30 years on from John Pendlebury’s try-saving tackle, was it better than Houghton’s ‘tackle 52’?

It's thirty years to the day since one of the Challenge Cup's greatest finals took place. Under the arches of the iconic Wembley Stadium, Halifax and St Helens played out a classic before Fax eventually prevailed 19-18, with a drop goal from John Pendlebury eventually the difference between the two sides. But Pendlebury's biggest involvement