to finish and gave the event space to breathe.

That, combined with the efforts of Messrs Houghton, Ellis, Sneyd and Shaul, as well as the dignified contribution from losers post-match, will have helped our game win over some converts.

There were some negatives — the number of empty seats you could see in the 90,000-capacity arena, but the 76,235 gate at Wembley was still almost 3,000 greater than the Super League Grand Final record.