Wellens: We'll come back stronger

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Saints' bid to win a fourth successive Challenge Cup and a fifth in six years was ended by Huddersfield following the 24-14 defeat at the semi-final stage on Sunday despite a hat-trick of tries from Francis Meli.

Wellens said: "It wasn't our day but we have had a bit of success in this competition and enjoyed it, so we'll just have to take this on the chin. We have paid a heavy price in not making it to Wembley but, apart from that, it is a defeat and we will have to learn from it and come back stronger."

He added: "It's not easy to take, we put a lot of effort in to get to this stage of the cup.

"It didn't go our way, we lacked a bit of fluency, made a few errors and didn't come up with the right plays at the right time.

"We felt confident and we created some opportunities but we never managed to take them, which is unlike us and very disappointing."

Saints remain top of Super League with four regular-season games to go and are still favourites to take the title.

Wellens accepts the Merseysiders were simply second best on Monday to a Huddersfield side that were defensively outstanding and produced five good try-scoring moves.

Stephen Wild touched down twice while there were also tries for man of the match Brett Hodgson, Leroy Cudjoe and Kevin Brown.

Wellens added: "You have to give credit to Huddersfield, they had a game-plan and executed it well. They deserve their place in the final."