The hosts had continually shot themselves in the foot for the opening 45 minutes, conceding penalties and dropping the pill constantly to trail 18-12 with a quarter of an hour on the clock.

But CYMS’ class shone through and the green and golds finally put it together when it mattered most, Tyrone Harrison, Ethan Kennedy, Toby Westcott and Josh Board all scoring in the back end of the game to seal the win.

“It’s a bit of a relief, we made a lot of errors didn’t we?” CYMS coach Scott Sullivan said.

“But we’d spoken before the game about believing in our game plan and sticking to it, even if we were behind.

“We just needed to do what we knew because it was good enough all season, and we knew it would be again [on Sunday] if we could get it right.

“Even at half-time when it was 12-12, we knew if we stuck to our plan and cut those errors out then we’d be okay in the end.

“I was impressed with the way they stuck to it, I’ve seen much older, more experienced sides than them fall behind in big games and lose the plot, but they pulled it back. Even when things went wrong, they stuck to it and believed in what they were doing.”

Sullivan said the victory, for many of the CYMS group, should cast out the demons of 2016.

Last year, the green and golds went through the season unbeaten before being bounced out of the semi-finals in straight sets.

“I hope it does, I really do,” Sullivan said.

“Because they were the best side until the finals last year and, without trying to sound cocky, they were the best under 18s side this year. They showed that all season, so I would’ve been really disappointed for them if they’d lost this one.

“These boys deserve this success.”

CYMS’ win came just a fortnight after demolishing the Saints 40-14 in the major semi-final.

St Pat’s coach Mark Booth said he couldn’t be prouder of the Saints’ effort, and turnaround since then.

“It was a good show, the boys really fronted up [on Sunday],” he said.

“That’s all I could have asked for, CYMS are a good side. I think unforced errors did hurt us a little bit, a couple of 50-50 calls didn’t go our way as well but you get that in rugby league.”

CYMS didn’t start well, dropping it cold in the second tackle of the game.

St Pat’s took full advantage too, uber-talented halfback Michael Latu sending Lochlan Dagg over in the right corner three tackles after the scrum.

Skipper Adam Booth missed the kick, leaving his side’s lead at 4-0, but he extended it to six with a penalty goal in the 13^th minute.

CYMS, having finally recovered from their case of the dropsies, responded quickly, Hudson Spicer diving on a grubber to score.

But, St Pat’s response was just as swift.

Dagg found space on the right edge, but was brought down 10 metres out by a magical Lincoln Monk cover tackle.

It meant little though, as the Saints spun it and scored in the other corner through Dylan Dukes. Booth nailed the sideline conversion to make it 12-6.

But CYMS hit back Craig Tarr grubbering into St Pat’s feet, latching onto the rebound and diving over. Monk added the extras, the sides remaining deadlocked at 12-12 until after the break.

St Pat’s drew first blood just three minutes into the second half, Bailey Ackroyd barged over from close range and Booth duly kicking the goal, once again giving the Saints a six-point lead.

Until this point, St Pat’s had been the far better side. The Saints were superb, although CYMS were far from their best.

Then the script flipped.

CYMS finally kicked into gear and clawed their way back into the contest. As they did, St Pat’s tired, and started producing errors uncharacteristic of their performance thus far.

It cost the Saints dearly as the hosts took advantage.

First Harrison – who was named player of the final after a massive individual showing – breezed over in the 47^th minute after Tarr put him through a gaping hole.

Toby Westcott, just days after signing a new deal with Penrith, missed the kick to leave CYMS trailing by two.

Then he scored, kicking this one to edge the green and golds in front 22-18.

It only took another two minutes before Board crossed.

Westcott kicked from dummy-half, the chase was superb and the bounce even better. It wrong-footed St Pat’s fullback and dropped into Board’s waiting arms.

Westcott missed again, but it didn’t matter as Kennedy crossed with three minutes to go and seal the 12-point victory.