LIVERPOOL St Helens recorded their eighth consecutive win in South Lancs/Cheshire One on Saturday, but for an hour nobody at Moss Lane would have dared predict the 51-11 outcome.

Every so often a game comes along where the score does not come close to telling the full story.

Visitors Glossop out-battled LSH in the loose, gained the greater share of possession, spent a fair amount of time close to the LSH line and matched the home side’s one first-half try.

And if kicker Tom Dearnley’s radar had been on target they would have been in front after 60 minutes.

As it was, LSH held a narrow two-point lead courtesy of a try from prop John Windle and a conversion and two penalties from Greg Smith for 13-11 as the game went into the last quarter.

And then boom!

As if a different 15 players had magically descended onto the Moss Lane pitch, LSH blitzed rapidly-tiring opposition to score six tries and 38 points in 20 minutes, starting with an amazing seven-minute period in which they scored four tries.

The onslaught started with two tries in as many minutes from John Pape, returning to action on the right wing.

The first of those followed a good break from Jake Hodson, combining with Smith and Joe Bate for Pape to sprint over.

Next came a cracker with Pape cutting inside to receive a pass from Matty Cunliffe before touching down. Smith added the extras.

Then the Cunliffe brothers combined with Dave, on as a replacement and making a major impact, blasting through the Glossop defence for Matty to race over to score.

Again Smith converted and it was 32-11.

Meanwhile Alex McClurg, playing in an unfamiliar scrum half role, had gradually grown into the game and his pinpoint pass found full back Ian Stanley who weaved his way around the Glossop defence.

LSH continued to press and in the final few minutes Hodson continued a good run from Dave Cunliffe to register his eighth try of the season, once more converted by Smith.

Almost on the final whistle Smith ran in a solo 70-yarder and finished things off by converting his own try.

The win owed as much to the massive defensive effort in the first half when Glossop were on top and the tackling from the likes of Chris Houlton and James Burrows and the rest of the pack, as it did to the blistering performance from the backs later on.