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For a while it seemed his Wembley hopes had been shattered, but Castleford Tigers’ drop goal hero Gareth O’Brien expects to be available for Saturday’s Betfred Challenge Cup final against St Helens.

O’Brien has not played since suffering a knee injury in Tigers’ Super League win at Wakefield Trinity on June 16, a month and a day before the showpiece.

The full-back/half-back was clearly distraught after that game, when it seemed he was facing a long layoff, but insisted the injury was not as bad as first feared.

He recalled: “When I hyperextended, obviously my knee was not meant to bend that way.

Castleford Tigers' Gareth O'Brien confident of being fit for Wembley Challenge Cup final showdown with St Helens