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10 January 2008
Warrington looked set for only their second derby win in 33 Super League attempts when they led 16-10 with only four minutes left.
Then Lee Gilmour forced his way over with Long adding the conversion before the ex-Great Britain scrum-half struck his crucial one-pointer.
Warrington immediately caught Saints napping with Matt King collecting Lee Briers' kick-off, but Saints grabbed the first try through Keiron Cunningham after James Graham was stopped short.
The Wolves were 10-0 down after 14 minutes with Gilmour, James Roby and Matt Gidley combining for Ade Gardner to bag his 27th try of the season.
Cunningham's lost possession allowed King to shrug off Long to open Warrington's account with Chris Hicks booting the touchline conversion.
Sloppy handling cost Saints several tries with Warrington responding to apply their own pressure just before the break and it was no surprise when Chris Riley collected Martin Gleeson's clever flick pass to go over in the corner to level the scores.
The Wolves should have gone ahead early in the second half but Hicks missed the chance after Michael Monaghan's kick ricocheted off Leon Pryce, but Warrington deservedly went in front with a sizzling 70m try on the hour.
Simon Grix took Gleeson's pass and bounced off Francis Meli to send Riley dashing 40m for his second try with Hicks tagging on the conversion to make it 16-10.
Meli missed Long's kick in the greasy conditions 10 minutes from time as Warrington sensed a famous victory, but then Gilmour, head-bandaged, powered over from close range after 76 minutes with Long booting the conversion to level the scores 16-16. Then Long added a superb drop goal after Briers had missed with a similar effort for the Wolves.
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