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Wellens shines in Saints victory

Man of Steel Paul Wellens scored four tries as St Helens crushed rivals Wigan 34-18 in a one-sided derby at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium.

The Great Britain full-back was outstanding as the champions turned on the style in the third match of the engage Super League's Millennium Magic weekend.

Played in front of a better-than-anticipated 32,384 crowd, Saints rounded off the first day's action with some scintillating play as they recorded a seventh successive win over the Warriors.

The prolific Wellens, who scored against Wigan at the same venue in the 2004 Challenge Cup final, now has 12 tries from his last five games.

Francis Meli and Matt Gidley were also on the scoresheet for Daniel Anderson's side while Paul Sculthorpe kicked five goals from seven attempts.

Wigan were a clear second best but did piece together some encouraging moves for Bryan Fletcher, Chris Ashton and Darrell Goulding to claim tries.

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