RUGBY LEAGUE: SAINTS FALL OFF A CLIFF

Brilliant Jake runs the show in Hull's landslide win

- DAVE CRAVEN

Hull FC 34 St Helens 6

SILKY Jake Clifford helped rampant Hull stun champions St Helens and gain sweet revenge for their Challenge Cup exit.

Just five days after a 32-18 quarter-final defeat by Saints on the same ground, Tony Smith's side were utterly transformed.

They had been in the cup tie at 12-12 before Josh Griffin's half-time red card for allegedly calling referee Chris Kendall a "****** cheat".

But Hull's discipline - and everything else - was spot-on last night in an inspired display. Smith freshened things up with six changes, including bringing back scrum-half Clifford who missed the cup game because of a head knock.