THREE tries in six second-half minutes saw The Wire fall to defeat in their final home game of 2018.

Semi-final opponents St Helens laid down a marker at The Halliwell Jones Stadium ahead of their last-four clash in less than two weeks’ time to give Wolves a sign of just how big the task that faces them to reach Old Trafford is.

Kevin Brown, Toby King and Bryson Goodwin scored tries for Steve Price's side.

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Here's how the game broke down:

Super 8s, Round Six

Saturday, September 22, 2018

Warrington Wolves…14 St Helens…34

Wolves: Stefan Ratchford; Josh Charnley, Ryan Atkins, Toby King, Bryson Goodwin; Kevin Brown, Tyrone Roberts; Chris Hill, Declan Patton, Mike Cooper, Ben Murdoch-Masila, Bodene Thompson, Ben Westwood. Subs: George King, Harvey Livett, Joe Philbin, Morgan Smith.

Saints: Ben Barba; Tommy Makinson, Ryan Morgan, Mark Percival, Regan Grace; Jonny Lomax, Danny Richardson; Luke Thompson, Morgan Knowles, Matty Lees, Zeb Taia, James Bentley, Jon Wilkin. Subs: Theo Fages, Luke Douglas, Dom Peyroux, Jack Ashworth.

Scoring: Richardson penalty, 5mins, 0-2; Brown try, 23mins, Patton goal, 6-2; Douglas try, 33mins, Richardson goal, 6-8; Grace try, 40mins, 6-12; Lomax try, 52mins, Richardson goal, 6-18; Richardson try, 54mins, Richardson goal, 6-24; Barba try, 58mins, 6-28; T King try, 65mins, 10-28; Barba try, 76mins, Richardson goal, 10-34; Goodwin try, 78mins, 14-34

Penalties: Wolves 10 Saints 6

Sin bin: Lees (13mins, dangerous tackle); Percival (13mins, fighting); Atkins (13mins, fighting)

Referee: Chris Kendall

Attendance: 10,747

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