Tommy Makinson stars as St Helens outclass York
Last Updated: 15/05/15 10:27pm
Tommy Makinson scored 22 points as St Helens cruised into the Challenge Cup quarter finals with a 46-6 victory over York.
The sole survivors from Championship One conceded nine tries with Makinson bagging four touchdowns and booting three goals.
Fellow winger Adam Swift also notched a hat-trick of tries, while Mark Percival and Mark Flanagan also got on the scoresheet.
However, it was York who earned the biggest cheer of the night when Tyler Craig grabbed their deserved try in the corner three minutes from time and Ben Dent added the touchline conversion.
The visitors made an error-ridden start at Langtree Park, with early handling mistakes by Pat Smith and Ed Smith allowing Swift to sweep over for the opening touchdown after three minutes.
A neat offload by Louie McCarthy-Scarsbrook then set up a try for Makinson in the corner from Percival's kick.
Greg Richards almost set up another Saints try with a storming run before Wilkin’s kick teed up Makinson for his second try on the half hour.
Swift scored his second courtesy of a long pass from Travis Burns, who handed over the kicking duties to Makinson after three misses. Makinson showed how it should be done, landing the touchline conversion to make it 18-0.
York's Jonny Presley was then guilty of sloppy handling just before the break and Percival made him pay by sweeping over in the corner to extend the lead to 22-0 at half-time.
A mistake from Adam Dent gifted a hat-trick try to Makinson on 52 minutes, and he bagged his fourth moments later following a full length of the field move.
Flanagan scored his first try of the season after 63 minutes thanks to a darting break by Lewis Charnock, and Swift completed his treble six minutes from time before Craig grabbed a late consolation for York.
