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Matt Peet will be delighted to have been able to name Bevan French and Liam Farrell in his squad as they make their return from injury.

French had been expected to be out for four months with a hamstring tear sustained in March so he's a little bit ahead of schedule.

But such is the importance of having their talisman available Peet clearly feels he is ready and that is a major boost to the Warriors with French often the man who can conjure up match-winning magic on the big stage.

Wigan are aiming to make it a Challenge Cup double this afternoon after their women's side thrashed old foes St Helens 54-6 earlier live on BBC Two.

Eva Hunter scored four tries as her side ran in 10 in total to secure back-to-back women's Challenge Cup titles in a repeat of last year's final.

You can read Jay Freeman's match report here.

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Hull KR had reached the Challenge Cup final in 2015 and were hammered 50-0 by Leeds, yet it was their preparations eight years later which laid the ground work to some much-needed improvements for subsequent final appearances.

"In 2023, when we played Leigh, we stayed in a hotel an hour and a half outside London and then we got stuck in traffic coming in," Hull KR chief executive Paul Lakin told BBC Sport.

"The players were on the coach for too long. So now we're staying at a hotel right next to the stadium where they can visualise and see the stadium.

"We replicated that in the Grand Final. We stayed opposite Old Trafford and that's something that works for us.

"So it's the little learnings really, like making sure that the players are comfortable with it. Traffic is a big one to avoid in London. So we will literally walk to the ground."

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Before today's showpiece event, you can read more about the two sides in action in Matt Newsum's preview article here.

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BBC Sport at Wembley Stadium

I was absolutely freezing during last year's Challenge Cup final, with it being an unseasonably cold day in June.

Fast forward 51 weeks and I feel like i'm sat by the fire. It's tremendous.

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Pitting today's finalists together is akin to letting the two best sides in domestic rugby league tussle for glory, according to Wigan legend Martin Offiah, who also said neither side can take their status for granted.

"Both these teams have beaten sides in Australia who have been considered the best teams in the world in Penrith Panthers and the Brisbane Broncos," he told BBC Radio Manchester.

"I see this as an unofficial World Club Challenge.

"People may say that Wigan are the favourites but you only have to look at 1998 when Sheffield Eagles turned them over to realise that anything can happen at Wembley."

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Hull KR had a mixed start to the season having picked up three defeats from their opening seven games.

One of the wins during that period came in their World Club Challenge victory over Brisbane while one defeat was their loss to Leeds in Las Vegas just nine days later.

Peters' side has put together a run of nine wins on the bounce heading into their trip to Wembley and he knows how capable his team are based on how they have arrived at this year's final.

"You don't just come together and become a special group, you need to go through a lot of adversity, you need to go through a lot of heartache and then you get the success off the back of sticking together," Peters told BBC Sport.

"We've brought in winners, we've got winners within the building and people understand what it takes to win.

"It's not easy, it's really difficult and it'll be difficult this week. We're just going to make sure that we worry about performance."

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Wigan raised some eyebrows when they named a squad with 10 changes, including several debutants, for their most recent Super League fixture against Hull KR.

The RFL said the squad selection did not breach their operational rules but the match ended in a chastening 62-4 loss at the hands of KR.

Should the decision to rest several key players pay off on Saturday then it could be seen as a tactical masterclass.

However, boss Matt Peet knows there is an extra level of expectation placed on his side due to their pedigree in the competition having won it on 21 occasions.

"I just don't know any different. When I was growing up in the town I expected Wigan to win," Peet said in conversation with BBC Radio Manchester.

"I'm now in a privileged position where I get to lead the team and I still have high expectations, so I can't imagine coaching at a club where that wasn't the case. I'm very fortunate to be at a club in a time where expectation is high."

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Good afternoon and welcome along to the second Challenge Cup final of the day.

We've seen the women in action earlier and now it's time for the men.

Wigan Warriors take on holders Hull KR in front of approximately 60,000 fans at Wembley.

Can Hull KR prevail once more under the famous arch? Or can Wigan pick up the first domestic trophy on offer this season?

This one is bound to be a bumpy ride.