Since the Grand Final concept was launched in 1998, it has been the exclusive domain of four clubs - Wigan Warriors, St Helens, Leeds Rhinos and Bradford Bulls.

Those powerhouses have swept up the previous 26 big games at Old Trafford.

Hull KR become the 10th team to compete in the Grand Final.

But can they do what Warrington Wolves, Catalans Dragons, Salford Red Devils, Castleford Tigers and their rivals from across the river, Hull FC, have failed to do and lift the big prize?

It is 39 years since Hull KR's last piece of silverware, a desperately long wait for one of the traditional names of the sport.

Success in the John Player Special Trophy (the League Cup) in 1985 marked the end of a golden five-year period for the club.

In the time since the Robins' last success, Wigan have been positively hoovering up trophies. Victory under the Old Trafford lights would bring up a half-century of trophies since that last Robins success.

Here's the breakdown of it:

14 - Division One titles/Grand Final wins

5 - League Leaders' Shield

13 - Challenge Cups

6 - Premierships

6 - League Cups

5 - World Club Challenges

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Ordinary players are not handed six-year contracts and Junior Nsemba is no ordinary player.

This 20-year-old is the latest from the Wigan Warriors production line, a ferocious prospect for any opponent of this second-row forward. Born of Cameroonian parents, he is very much Wigan through and through.

A 6ft 5in, mobile ball-handling 16-stone athlete - he is a superstar in the making, hence why Wigan have pinned him down for so long.

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One of the quirks of the Super League season is that the player of the season is crowned before its defining game.

But there can be few complaints about this winner this year as Mikey Lewis comes into the final for Hull KR as the 2024 Steve Prescott MBE Man of Steel, following a season of terrorising defences and wowing crowds with his devilish steps, array of tricks and mesmerising footwork.

The local lad racked up 24 assists and 19 tries, as well as showing new-found maturity all without losing that little edge of spikiness which all the best players need.

This has been a breakout season for the Robins' 23-year-old half-back and who knows - if he stands out tonight maybe some of the big hitters in Australia's NRL will cast glances in his direction.

Jay Freeman
BBC Sport at Old Trafford

The weather here is topsy turvy to say the least.

When I arrived at my seat just over an hour ago, it was chilly but comfortable. Since then the temperature has plummeted, I've donned another layer and we've had an absolutely biblical rainstorm.

The rain stopped, then the sun came out, then the rain has started again as I've started typing this.

It remains to be seen if this will have an impact on the game but it will definitely have made the playing surface pretty darn slick.

For Wigan Warriors, there is just one choice to their starting line-up from the powerful 38-0 dismissal of Leigh Leopards in the semi-final.

Captain Liam Farrell returns from illness and takes his place in the back row as Sam Walters drops to 18th man.

Wigan: Field; Miski, Keighran, Wardle, Marshall; French, Smith; Havard, Leeming, Thompson, Nsemba, Farrell, Ellis.

Interchanges: Byrne, Mago, Dupree, Forber.

Like their opponents there is also only one change in the Hull KR side from the bruising semi-final win over Warrington Wolves.

Captain Elliot Minchella served the second of his two-game ban in that one but now he is clear to lead his side in the big game.

Former Wigan centre Oliver Gildart has not recovered from a rib injury and he misses out completely.

Hull KR: Evalds; Burgess, Hiku, Broadbent, Hall; May, Lewis; Sue, Parcell, Whitbread, Hadley, Batchelor, Minchella.

Interchanges: Litten, Luckley, Storton, Tanginoa.

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This is the fourth time that the sides have met in 2024 with Wigan 2-1 in front so far.

Hull KR won 26-10 at Sewell Group Craven Park in April, while Wigan were 24-20 victors in a bruising encounter last month that effectively won them the League Leaders' Shield.

While in the Challenge Cup semi-final, the Cherry and Whites were dominant 38-6 winners on their way to cup glory.

Last year, the sides met five times with Wigan on top 3-2, including a demolition job in the play-off semi-final.

But an 11-10 win in the 2023 Challenge Cup semi-final is a good memory for Hull KR to fall back on in getting past this Wigan side in a big game.

Nick Pinkney
Former Hull KR winger on BBC Radio Humberside

Hull KR have had a couple of near misses recently but this is the biggest game that the generation we are in now has to come into as part of this team.

There's more to come but this could be the start of something so extremely special to this generation.

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There is perhaps no city in England where rugby league cuts so deeply as Hull.

It is the two-team rugby league town where you're either FC or KR depending on which side of the river you're from.

Nestled on the east side are Hull KR, a club for whom its best days seemed consigned to the past.

But they have restored pride and a sense of community off the field led by local owner Neil Hudgell and CEO Paul Lakin. They even have Coldplay coming to town next summer!

Now, thanks to head coach Willie Peters and some smart recruitment on the pitch, they are punching high up in Super League - eight years after they were relegated by defeat in the Million Pound Game.

As befitting a game of such magnitude, Robins fans have travelled over the Pennines and across the M62 in their thousands.

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Wigan Warriors are rugby league royalty. Success goes hand-in-hand with the Cherry and Whites.

But even by their standards, Wigan are chasing something very, very special tonight.

Already in 2024, they have collected the World Club Challenge, the Challenge Cup and the League Leaders' Shield. There is just the Super League crown left.

No team has ever won the Quadruple. That's what potentially awaits Matt Peet and this current set of Wigan greats.

Jay Freeman
BBC Sport at Old Trafford

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There were mumblings in the lead up to this Grand Final that we would be blessed with a bumper attendance at Old Trafford tonight.

Well I arrived here just under three hours before kick-off and I had to queue to get on the car park.

I've been fortunate enough to go to many a Super League Grand Final and you never forget the buzz. But this feels different. You can feel the excitement in the air.

Six teams came through to contest the play-offs. Only two are left.

But fittingly, it is the top two in Wigan Warriors and Hull KR who arrive at Old Trafford ready to battle for Super League glory.

There are great players and great stories everywhere you look.

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The Premier League has kindly taken the weekend off and England are not playing either, while there is no Test match cricket scheduled in a far-off land.

You really have no excuses.

This is rugby league's chance to grab the limelight with the best the sport has to offer.

The best two teams in Super League going head-to-head across 80 minutes to be crowned Grand Final winners.

Sport doesn't get any better than this.