Mark Calderwood gets hauled down

Full-back Paul Wellens opened the scoring in the sixth minute from close range, but Leeds thought they had equalised when Francis Cummins crossed before it was ruled out for a knock-on.

The Rhinos did score through Cummins after some good work from Ben Walker, who added the conversion.

But tries from skipper Chris Joynt, winger Anthony Stewart and stand-off Paul Sculthorpe saw the Saints go ahead.

And Sculthorpe added three of five goal attempts before Tommy Martyn scored an injury-time drop goal to complete the first-half scoring and put the visitors in command.

Martyn did not make it out for the second half because of a leg injury, but Wellens took over as scrum-half with Darren Albert filling in at full-back.

The home side pressed forward after the break but were undone after Senior and Cummins failed to finish off good chances.

Sculthorpe increased Saints' lead with another penalty before Mark Calderwood cut the deficit.

But St Helens hooker Mick Higham scored before Stewart and Higham completed a good day's work for Ian Millward's men.