WOLVES’ Wembley dream is over for 2013.

They committed too many handling errors and were tackled out of the game by a Hull FC side who defied some disappointing Super League results to book their first appearance in the final since 2008.

It is the Black and Whites who will face off with Wigan on August 24.

Wolves led 8-0 but turned around 10-8 behind at half time and trailed by eight points from the 50th minute until four minutes from time when Ben Currie’s try after a Chris Riley intercept gave some renewed hope.

But they ran out of time and it turned out to be Wolves’ three missed goal kicks from the touchline on this occasion that cost them in the final round-up, with both sides having scored three tries each.

After a let off for Hull in the third minute when a Joel Monaghan try was ruled out for a forward pass from Ben Westwood, Wolves’ lethal right-hand side soon made amends.

Again Westwood tore away from his own 30-metre line and again handed on to the Australian points machine who had the pace to hold off the chase of England winger Tom Briscoe and squeeze over in the corner after six minutes.

With Brett Hodgson being cautious of his leg after limping out of the previous week’s win against Hull KR, Stefan Ratchford took on the kicking duties and his touchline conversion narrowly drifted wide leaving it at 4-0.

Hull suffered a setback when full back Shannon McDonnell had to leave the field, with utility man Richard Whiting replacing him.

And then Mark O’Meley’s off-the-ball tackle on Hodgson proved costly as Wolves struck again.

After Micky Higham was held up short from a dummy-half dart, the ball was swung left where Stefan Ratchford’s grubber kick was touched down by Trent Waterhouse as he dived over the top of two Hull defenders who were attempting to clear the danger.

Again Ratchford’s conversion from the opposite touchline drifted wide but it was 8-0 after 13 minutes.

Perhaps Wolves became a little too casual though and it allowed Hull to change the momentum with a try from Tom Lineham on a counter-attack.

Hodgson’s offload went to ground and Chris Bridge scooped up and attempted a kick across field for Ratchford and Chris Riley to chase, but Lineham plucked the ball from the air and raced home 70 metres to put the Airlie Birds back in the game. Danny Tickle’s extras cut the deficit to two points with 20 minutes played.

Four minutes later Hull went ahead.

They got on the front foot thanks to a penalty for interference and play looked to have broken down when Lineham ran sideways from dummy half.

But he dropped a little inside pass to Daniel Holdsworth and his smart switch allowed Richard Whiting to fire over as Wolves’ left-side defence fell asleep.

Tickle was unable to find the mark with his goal attempt, leaving Hull 10-8 in front after 24 minutes.

After that, both sides were guilty of a stack of mistakes.

On Wolves’ part, even though they were dominating territory, there were too many knock ons in the ruck as they sought to blow Hull away with every opportunity.

In frantic play, Ratchford lost possession twice, Westwood spilt and Adrian Morley coughed up too when the side were in strong attacking positions, meaning Wolves turned around two points adrift and looking a little rattled.

Waterhouse was held up over the line in the 44th minute after Whiting cleverly got his body under the ball and it went downhill from there for Wolves.

A Mike Cooper knock-on put Hull on the attack and it took a Riley intercept attempt to foil a try but a knock on gave Hull six more tackles.

The Black and Whites made them count, with Holdsworth spotting Hodgson caught up in a tackle and kicking ahead for Aaron Heremaia to find nobody at home and touch down. Tickle’s extras put Hull eight points clear after 50 minutes.

Wolves were desperately hanging on when three defenders held up Danny Houghton over the line, the attack coming after Bridge had knocked on just inside his own half.

All the field position was in Hull’s favour as the handling errors and Hull’s long kicks together with smothering defence left Wolves struggling to get out of their own half.

A chink of light came when Briers chip-kicked across field for Joel Monaghan, the winger gaining possession, breaking free and finding Westwood on his inside but the galloping second rower ran away from the support of Higham and a try was bombed.

It was all Wolves now and after two penalties the ball was swept left for Riley to go over under pressure in the corner but video replays showed he lost control of the ball by a finger tip for another try to go begging.

The rub of the green went against Wolves as a deflected Briers grubber kick went dead and Hull were granted a 20-metre restart instead of being forced to drop out.

As Hull sought a winning score, Riley intercepted and sped 70 metres before being hauled down.

From the play-the-ball, Hodgson took the ball left where Currie dummied his way over. Hodgson took over the kicking and his attempt was wide, leaving Wolves 16-12 behind with four minutes remaining.

When Adrian Morley knocked on 10 metres from the Hull line with two minutes on the clock the game looked over.

But Hull lost possession from the scrum and there was another minute of attacking the Hull line.

It went down to the wire, with Briers’ cross-field kick to Joel Monaghan the final play.

The winger won the leap to the ball, palmed it back inside towards Bridge but Jacob Miller got to it and knocked the ball into touch to kill the game.

It was an absolutely thrilling finish to an enthralling tie but Wolves will look back on the high error count under some heavy Hull defence as the reason why they will not be making their fourth appearance at Wembley in five years.

Wolves: Brett Hodgson; Joel Monaghan, Chris Bridge, Simon Grix, Chris Riley; Lee Briers, Stefan Ratchford; Paul Wood, Micky Higham, Chris Hill, Ben Westwood, Trent Waterhouse, Mike Cooper. Subs: Adrian Morley, Michael Monaghan, Garreth Carvell, Ben Currie.

Hull FC: Shannon McDonnell; Tom Lineham, Joe Arundel, Kirk Yeaman, Tom Briscoe; Daniel Holdsworth, Jacob Miller; Liam Watts, Danny Houghton, Mark O’Meley, Danny Tickle, Gareth Ellis, Joe Westerman. Subs: Andy Lynch, Jay Pitts, Richard Whiting, Aaron Heremaia.

Referee: Richard Silverwood