Wigan go slamming up the middle as they try to work their way out of their half.

Jack Farrimond pounds a kick up field, and it turns out to be a beauty as it holds up in goal.

Wigan keep the pressure up with a fierce kick chase. And just like that, St Helens are a long way from finding response.

Robbie Hunter-Paul
Former New Zealand international on BBC One

Saints will be desperate to score first and shift momentum quickly.

Expect Tristan Sailor to be heavily involved in and around the ball and Jack Welsby can create chaos from absolutely nothing.

Brian Noble
Former Great Britain coach on BBC One

The pressure was let off with a kick which just dribbled through from Tristan Sailor.

That was an unbelievably poor end to a set when they would have expected more.

Not for the first time today St Helens have Wigan pinned back in their half.

But yet again, they fail to land the decisive blow.

After getting Saints fans out of their seats with some lovely work out on the left, the attack comes to nothing as a limp kick from Tristan Sailor is scooped up by Jai Field.

Wigan are not giving St Helens anything as they hold firm on their line.

Jack Farrimond keeps his head as he fields a bobbling kick as Saints attackers race towards him.

St Helens have the ball first, the calmly see out the set before a high-ball is sent up on the final tackle.

Wigan's Jai Field lets the ball bounce, and it's a poor decision from the full-back as he knocks on trying to gather it.

Saints will set the scrum close to the line now. Could this be their way back into the game?

And we are back up and running.

St Helens have all the work to do in the second half.

Now, we say it would take something special for St Helens to fight back to salvage this semi-final. It is also work acknowledging that Saints do love a fightback.

And Wigan know all about it. It was only on Good Friday that Saints battled back from 14 points down in the second half to stun the Warriors.

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The day started with Wigan Warriors joy as the women's Challenge Cup holders booked their return to Wembley.

Wigan were simply irresistible as they thumped an error-prone York Valkyrie 52-0 in their semi-final.

You can read the full match report from Stuart Brennan here.

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At half-time, Wigan full-back Jai Field told BBC One:

"We've seen first hand how dangerous they are. The next 10-15 minutes after half-time, we will need to be clinical."

St Helens half-back Tristan Sailor added:

"I think we built some good pressure. It was very disappointing to release that. I think penalties and unforced errors are costing us but we will dig in and hopefully play some good footy in the back half."

Jake Wardle's try right at the end of the half might just have put Wigan out of sight in this semi-final.

Brian Noble
Former Great Britain coach on BBC One

They're going to have to be the comeback kings because that is a punch in the stomach for Saints.

Andrew Henderson
Former Scotland international on BBC One

Fantastic again from young Hodkinson.

Brilliant play from the young winger but again Saints will be frustrated that they haven't come up with the answers to unlock this stubborn and determined Wigan goalline defence.

St Helens have poked and prodded at Wigan's defence all afternoon.

Tristan Sailor attempts to skip a grubber kick through the line, but Noah Hodkinson pops up in-goal to mop the ball up.

While Wigan's attack has been electric, their defence has been impenetrable.

Brian Noble
Former Great Britain coach on BBC One

Take a bow again young Jack Farrimond - super, super pass.

And we go upstairs for the third time today.

And again, it's Wigan who have gone over in the right corner.

St Helens have had so much of the ball and looked slick, they just haven't been clinical.

They will want to be the next to go over. Otherwise, they could soon lose their grasp of this semi-final