The Autumn weather has officially arrived. The drawing in of night necessitating the deployment of the living room big light or lamp in the early evening gloaming. All this the harbinger of a lot of moaning about the weather, a government spending review, and the pilgrimage to Manchester for Super League Grand Final.

Tonight is the twenty-sixth installment of this showpiece and there have been a number of cycles in the competition since the Sky money switched it to summer and the play-off system. Wigan, Bradford, St Helens and Leeds have each had their periods of domination the last quarter century. What hasn’t occurred is time spent with a team from the East Riding of Yorkshire taking a turn atop the summit of Mount RL and Hull KR will want to plant their flag this evening.

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